https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:32:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2419202 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:47:12 +0000 twodoghouse 2419202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stay at home with my twins and nurse them on demand. They are 20 months and one nurses around 4 times and the other nurses around 6 (although some sessions are pretty short). At 1 they were still being supplemented with bottles so less daytime nursing, but they were up 1-2 (sometimes 3) times each at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2419177 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:13:22 +0000 MrsRcCar 2419177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E is 23 months and nurses at wake up, nap time and bed time. We will be dropping nap time next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2419175 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:11:30 +0000 YouGotMe 2419175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is newly 12 months and she nurses 2 times a day. Right after wake up and then right after daycare. She started daycare just before she turned 11 months so that's when the major switch from 4-5 times a day settled at 2 times. </p> <p>I can't pump (get basically nothing) so we switche to WCM as soon as she was 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2419163 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:02:45 +0000 stargal 2419163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 12 months ds was nursing around 6 times a day still. Now at 16 months its arpund 4 times. Morning, afternoon, night Before bed and a wakeup in the middle of the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418924 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:34:23 +0000 Pumuckl 2418924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS it was before bed and first thing in the morning. With DD it's MOTN (sometimes) and first thing in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418913 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:28:33 +0000 Jess1483 2418913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to drop down to one session at a year with DS1, but that was because he was losing weight and we had to up the solids. If weight gain isn't an issue, I say do whatever works for you and your little :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418869 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:06:14 +0000 bushelandapeck 2418869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 15 mos and still nursing 3-4x/day and usually once overnight. With DS I was down to just morning and night by 12 mos but DD refuses any kind of milk besides breast milk so I feel bad if I don't let her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418823 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:47:14 +0000 mrsrain 2418823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From 12-14 months she nursed about 4 times a day (with occasional comfort nursing). She quit cold-turkey at 14 months when I got pregnant, so I'm not sure how long we would have gone on at that frequency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418814 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:44:37 +0000 PawPrints 2418814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is only 9 months but I'm planning to stop pumping when she turns one year, and so at that point we'll nurse at morning wake-up, before bed, and dream feed before DH and I go to sleep. We'll see how that goes, if we wind up needing to wean further or if we can just keep that going, I'd prefer to keep it up for a while if we can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418811 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:44:09 +0000 californiadreams 2418811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our nursing decreased at that age, but it was a direct result of me going back to work full time. Up until the day i went back to work at 12.5 months, he was still nursing at least 4 times per day. Then we went through an intense transition where he was reverse cycling and then finally settled to 2 - 3 times and gradually to 2, then 1. we nursed until he was 26 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418803 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:41:35 +0000 MoonMoon 2418803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He didn't slow down his nursing until after his second birthday. And I actually found it comforting, because I didn't have to worry about his food intake, nutrition, etc. He's 2.5 now and still nurses in the morning, before nap, and before bed, minimum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418781 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:31:56 +0000 winniebee 2418781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 13 months. By 11.5 months I got down to overnight, before both naps, before bed. He was taking whole milk then. By 12 months he was 3x a day (overnight / early morning, before afternoon nap, before bed). By 13 months I had him down to early morning and before bed. Now that he's over 13 months we're down to just before bed. But, I wanted to wean around age 1 and that was my goal starting around 11 months. We'll probably be fully weaned in the next week or two. </p> <p>I'm all for nursing as long as you are both happy, but I would ask the pediatrician about his solids intake. My thought is that their primary source of nutrition after age 1 should be from food, not milk (breastmilk, formula, or cow's milk) and that cutting down his nursing sessions will help boost his solids intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418755 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:18:04 +0000 catomd00 2418755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At one she was nursing morning, before naps, after work, before bed, and MOTN. I actively night weaned around 18 months and once I got pregnant when she was 20 months, she gradually lost interest as I dried up. I did have to push her for the final weaning though but it didn't take long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418744 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:14:27 +0000 catgirl 2418744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 13 months and nurses 5 times a day, all during daytime. She has whole milk with meals, 3-4oz per meal right now. Hoping to drop a nursing session or two in the next couple of months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418733 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:10:46 +0000 LilSprinkles 2418733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once DS turned one,I dropped to nursing him twice a day; first thing in the morning and right before bed. He drank whole milk from a cup with meals once we finished off all the frozen breastmilk. It was a pretty easy transition since he was in daycare full time and drinking from a cup when he was there. He was, also, eating three meals and a snack by the time he turned one.<br /> I hate pumping, and chose to switch him to WCM once he turned one and just replaced when he would normal have breastmilk with WCM </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418728 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:07:08 +0000 Adira 2418728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At one, we were nursing about four times a day. With my eldest, I'd nurse him at wake-up, after his naps, and once in the evening. And with my youngest, I'd nurse him at wake-up, and then before his naps and before bed. No overnight nursing for either of them, but they had dropped those fairly early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418721 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:04:17 +0000 Kemma 2418721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My big girl as still nursing pretty frequently at twelve months, probably 5-6 times during the day and once overnight, if I recall. I wouldn't worry about cutting back unless you want to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-past-1#post-2418715 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:01:06 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2418715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How often does or did your 1 year old nurse? </p> <p>My son nurses a lot but I wonder if I should offer less. He nurses before his naps (two times), before bed, during the night many times (we bed share so I have no idea) and sometimes more times during the day. Sometimes it seems like too much. His solid intake is hit or miss, sometimes he chows down and other times not so much. I never know if it's because he's full of breastmilk or just normal toddler stuff. </p>