Weaning breastfeeding

I feel totally lost when it comes to trying to wean my baby, he turns 1 on sept 30th and is super interested in solids, so he’s eating three meals a day and a snack. It seems like my milk supply is already naturally dropping now and we feed in the morning, afternoon for his nap, once in the evening wake window, and once before sleep. Sometimes he seems uninterested in breast probably because he fills up so much on solids already. Do I start subbing with whole milk now? This is my first time so I just feel lost

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In short based on advice from my lactation consultant:
- start with weaning day feeds, then wean middle of the night, then wean the bookends (first in the morning + before bed) last bc those are hardest.
- her advice to me was to offer water and a snack instead of a breastfeeding session or whole milk, but this advice may differ from person to person?
- I would say if he’s starting to be uninterested in a particular feeding, start with that one…for us, it was her late morning feed & one of her feeds in the night.
I’m def not an expert but a fellow first time mom just trying to figure things out!

You do not have to wean if you don’t want to. WHO recommends nursing until age 2 or beyond as long as mom and baby want to.

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