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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: solid food: I nurse my 22-month-old at wake up, bf nap, after nap, and at bedtime, for about 5-10 mins each time. She eats a good breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner just like any other toddler.[/quote]

And if you were giving formula, would you bottle feed as often?  Just curious.

Can she hold and drink from a cup? [/quote]

Yes my daughter can drink from a cup. She drinks water throughout the day. Not sure what I would do if she were formula fed bc I know nothing about formula or bottles. I was responding to the idea from several posters that breastfeeding gets in the way of eating solid food.[/quote]

Extended breastfeeding and formula use does get in the way of eating solids.  These two year olds are drinking their calories.  Neither is good. [/quote]

But what about the standard pediatric recommendation that toddlers drink 16 oz of cow’s milk a day? Isn’t that also drinking calories?[/quote]

You have five nursing sessions, PP.  If you and your toddler is like mine, that is far more than 16 ounces.  NP here and you should cut out some of those nursing sessions.  The easiest ones to lose are the wake up sessions-just have her breakfast and snack ready when she wakes up.  [/quote]

No, I nurse her 4 times a day, not 5. I have no idea how many oz it is. What I am telling you is that it does not get in the way of her eating solid food. I have seen the recommendations for how much solid food a toddler is supposed to eat and that is what my daughter eats.[/quote]

Are you ever going to wean her?  That sounds like a huge amount to me at nearly 2. [/quote]

I don’t have any plans to wean. I don’t mind sitting down with her 5-10 mins at a time 4 times a day. A lot of times she nurses for only a couple minutes then wants to go in her crib or eat her snack. Once she starts preschool next year I will prob take it down to just morning and bedtime. We sometimes skip nursings now with no issue. The other night I had to be out at bedtime and my husband gave her a cup of whole milk and it was fine. I find it odd that so many people are doubting my experience with feeding my own child. I am not telling anyone else what to do. I was just responding with my personal experience to the idea that breastfeeding gets in the way of solid food.[/quote]

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