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How much milk?
Hey ladies
My 3 are now 9 months and they are showing signs of wanting to drop their daytime bottle.
At present they have one 210ml feed when they get up (between 6 & 7am) one 210ml feed around 11.30am (which they are gradually taking less and less of) and then a 210ml bottle at bedtime (around 6.30pm). They have water with their meals and are offered sips throughout the day.
Just out of interest how much milk are your LOs having?
Thanks
S x
My 3 are now 9 months and they are showing signs of wanting to drop their daytime bottle.
At present they have one 210ml feed when they get up (between 6 & 7am) one 210ml feed around 11.30am (which they are gradually taking less and less of) and then a 210ml bottle at bedtime (around 6.30pm). They have water with their meals and are offered sips throughout the day.
Just out of interest how much milk are your LOs having?
Thanks
S x
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Lily is having 3 meals a day sometimes a snack & 3 x 6oz bottles so 18oz all together.
I often wonder how long she will be on 3 bottles for she seems happy to stay like this....!!!
I haven't yet introduced any snacks so this might be the next thing - what sort of thing does your LO have?
S x
I have also given her fruit cut into large stick shapes such as kiwi, apple or bananna.
I mash her some strawberries & mix it with bananna too & only very occasionally she might have 3 or 4 Milkybar buttons (some mums will probably horrified by this but i'm not against giving her sweet stuff as long as it's not that often).
I got some Heinz cheddar biscuits the other day but she still chokes on them, Farleys rusk also do individual teddy bear discuits but a word of warning - they are messy!
Hope this has given you some ideas!
Thanks also for helping to resurrect this forum!
S x
Today instead of finger food at lunch (which she doesn't eat that much of really!) I spoon fed her a meal and yogurt and she wasn't bothered about the afternoon bottle at all so I do think that that will be the next one to be dropped.
(just to confirm cows milk does not replace her formula before anyone jumps on me and am just getting her used to the taste! lol!!! )
He just seems to eat and eat, we have 3 meals a day including dessert, 2 snacks. (haven't tried milkybar buttons, but he loved normal choc buttons, so am going to give this a go)
Debs - Max and Len had got in to a phase of wanting milk in the night just recently. We offered them water and after 2 or 3 nights they stopped waking.
Apple-Pie - My HV has advised me to offer mine cows milk to get them used to the taste as well.
S x