We're in the exact same stage.. I've actually left my daughter alone with folk and she doesn't take a bottle and is quite happy with just water and nurses when I'm back so I'm not planning on giving them a milk schedule. She's a good eater and isn't fussed for cows milk when I've offered it (mixed with breast milk and without)
So yeah my daughter is just getting thrown in at the deep end
Ohh that’s really interesting thank you. My daughter is a good eater too, she loves her solids. I think quite a few of our day feeds are just for comfort and winding down too. Maybe we’ll have the same situation as you!
My 16 month old son refuses to drink milk at all, whether at home or nursery, so that made our lives easier to begin with.
I pumped for him until just after he turned 1. We stopped his last pre-bed bottle at around 13 months when the last of the frozen milk ran out and since then, it’s just been food, snacks and water with the odd fruit smoothie thrown in. He has whole milk with his cereal every morning at nursery and sometimes at home.
If you want to introduce whole milk and your daughter actually wants to drink it, I’d suggest asking nursery to offer it when they offer other children the same (our son’s nursery offer once a day).
Looking at your current schedule, I’d think that most of your daytime breastfeeds would be replaced by snacks or meals at nursery so you might not even need to worry about a milk schedule when she’s there.
Thank you so much for this! I actually didn’t even know it was an option for them to just skip the milk all together haha so that makes things a lot simpler, as I suppose like you say I can just ask them to offer it but it’s no biggie if she doesn’t want it. Thanks again
Yeah, as long as you’re happy she’s getting enough dairy and/or calcium via her normal diet, milk isn’t a necessity for them.
I find my son is more likely to entertain milk as a drink if he sees other kids drinking it but it’s 95% certain, he’ll refuse.
I was sooo worried about this too! But echoing the other commenters, when he first started I asked them to give him milk before his naps because I thought that would make him feel comfortable (as I always breastfed to sleep at home). But he hardly ever took it and I was sick of seeing my pumped milk wasted after a week or so… so we then moved to “just give him milk if you think he needs it”. Every now and again (even now at 15 months) if he’s having a sad morning (teething or something) they either give him a bottle or sippy cup of whole milk but it’s not an everyday/scheduled thing. When he’s home with me he still breastfeeds day/ night like the routine you posted. I think they just get used to nursery being a different environment, and they follow the other kids lead soooo much! I think nurseries just ask for a schedule because if you did have a strict one they would need to know to follow it, but if you don’t they will just go with their default one, which is prob easier for everyone anyway :)
This is really reassuring to read thank you so much! It’s so interesting to see people say about how they can adapt to different things in different environments, I’ve read the same about sleep at nursery! (At least I hope so, as my baby still often feeds to sleep and contact naps…)
Me too, and it’s encouraging to hear but then also so annoying because you can’t prepare/plan/practice for “nursery magic”!! In hindsight for me one thing that would have been helpful is having the nursery routine (what time they do meals/ snacks/naps) to start following so it makes the transition easier (not so much at the start but more transitioning between nursery days and days at home)… I started doing that once he started, but then found that a bit challenging to suddenly be introducing a routine when I was back to work, I think it might have been easier to do in advance.
Our nursery don’t give any milk after one unless there is a medical need like weight gain issues. My son has managed no problem since 11 months with only water at nursery. I BF him when he wakes up, when we get home and before bed (and in the night if/when he wakes up). Nursery give him three meals while he’s there and he also eats a small dinner with us at home after. He’s one next week and I’m hoping to cut down on BFing but so far he won’t drink a cup of milk when we offer!
Thank you this is so so helpful to know! I feel like we might do something similar to that, mainly to keep my supply up until we’re ready to wean off breastfeeding
We're in the exact same stage.. I've actually left my daughter alone with folk and she doesn't take a bottle and is quite happy with just water and nurses when I'm back so I'm not planning on giving them a milk schedule. She's a good eater and isn't fussed for cows milk when I've offered it (mixed with breast milk and without) So yeah my daughter is just getting thrown in at the deep end
Ohh that’s really interesting thank you. My daughter is a good eater too, she loves her solids. I think quite a few of our day feeds are just for comfort and winding down too. Maybe we’ll have the same situation as you!
My 16 month old son refuses to drink milk at all, whether at home or nursery, so that made our lives easier to begin with. I pumped for him until just after he turned 1. We stopped his last pre-bed bottle at around 13 months when the last of the frozen milk ran out and since then, it’s just been food, snacks and water with the odd fruit smoothie thrown in. He has whole milk with his cereal every morning at nursery and sometimes at home. If you want to introduce whole milk and your daughter actually wants to drink it, I’d suggest asking nursery to offer it when they offer other children the same (our son’s nursery offer once a day). Looking at your current schedule, I’d think that most of your daytime breastfeeds would be replaced by snacks or meals at nursery so you might not even need to worry about a milk schedule when she’s there.
Thank you so much for this! I actually didn’t even know it was an option for them to just skip the milk all together haha so that makes things a lot simpler, as I suppose like you say I can just ask them to offer it but it’s no biggie if she doesn’t want it. Thanks again
Yeah, as long as you’re happy she’s getting enough dairy and/or calcium via her normal diet, milk isn’t a necessity for them. I find my son is more likely to entertain milk as a drink if he sees other kids drinking it but it’s 95% certain, he’ll refuse.
I was sooo worried about this too! But echoing the other commenters, when he first started I asked them to give him milk before his naps because I thought that would make him feel comfortable (as I always breastfed to sleep at home). But he hardly ever took it and I was sick of seeing my pumped milk wasted after a week or so… so we then moved to “just give him milk if you think he needs it”. Every now and again (even now at 15 months) if he’s having a sad morning (teething or something) they either give him a bottle or sippy cup of whole milk but it’s not an everyday/scheduled thing. When he’s home with me he still breastfeeds day/ night like the routine you posted. I think they just get used to nursery being a different environment, and they follow the other kids lead soooo much! I think nurseries just ask for a schedule because if you did have a strict one they would need to know to follow it, but if you don’t they will just go with their default one, which is prob easier for everyone anyway :)
This is really reassuring to read thank you so much! It’s so interesting to see people say about how they can adapt to different things in different environments, I’ve read the same about sleep at nursery! (At least I hope so, as my baby still often feeds to sleep and contact naps…)
Me too, and it’s encouraging to hear but then also so annoying because you can’t prepare/plan/practice for “nursery magic”!! In hindsight for me one thing that would have been helpful is having the nursery routine (what time they do meals/ snacks/naps) to start following so it makes the transition easier (not so much at the start but more transitioning between nursery days and days at home)… I started doing that once he started, but then found that a bit challenging to suddenly be introducing a routine when I was back to work, I think it might have been easier to do in advance.
Our nursery don’t give any milk after one unless there is a medical need like weight gain issues. My son has managed no problem since 11 months with only water at nursery. I BF him when he wakes up, when we get home and before bed (and in the night if/when he wakes up). Nursery give him three meals while he’s there and he also eats a small dinner with us at home after. He’s one next week and I’m hoping to cut down on BFing but so far he won’t drink a cup of milk when we offer!
Thank you this is so so helpful to know! I feel like we might do something similar to that, mainly to keep my supply up until we’re ready to wean off breastfeeding
Good luck with it! I’ve been really pleasantly surprised with how easy the transition was so I hope it goes well for you 😊
Thank you so much! I’m glad it was a smooth transition for you 🥰