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My kids from 3 months until 12 months always had three 4 oz bottles.

With my 2nd my supply was tanking big time at 11 months and although I wanted to continue to nurse I knew I would stop pumping at 12 months so the Ped told me I could add a little CM to her diet instead of formula. I took what I could pump at work and then used CM to make up the difference.

I EPd, and my LO was still taking 24+ ounces of bm a day until 13 months, when I transitioned her to hemp milk. She was very late to eating solids though-- we started attempting at 6 months but she didn't become a good eater till 13 months.

My LO was taking exactly what yours does (3 5oz bottles and then two nursing sessions) at that age. We started transitioning to cow's milk a little early, I think it was like 11.5 months. My pediatrician mentioned that it's ok to start the transition a little early, which I felt comfortable with. We had no issues. I would use your freezer stash and then just introduce a little cow's milk if you don't have enough.

Our pedi is okay with starting WCM at 11 months.

LO1 was EBF and I had a huge freezer stash, but was ready to wean. I slowly dropped daytime pumping sessions, but I was concerned my stash might not last until 1. Our pedi suggested WCM over formula (for an EBF baby that never had formula). and we were told we could start giving her some WCM at 11 months.

At 11 months we gave her some WCM in a sippy and slowly increased the amount to replace one of her daytime bottles. At 1 year, I was nursing morning and night and she had 2 sippys of WCM a day.

You could also focus on increasing solids, so LO will need fewer calories from milk.

I think you'll be fine introducing wcm earlier. My ped recommends starting 2-3 weeks before our 1 year appt in case there are any issues we can discuss them then.

Somewhere around 9.5 months my LO dropped a feeding and I was able to stop using my freezer stash to make up my shortfall. Now I'm actually pumping more than he eats and have been able to freeze extra. I think it's entirely possible that a similar thing could happen to you and you won't need to continue using your freezer stash. If it doesn't, you could always do a mix of WCM and BM. I think I've read that a good ratio is 75% BM and 25% WCM.

ETA: FWIW, my LO was on 30 oz a day and dropped down to around 24 oz.