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Also, our ped says that some of her patients wean to soy milk better than WCM because it's sweeter like BM. My LO preferred WCM, but it's something you could try.

If you plan to mix WCM and BM you do need to pump to have some supply of BM to mix. SO I would start pumping now to have a little stash, so you don't have to worry about it when you start work. Then I would just start dropping sessions and replacing them with snacks or with WCM/WCM and BM mixed/plain BM. If you don't want to do a bottle you can do a straw/sippy cup too.

@Mrs. High Heels: How much does he take in each of those feedings? Right now L is having feedings at 7 (BF), 10:30 (pumped bottle), 3:00 (pumped), 5:30 and right before bed at 7:45. Then one overnight. I'd love to go down to pumping once a day at work.

@sslm: I'm stressed about this too. Xander's almost 11 months and I don't even want to think about weaning, especially because he's allergic to milk. But I know I have to, because I don't think I can continue spending all my time at work pumping once he's one, haha.

@heartonastring: I went back at 12 months too, and she never took bottles through my entire year off. Between 10 and 11 months, she started dropping nursing sessions and we'd offer her almond milk in a sippy with meals starting right around 10 months instead of just water. By 12 months she was only nursing 2-3 times a day. By 14-15 months she had dropped both the morning and night feed all on her own. It was very gradual process but I never bothered to pump and put BM in a cup or bottle. If she nursed she got BM, otherwise it was milk in a cup.

@sslm: ok to take milk in a sippy!

@sslm: totally fine to use a sippy! My LO never took to bottles either

This is what we did. Around 11 months we introduced a straw cup. My son never cared for a sippy or a bottle, but picked up on straw within a month or so. So he practiced with a straw cup at that time. At the time he was nursing 4x a day-- morning, naps, and before bed. At 12 months I stopped nursing before naps. So only nursing 2x a day, and giving LO a straw cup at each meal and while he was playing. My goal was 8 oz of cow's milk a day. Basically just pushing cow milk whenever possible. Around 14 months I dropped the night feed because he totally lost interest. Now I am nursing once and he averages about 16 oz of milk. I usually have a straw sippy available to him at all times when he is awake.