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I started introducing an ounce at a time starting a few weeks before their first birthday. I mixed it in with the BM. Not sure if that's "allowed" or not, but I did it and it helped me quite a bit.

@grizz: I introduced WCM around 11 months. My supply tanked around then too so I called our pediatrician and she said to go ahead with WCM. I am SO glad I did because I was soooo stressed about pumping enough milk. I didn't mix WCM with BM though because DD guzzled down a bottle of WCM no problem!

I would use formula

I started WCM at 11.5 months so I would do that (only enough to meet what you aren't able to produce). I would hate to transition him to formula (which I don't think he's ever had right?) and then transition again to WCM.

I introduced WCM around 11 months, just a small amount at a time to extend my freezer stash until his birthday. He was fine! There's no magic switch that flips at 12am on his first birthday that makes it okay to introduce cow's milk and my thoughts were that introducing formula and then switching to cows milk would wreak more havoc than just an ounce or two of WCM a few times a week.

At our 9 month checkup, our pedi said we could do a few ounces of other milk as needed, just that it shouldn't be all she is getting until a year or later. She suggested cow, almond, or coconut milk. I'm hitting the same lowering supply, so we are going to try a few ounces of cow's milk in a week or so and see how LO likes it. I may try coconut as well, although she has been fine with dairy.

DS went on boob strike at 10.5 months and my supply tanked.
I pumped and gave him everything I produced, (maybe 12 ounces tops/day) then supplemented with WCM.

@grizz: When our freezer stash got super tiny at 11mos my doc said to supplement with whatever milk I would give her after 12mos. I did almond milk a little watered down and she's been doing great. She told me as long as she had a well balanced diet, she didn't need formula at 11mos.

My supply took a hit at 11 months also. I stopped sending a 3rd bottle. LO was eating a lot of healthy solids at that point and drinking water. Plus she had three nursing sessions at home. In LO's case we suspected a milk allergy (eczema + other allergic reactions) so the doctor wanted us to wait a little longer for milk.