If u were me?

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Ive been wanting to wean for the longest time for many reasons but my baby never took bottles. Now he finally gets a sippy cup but only takes 1-2 sips a time ever. 
Hes 12 months going on 13. 
He still nurses three times a day and has never slept through the night. 
Im thinking of cutting out one nursing session during the day. But that will mean less milk for him (bc he'll hold out til the next nursing session since he will not drink milk from the cup) and it means one less nap since he still nurses to sleep (i have to do this bc my supply is super low and it takes him one hour to finish ugh). 
Would u do it if u were me? Im worried he will lose weight and not nap enough. But i dono? Thoughts?

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My son is 14months. Currently nursing when he wakes up and before bed. I really recommend not letting your son nurse to sleep. When they wake up they think they can't go back to sleep on their own because of it. Breaking my son of night nursing was hard but it paid off. He still wakes up at 2and 5 but he can usually fall back asleep on his own. Try giving a bottle of warm cow's milk instead of breast milk for one feeding, it will take a while to switch. To break nursing to sleep I recommend a simple routine for every bedtime. I cuddle my son and tell him about his day, what else we have planned, and why it's important he gets a good nap. I set him in his bed and turn on his ocean soother. He plays around for a while but after a bit he'll either cry or lay down. I remind him it's okay to nap when you're tired and we'll have fun again when he wakes up. He can sometimes take up to 30min to fall asleep but he gets one 3hr nap (which maybe what your son needs as well). It's hard to get started but so worth it in the end.

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Personally I prefer to nurse my kids to sleep and they’ve just naturally outgrown it, so don’t think it’s a ‘bad habit’ that needs breaking.  
That said, I can understand being ready to be done.  For some reason all of my kids refused bottles by a few months old.  The cup we’ve had most success with is the munchkin weighted straw sippy.  For when dad had to put our little girl to sleep, she’d accept that with vanilla almond milk - it’s sweetened and not great for teeth when falling asleep with it, so we only used it for a few months when dad put her down and she took to it pretty easily.  We had no issue switching to water in the cup for sleep after a while.  
Another tactic to try to cut back on nursing time is to see if you can fill him up before sitting to nurse.  Try offering some snacks right before nursing, like chicken pieces, peas, etc.  My little guy also likes those little squeezable applesauce packets and cheerios.  
To try to cut out a daytime nursing session, you could try changing up your routine. Like putting him in a stroller, wrap or going for a car ride at naptime so he falls asleep without nursing for several days in a row. He’ll likely try to go back to nursing when you do a nap time at home, but your body won’t be making what it was since you’ve not been nursing at that time.  This accidentally happened to me with my oldest son. He was nearly 3 and down to nursing only once a day (bedtime).  I had to go out of town for 3 days, and when I came back he tried to nurse but I guess either nothing was there or what was there tasted different, because that was his last attempt.

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I'd do it if my son took a hour to nurse. Over a year breastmilk should NOT be his main source of nutrients normal food should. He can also have regular milk cows, almond, coconut etc. You should also try and stop the nursing to sleep thing it's only going to get harder as he gets older. Give him his cup of milk tell him its nap time, drink more etc. Then lay him down. Good luck

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Yes cut feedings that’s what I did and always offer sippy instead. Worked for us.

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Does he eat yogurts and other “meals”? I would start if I were you its hard but it sounds like youve expected it to be a long process. Start with the morning feed he will prob be more open to eating and distraction

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I replaced with cows milk. My son actually ended up gaining more weight from the cows milk than my breast milk. Try not to worry about it since after 1 breastmilk is optional. It’s been so easy to wean for us. He never even tries and he’s been weaned almost 3 months

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