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I went back and looked at our Baby Connect records and my LO was at 3 nursing sessions at 9.5 months. She loved solids and ate well and was always a healthy weight so I never stressed. She did go from 85th percentile to 50th percentile at her 12 month checkup but I attributed that her being more active. She was back up to 75th percentile at her next appointment

Some babies do nurse less around 9-10 months but pick up again as they get closer to a year so it could just be a developmental thing. Are you planning on weaning at twelve months?

@mjane: I can only nurse Xander when he's just woken up for a nap or right before a nap (that's what that 9:00 a.m. nursing session is)! Otherwise he'll bite me!!!! Also, it's totally possible she's getting enough milk from those three sessions. I know that my boobs have pretty good storage and he can probably get 6-7 oz from them, so in theory, three sessions of 6 oz would be enough I think.

If you can't get her to nurse more and you'd really like her to have more BM, could you pump and offer her BM with her meals?

@mjane: My LO is only 6 1/2 months old and is still a boobaholic so I don't really have any experience with this, but could you pump and try to get her to drink BM that way (out of a bottle/sippy cup/straw cup)?

i was nursing about 5 times a day at that point. i would just keep offering after both naps because she could be uninterested now, but pick it up later. good luck mama! if you're following her lead, i think that's a good way to go. feeding has always been my biggest concern!

@mjane: hmm - can you add in a late afternoon nursing session? I don't really have any other advice as my LO is still nursing 6-8 times a day at sixteen months!