Are 2 Breastfeeding's A Day Enough????

[Nadia's Mom]

My DD is 11 months old and has 2 nursing's a day. Sometimes I'll nurse her after her morning nap if we're not to busy. The problem I've having is that I'm not sure if that's enough. The only time she insist on nursing is the 4am and 6pm feedings. As for the rest of the day she makes not attempt to nurse and seems just happy with eating her solids and drinking her water. She eats plenty of yogurt and cheese everyday but I'm not sure if that should be a replacement for breastmilk. I plan on adding regular milk into her diet next month when she turns 1 and that will ease my mind but for right now I feel like I should be giving her more breastmilk but she doesn't seem interested. Should I nurse her anyway to give her more milk or not worry about it. She has plenty of soiled and wet diapers but that could be coming from the solids that she eats.

I really felt bad today when I took her to daycare (2x a week) and they asked about a bottle. I thought OMG if they think she's suppose to have a bottle during the day maybe she should and I really started to worry.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[RachelC]

Patricia,
It is totally normal for babies (toddlers!) to drop to 2 feeds around the 10 month mark (many others keep more longer).  She's doing great and as long as you are following her cues, I wouldn't worry about it.  Keep up the great work!

[LyndaManus]

yep, from everything I have read that is normal.  That is where I am aiming to be around the 11/12 mth mark.

[Nadia's Mom]

Thanks so much for your comments and encouragement. I feel so much better now. It's funny how our children will always tell us what they want if we would just listen to them instead of assuming that they want or need something more As parents I guess we can't help but make something out of nothing when it comes to our kids.
 
Thanks again,