10 months old - weaning time or ?

[del]

Hello,
My little guy is 10 months old, walking with a pretty strong character to say the least!
In about 6 weeks, I will go back to work and am not sure how to start weaning him or what he needs:
At the moment, he is BF 3 times a day, has 3 solid meals a day with 2 small snacks. I don't supplement with formula and he doesn't have any dairy yet (allergies in the family).
When I will go to work, I am thinking of BF him twice daily (morning and evening). My question is: is it enough for him or does he need bottles (or sippy cup) of formula?
He drinks a bit of water from a cup, but not much, but he eats lots of fruits.
I guess, I still could BF him a third time, right after work, but is it necessary at one year old?

Thank so so much for your advices!
Del.

[RachelC]

Hi Del,

Sounds like things are going really well for you.  At 12 months 2 bfs a day is perfect (some do more, but not necessary at all).

[ldwolfgang]

Bf-ing twice a day sounds fine.  My 13 month old BFs 2-3 times on days I work and I send one bottle of expressed milk to daycare, which he sometimes takes from the bottle and sometimes takes in a sippy.  Good luck with returning to work!!!  It's hard but you can do it!

Laurie