My 13mo son gets most of his breastmilk at night?

[Ginger Bean]

Is this normal? I don't mean comfort nursing/frequent nightwaking, but long, deep draining of the breast every 2 hours at night.

He has 3 solid meals a day. He probably eats a substantial amount at 1-2 of these. The rest, he just tastes/picks at his food. He rarely has juice, just sips of water with his meals. He's not a picky eater; he's easy to feed.

He does nurse a lot during the day, but they're mostly quick nursings as if for thirst or as if he's too distracted.

I guess I expected him to nurse LESS now that he's older and eating regularly. This isn't about me getting more sleep -- I'm just wondering if this is fairly normal for breastfeeding, co-sleeping toddlers, or if I'm not doing something right like too many solids/not enough solids, wrong kind of solids, wrong timing of solids, or whatever.

[sunflower.mama]

Normal here for my 15 month old.  She's more of a picky eater during the day, but she still LOVES to breastfeed.  I nurse her before her afternoon nap, at night/first thing in the morning and sometimes mid morning or late afternoon if she really needs it.  I recently went a night apart from her (our first) and I pumped twice, more for my comfort than anything else.  I was SHOCKED at how quickly my bottles filled up.  I guess I thought it was more of a comfort thing than a food thing.

She's my third, and the other two self weaned right around their second birthdays.  Will be interesting to see what she does.

[hildare]

that was the situation for us, too, b/c i WOH and at that age had stopped/ was stopping pumping during the day.  i'd say normal, and i don't think personally nightweaning is a good idea until 16 mos or until the kid can understand the concept of night and day and sleeping boobies, etc.

[Ginger Bean]

Thanks for your replies! I feel better. I was just worried that he wasn't getting proper nutrition in the day or something.

[goldenwillow]

Just curious...  Do you offer your breast before he eats solids during the day?  My LO nursed a ton day and night at that age, but offering before solids during the day may help with the night. 

[Ginger Bean]

Thanks, I will try that!

I made a point of always offering the breast before solids when he was under 1. Now I don't really think about it, but I should.