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Sounds about right to me, at that age my kids were eating a wide variety of foods just not in any great quantities so they were still getting the majority of calories from breastmilk.

Nurse on, Mama!

I couldn't even vote because at that age my daughter was nursing 6 times a day, maybe more. My 19 month old still nurses 4 times a day! Sometimes 5 on the weekend. She is also a smaller baby.

As long as you are happy, I'd keep doing what you're doing.

My daughter still nursed a ton at that age, at least 5 times probably more. She slowed down around 13 months.

Unless she's losing weight, I wouldn't worry too much, however, around that age my first was losing weight and eventually his ped had me cut down on nursing (she said to stop altogether.) Once I'd cut to just one session (morning), his weight shot up, he was way more interested in solids, and we were able to keep the one nursing session until he gave it up at 19 months. (The ped did not give me that advice for DS2--it was just because of the weight loss.) If she is healthy and gaining weight (or at least maintaining), I wouldn't mess with success, but if weight gain is an issue, it's something to explore/discuss with a doctor.

You're doing great!!

Definitely seems right. My LO only got interested in solids right around 10 months so by 11 he was still barely eating any. By 13 months, he was mostly on solids and we were able to transition him from breastmilk to whole milk.

E is on almost exactly the same schedule.

@Mrs. Goose: I feel ya, Mama. A kiddo who isn't gaining weight is stressful. Before going straight to dropping sessions (though that was what ultimately made the difference for my little guy), you might want to try high impact calories. My doc said not to give him any baby food unless I added coconut oil or olive oil or something with calories. We did a lot of toast with peanut butter or coconut oil, lots of butter, full fat yogurt, avocado, etc. Making sure that even though she isn't eating much, whatever she does eat is giving her the highest number of calories possible. One time the nurse told me "when they're like this, you give them whatever they'll eat and you put butter on it..."

Feel free to PM me...I remember this time being so stressful. Here's hoping she's doing just fine at her 1-year appointment!

My son will be one this week. I nurse him three times per day and give him two bottles of pumped breadtmilk. When my mom watches him while I work he sometimes will still drink four bottles (4 is each) and nurse two times per day. He huge and eats a ton of food too (often more than my almost four year old).

@Mrs. Goose: if it makes you feel better, breastmilk is far more nutritious and calorific then most solids so cutting down on the nursing isn't always the answer when weight gain slows down. And to make you feel even better my wee guy was in the 91st percentile for weight at birth but under the 50th percentile but the time he turned one. He's 2-3kg lighter than the other babies in his peer group despite being the biggest baby at birth!

And one more thing, if you're ok with bf'ing past a year then KellyMom recommends a ratio of 75% breastmilk and 25% solids at twelve months, 50/50 at eighteen months and 25/75 at age two.

Mine was about 6 times. 3x during the day, evening, overnight 1x, and then wakeup. Although I will say the she often had nursing strikes from 9-12 mo so in reality I had to pump a lot. But I always offered, and she took bottles at daycare so I had to keep up my supply. At almost a year, she probably took ~20-24oz a day. And she ate pretty well in addition to that.
After 1 year, I quit pumping at work so she went right down to feeding only 2x-3x. I night weaned the last session at 15mo. But then after 15mo she increased during the daytime hours, even though the ozs were still much lower than before 1 year.