need a quick reply please!

[Erin M]

We only dropped the df when he stopped taking his daytime feeds as well.

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that makes sense ya...she's growing up so fast!

[shivi]

I did things a little differently....

I never believed a BF child could go 12 hrs without taking a very decent 3 meals a day and mine weren't taking very decent meals till then (BLW). So, we dropped the 11am BF first of them all (fed 7am, 3/3.30pm, 7pm and 11pm) between 6-7mths in order to work on lunch solids, then the DF went only when lunch and teatime were big amounts of food at 10mths (down to 3 feeds) and the 3.30pm feed went at 12 mths or thereabouts.

Also did it differently because I was back at work early after both of them with no time/space to pump as such after the 6/7mth mark so it made "sense" to keep up 4 BFs a day this way and allowed me to sleep easy knowing they couldn't wake from hunger even if they did wake up.

S x

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shivi, that's really interesting...do you mind me changing my original threaad a little & asking for more advice?!i intend to start replacing breastfeeds with bottles once she turns 6months-in 2 weeks time.will also start her on little bits of solid aroudn then too.what way would you suggest doing it all? my current feeds are 7am, 11am, 3pm, 5.30pm & 6.45/7pm, then dreamfeed@ 10.30pm. no NW since she was 8wks old. am all muddled up as to what way to  do things.don't want to change too much too soon!

[Erin M]

Here is some info on dropping bfs in favor of bottles http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=157385.0

With solids, it's best to start with breakfast to allow time if there is a reaction.  I moved to dinner about a month later and then lunch a month or two after that.