https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 01:45:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674263 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:23:55 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2674263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 never took WCM from a sippy cup. He would only take it from a bottle. School kept offering it to him in a cup, and he preferred water. He still doesn't drink WCM to this day and he's 4.</p> <p>With LO2, once he transitioned to the older room at 1, they went cold turkey and put the milk in his cup. He transitioned really easily. I never cut his nighttime bottle, but he's starting to wean himself with him eating a larger dinner. He's down to 2 ounces, and last night he didn't take anything from his bottle b/c he had a giant dinner. He's 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674257 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:20:30 +0000 ShootingStar 2674257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just cut out the bottles. They definitely don't need a bottle of WCM. Just offer a sippy with meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674075 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:25:14 +0000 Grace 2674075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went cold turkey during the day and it was fine. Continued to nurse morning and night (and weekends) for another 8 months. No problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674062 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:46:03 +0000 lady baltimore 2674062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're trying to transition my 13 month old from two 5oz BM bottles during the day to drinking BM from a cup while I'm at work. So far, she's boycotting, and just eating food/drinking water instead. I pump in the morning and nurse her twice in the afternoon/evening. So maybe just . . . stop? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674055 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:19:57 +0000 MrsADS 2674055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama I nurse my 16 month old just AM and PM and my supply is fine for those 2 sessions... I'm usually pretty full by those times. On the weekends we also nurse before nap or maybe 1 other time, I'm not strict about it though. He wants to nurse more if he's tired or not feeling well or whatever which is ok with me. It was a gradual/ natural progression for us to get to this point, he was definitely nursing more at 12m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674047 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:50:07 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2674047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, i think you could try to space the bottles further apart until the first bottle is mid-day and the second one isn't necessary because he'll be home/ready for dinner. Once he's on one bottle, you can gradually replace part of the breastmilk with cows milk (Mon=1oz wcm, 5oz bm. Tues=2oz wcm, 4oz bm. Etc,) until he's on one 6oz bottle of cows milk. Then, you can work on dropping a bottle all together. </p> <p>This is what daycare helped me do with my older child and it worked very well for us. I think it took a month or so? And I continued to nurse him until he was 2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674026 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:18:01 +0000 pachamama 2674026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: so your supply held up for just one nursing session a day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674019 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:58:04 +0000 FaithFertility 2674019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I nursed my DD from 10- 11 monthd old only at bed time she was taking formula from a straw cup during the day and WCM at a year<br /> Bottle weaning no idea she never took one </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674017 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:56:52 +0000 MrsSRS 2674017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went from nursing all day to just morning and night cold turkey. I imagine you could do the same with bottles. We do water and a snack at the times we used to do milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-wean-a-12-month-old#post-2674015 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:55:36 +0000 pachamama 2674015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd like to drop my 12 month (1 year!!) old's 2 - 6oz daycare bottles. I don't want him drinking a lot of cow's milk (maybe one bottle a day of cows milk), and ideally I want to just nurse him in the morning and night,,.. Or just bedtime, is that possible, once a day?<br /> He already seems much less interested in nursing during the day and is a great eater. </p>