Transitioning to nursery and milk

So my LO was and is exclusively nursed he’s never taken a bottle or cup of any kind of milk he refuses. Breastfeeding after nursery is a beautiful way to reconnect after a long day for them and you my boy literally rips my top off to get to the boob after nursery 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ then looks at me and smiles and it’s the sweetest moment knowing I can give him that. He doesn’t have any milk at nursery and we don’t give cows milk so I’ve asked them not to offer it he just has water and is absolutely fine. He feeds often when we’re together but is absolutely fine when we’re apart without the milk. You will likely find initially LO goes a bit boob mad as the separation rocks their world a little and feeding is comfort to them but in our experience it settles down again as LO settles into the childcare setting so you might find that a better time to naturally wean a little if that’s what you wish to do. We send our own cup to nursery the tum tum and he also has the same cup at home x

Thanks, Yasmin. That's so helpful and lovely to hear your experience ❤️

I work in a nursery in the baby room, we have a baby that’s just over 12 months she is breastfed. You could trial the amount of milk you give her say start at 4oz (just a guide) see how little one gets on also chose if cows milk or formula. I’d definitely still encourage to breastfeed you may find little one will let you know when they are with you when they want to feed. As for water just trial with a similar cup they use and see how little one gets on. Don’t worry to much as we find babies pick it up pretty quickly especially when they see the other babies picking up and drinking from a cup/water bottle. I would definitely get in touch with the room leader and express your concerns nothing is too much to ask. Good luck

Also you could take the option to not give baby any milk at nursery setting and just water with meals that’s always an option

@Yasmin how did you get your LO to drink water? Mine absolutely refuses it and she’s exclusively breastfed to.

@Lola I drink from a straw and around 6 months he was interested so I let him try and then he got it and moved onto his own tum tum cup. We got pretty lucky tbh he’s always liked water but I’d for sure say drink around them and demonstrate how to suck from a straw x

My LO is 11.5 months old and due to start nursery in April. Just today I tried her with one cows milk feed swapped out to see if she would take it. She is really hit and miss with bottles so I used a sippy cup and she took 100ml. I have the same plan as you to still breastfeed first thing in the morning and maybe bedtime (I don’t finish till 8pm) with cows milk in the day

Thanks ladies. I've just given a tiny bit of cows milk this afternoon in a sippy cup and she loved it.