How much milk at 10 months?
DD cut down to 2 8oz bottles a day when she hit around 8.5 months but she is now 10 months and seems to be going off her morning bottle, she has a couple of mouth fulls and thats it. She has a bowl of porridge and toast mid morning so she is getting enough to eat but is one 8oz bottle enough for her?
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Apparently there supposed to have about 20oz once established on solids BUT Dee doesn't he has 2 9oz bottles and hv said this was fine.
Have you tried milk in a beaker to get more into her? Only reason I ask is Dee wont take a bottle during the day but wont take beaker morning and night (fussy and v v determined :lol so to try and wean him from bottles we've introduced milk in a beaker during the day its going quite well and we will drop a bottle next week and see how he goes.
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That's a great idea, she loves drinking her water from her sippy cup so she might be more inclined to drink milk throughout the day if I give it to her like this. 20ozs wow I dont think I could get that amount into Olivia no matter how hard I tried! Our Nov babies are very determined aren't they?
Jak still has 4 bottles a day, I've recently dropped them down from 4x 6oz to 6oz first thing, then 4oz at lunch, 4oz at tea and then 6oz at bedtime. I'm worried that's way too much, but I don't want to take any more away from him if he's happy on it, iyswim? Someone I saw today told me that's way too much and I'll just be giving him empty calories.. is that true? I thought formula was full of stuff they needed?
I'll be watching this thread with interest...
Freddie has nowhere near 20 oz - well I dont think he does - we're mix feeding so hard to tell!
On his 3 nursery days I send him with 2 6 oz bottles ... I generally get one back with 2 oz in it and one with 4oz in it. He drinks about 4- 5 oz when he gets in then has bf before bed and 1 maybe 2 bfs through the night. Depending on how much he's taken in the night depends on whether he wants a bf for breakfast or not
Try to make sure he has lots of yogurt, cheese, fromage frais etc etc to make up for the milk he doesn't take.
He'll drink out of a beaker for his daddy - not for me. Mind you he'll eat off a spoon for nursery - not for me.
He's headstrong and awkward I can't think where he gets it from
I think it must be something with these Nov babies they are all stubborn!!
A has 4x 5oz bottles which is 500ml.
She is really happy with these. One when she wakes up, one either right before or right after her morning nap one at 4pm (she goes mental if she doesn't get this one) and one before bed. Because she is so little i will be persisting with these for as long as she wants them.
Novemeber babies are so wilful and determine, i think its because they are scorpios (mostly)
MJx
Im still working on the 18-20oz (530ml - 600ml) until 12 months. So I offer 20oz / 600ml each day and dont stress if he doesnt take all the bottle:
6.75 oz / 200ml - morning
5 oz / 150ml - afternoon
8.5 oz / 250ml - night
He also has a lot of dairy (mostly yoghurt, cheese) plus formula in his weetbix when he eats it.
If he decides to cut down between now and November I will just follow his lead. My mw assured me that some babies just dont need the "recommended" amounts if they are stocking up on the nutrients elsewhere (other dairy and greens) so I feel comfortable with that. Why fight it?
I would just keep offering her less in the morning bottle or sippy cup/beaker and see what happens. She may well pick up interest again!
He has 7oz in the morning, same afternoon and same before bed.
Sarah