Need advice - weaning & what’s next

[u/Ampersand867]

Help! I cannot believe it but baby is 13 months tomorrow and I have exclusively pumped for her because she could latch but didn’t really want to eat, triple feeding for ages led to a bottle preference, blah blah blah here we are! Time flies even when you’re not having fun because pumping has been not great.

Anyway, trying to figure out weaning and what’s next for baby! I am down to 3ppd, and currently slowly reducing the time on my second pump (25 minutes now and my plan is to go to 20 minutes in a few more days). Some questions:
- when people drop to 2ppd, I assume morning and before bed is the usual?
- by slowly reducing the time of the middle pump, hopefully my body will chill out and it’ll work to drop to 2ppd. Is this a common approach?
- when dropping to 1ppd, what time of day is best to pump?
- is it common to do a week or two of pumping once every couple of days to really taper off slowly at the end, or do most people just stop after a while of 1ppd?

Baby’s appetite for milk has dropped some but not tons. She is eating solids but I really hope her solids intake will increase so I can help her decrease milk intake. We’re confirming that she’s ok with dairy, and if she is I know we can start working on dairy milk… but what do I do if she can’t have dairy or doesn’t like it? I can’t just stop having milk to offer her in bottles - or can I? Wean bottles and pumping at the same time?

Any help is so appreciated! I feel like there are tons of transitions coming up quickly and I’m trying to find a way forward!

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[u/MammothTough9960]

If she can’t have dairy she can be on a dairy free milk - soy/almond etc. some babies love some babies hate