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My baby is about to turn 1 in a few days (I'm alternately  and  , LOL). She is the first one I have pretty much ecologically breastfed, and now I'm unsure about how this next year should look. *I* want to continue nursing - probably more often than she does! I'll admit here that it's not only for the nursing relationship, which I love for the first time, but the possible few months more of infertility that would be good for my mental health. 
She started solids late, but is now very excited to eat with us. From observing her, I'm guessing that if I introduce milk (which I'm hesitant to do for allergy reasons) I would soon be obsolete, at least during the day! 
What did the second year of life look like for your nursing relationship with your babies, especially right around this one year mark? I'm afraid I'm trying to hold on to her babyhood when really she wants to charge into toddlerhood (in more ways than one - she's been walking well for several months now!  )
And I can't even remember what a 12 month old should/could be eating. I'm sure I'm withholding things she'd be fine with! Sigh, you'd think I've never done this before! 
Thanks in advance for sharing your stories.
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Hi Amy, my Gabriel just turned 1 in April, he started very lightly on solids around 9-10 months, but has sort of taken off with them in the last few weeks. I'm very much still nursing round the clock, although, we'd love to have fertility back soon 
I'm not dealing with any allergies, so here's what Gabriel likes right now:
plain or wheat bagels, small pieces
plain organic yogurt
strawberries, melons, apples, bananas, mandarin oranges, bluberries, raspberries, cucumbers (no skin, seeds) tomatoes (no skin) avacadoes, cheddar cheese, organic crackers, waffles, pancakes, crepes, toast, chicken, flank steak, ground turkey, lasagne, some organic whole milk in a sippy (he won't do a bottle) some juices, whew, I guess he's eating quite a bit of real food but he still nurses quite a bit too!!
HTH some, good luck with this exciting time!
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Amy, my kids had similar diets to Meredith's at this age, except for the milk. Well, they all hate melon and bananas for some reason, too. They were also eating a lot of cooked vegetables, rice dishes, all kinds of pasta dishes, beans, homemade pizza, etc. Pretty much what the rest of the family was eating, just in little pieces.
None of my children drink milk, except my 2 1/2 year old on rare occasions. They only drank water until they were older than two, if I remember correctly. I nursed the oldest until she was two, then she occasionally would drink soy or rice milk, but the soy didn't agree with her. My second was nursed until he was three, and he still only drinks water. The third was nursed until he weaned at two, and drinks water.
All of mine nursed at least once or twice at night until they weaned, and a minimum three or four times during the day after they turned one.
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Amy,
I would nurse and then feed my son. And I would do solids at first only at main meals. Nursing eventually only became a comfort thing before going to sleep for naps, which at that age was twice a day and then before bedtime. Then bedtime nursing was all he wanted and then he stopped cold turkey at 18 months and never asked again.
Because G had the food allergies, I kept food simple and plain, "isolated" so I could figure out which foods he could tolerate. I used Mommy Made and Daddy Too! as a guideline to cook some fruits and veggies. I would introduce foods 1 week at a time. But after something was introduced I kept in rotation.
Initially we had lots of rice, plain chicken, plain beef, rice noodles, fruit and veggies, cooked and uncooked. Breakfast was a mixture of bananas and rice or oat cereal and soy milk. Dry cereals and soy yogurt were some snacking foods. Pampered Chef Food Chopper works like a dream to get foods at a better consistency, but not mush. I did use a baby food grinder (since he was late in teething), but the chopper was much better for chunkier foods as he got older.
After we found out no dairy, we did rice milk for a while, then soy milk and water. He's hooked on the soy milk...I'm working on getting other kinds of fluids inside of him....let's say the very fancy liquid like water?
This probably doesn't answer your question too well....
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I don't think you NEED to give cow's milk on a regular basis if she's nursing quite a bit. When I became preg. when one of my kids was 11 month, my milk supply decreased significantly. He was very thin, so I started organic whole milk. Other than that, my 1 yos usually still nursed a ton and picked off my plate.
I don't remember offering whole milk regularly until they were a little older, except for that one child. I did introduce dairy products, however.
If you are looking for more child spacing then I would keep nursing--but it never works for me once thet hit a year, even if they are velcro to me
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