How Many Times a Day Should a 10 Month Be Nursing?

Talk to your doctor about starting whole milk early, but we did when we were in the same situation with my first. My daughter was getting bored with nursing around the same age. She dropped down to 3 nursings instead of 4 by 10 months. At her 9 month check-up, I told her doctor that she wasn't into nursing as much and was fighting me specifically at her 4:30 nursing. She said to follow her cues, but try to nurse at least 3 times daily until 1 year. By 9 months, my daughter was also eating 3 meals daily, drinking water from a sippy cup and eating finger foods after meals and at snacks. At 10 months, her doctor told me I could give her whole milk with meals, which we did and she loved it. By 11 months we had dropped down to 2 nursings daily, because it was such a fight at the 12:30 nursing and she was barely drinking anything. Just after 11 months we stopped nursing totally. She just wasn't interested anymore and I didn't feel we needed to fight about it since she was already drinking plenty of whole milk and eating everything in sight, including Indian food. :-)
When she was nursing still and I would give her a bottle, I gave her 4 oz. each. When we gave her whole milk, it was only at mealtimes and she would drink around 4-6 oz. in a sitting.
Good luck!

Don't get caught up in how many ounces... PLEASE - because this just causes severe panic and loss of confidence. Just because you are unable to pump much does not mean she's not getting 4-5 times that when she nurses. She's an efficient nurser now and what used to take 30 minutes to get now only takes 5-7 minutes. As long as you are nursing on demand while you are with her, nursing her or offering breastmilk in a bottle BEFORE offering solids... you are both in fine shape.

You can start teaching her nursing manners now... such as "No Biting!" - where you take her off the breast for up to 3 chances per session. First time off is a few minutes, 2nd time is 10 minutes, 3rd time 30 minutes then 4th time is until next nursing session (over an hour later). Then there is "Wait" (best started after 14 months), along with "When we get home" and "No lifting Mommy's shirt".

I am not sure. But I do believe there is a lactation. com site that could answer your question.

I think my twins were only nursing about four times a day around 10 months. I no longer pumped at work since our doctor gave the greenlight for milk. So, the midday feeding was the first to go since I was exhausted from pumping for so long.

Hello, My babies, which were breast fed, weaned themselves at about 10 months. They were ready, I wasn't. But, they were in charge of that.
Good luck with your precious family.
K. K.

My daughter got very distracted when nursing starting around 10 or 11 months. She would nurse 4 times a day for about 2 minutes on each side- she either didn't need much or was VERY efficient! She also ate plenty of other food so didn't get hungry. My doctor said I could start her on whole milk at 11 months so I started the day she turned 11 months! I still nursed just starting giving her the whole milk so she would be use to & like the taste by the time she turned 1 (I was already pregnant again so was looking forward to a little break from nursing before the next baby came- but was determined to nurse for a year:). I started my older daughter on whole milk at 11 months also. Hope that helps.

I'm right there with ya! My youngest (of three) turned 10 months last week. I am not able to pump enough to keep up with her needs while I'm at work, so we have had to supplement with formula. With our older daughter, our ped recommended we start introducing whole milk at 11 months. That's our plan this time, too.

my son nursed 4 times a day but I'm sure kids are different.

I am a believer in extended nursing, so my answer is as many times as she wants and for as long as she wants, as long as you are able to do that. Don't worry about how much she's getting, particularly if she's getting a lot of table foods by now. I have a 29 month old, and I nurse him mostly on demand, though these days I've been offering him a drink or a snack when he asks to nurse at odd times, and he'll often take it, because really all he is is hungry or thirsty. But when he really wants to nurse, I nurse him. The number of times a day varies, though usually it's morning, naptime, bedtime, and maybe 1-3 other times, depending on the day.

I worried about this and our pediatrician said as long as she had wet diapers throughout the day she was fine, so don't worry unless she's been dry longer than a couple of hours. Also remember the more solids she eats the less she'll need to nurse.

I was at home with my eldest, he nursed 4-5 times a day at this age, and was a good solid food eater. But my daughter only nursed twice a day, early morning and late evening at 10 months, she was never a heavy nurser, even though I nursed her until she was 13 months. I pumped at work as well and got about 4.5 oz, the same as you, which she took by bottle the next day. She was always the one who was more concerned with what was going on around her rather than eating, and in hindsight I should have weened her at around 10/11 months, she didn't really care, lol! I was just trying to give her the best possible start to her development.

As far as whole milk before one year, even organic, a baby's digestive system can't digest cow's milk proteins. Cow's milk also has too much sodium, potassium, and chloride, which can tax your baby's kidneys.

It also doesn't have all the vitamins and minerals (especially vitamin E, zinc, and iron) that she needs for growth and development in her first year. Giving a baby cow's milk could even cause iron deficiency and internal bleeding. TMI, I know, but that's why doctors say to wait until they're one to start whole milk.