bottles of milk???!!!

[trixipaws]

for those who dont kno, i BF for 8 months, then suddenly switched to formula, started 3 bottles a day at first but after only a week or two dropped to just two as she was on 3 solid meals a day by then.

by around 10 months she'd stopped taking very much of her bedtime bottle- only 50ml if that sometimes- on a "good" day she'd take 150ml or something, whereas the morning one (full 8-scoop one) she always polished off.

the last box of formula ran out a few weeks before her first birthday (which is today as u can see!) and have moved her onto cows' milk, but she's become so uninterested in bedtime milk lately that i havent been bothering with it, when i have she's not even touched it, she pushes the beaker or bottle away from her face she's still been drinking all her morning bottle tho before breakfast.

well, this morning she left a bit, about 100ml or so. and she slept in til 8am, so it was nearly breakie time anyway.

just wondering if i can stop bothering with bottles now altogether? if i do that should i give milk with meals instead of water or juice?

who else gives morning and/or bedtime bottles after their babies first birthdays?

 

[kelsey]

mine is 20 months and he has his bottle of milk before bedtime. its still routine at the mo, he drinks from a cup all day long

 

[mum&2girls]

jayde just has a bottle of milk before bed but only drinks about 4 oz she drinks loads of juice through the day though

 

[Rosieroo]

She does still need to have a good pint of full fat milk a day, or the equivilent in cheese/yoghurt etc to make sure she's getting enough calcium. DD still has a cup of milk in the morning and before bed now and she's nearly 2.5.

DS has a bottle at approx 6-7am (8oz), a bottle with his nap (8oz) and a bottle at bedtime (a good 8oz) but he loves his milk.

 

[tuck]

Matilda still has a bottle in the mornings, 61/2 oz which she dosnt always finish and a bottle before bed, again 61/2 oz. i've still got her on formula though. I have tried her with 'milk' as well in the mornings. maybe try giving it to her a bit later??????