Help with milk...

[Samsgirl]

Hannah is six months on Thursday and weaning is going so well we have just started today on 3 meals. This was what she had today:

7am 8oz milk

9am baby porridge with pear purée. About 3 ice cubes worth

11am 8oz milk

1pm mashed carrot, suede and potato
Little drink of water

3pm 7oz milk

5pm mashed carrot, broccoli and potato

6.30 bedtime bottle, about 8oz

I am thinking I should start to reduce milk intake a bit now she on 3 meals? Was thinking about dropping to 7oz per bottle....what do u think?

Will she just eventually drop a bottle herself?

I understand up to 12 months we should aim to get around 20oz into them... Is this right?

Thanks xxx

 

[vickib_1984]

You could but usually they reduce their intake them selves once they get use to 3 meals and eating more James is 5 months and had

7.30am7oz milk porridge made with 3oz milk

11.45 3 oz milk a full Ella's pouch and a yogurt

3.45 a yogurt because it was so hot he didn't want anything else

6.15 5oz milk

6oz of juice through out the day

This morning he's had 6oz and porridge made with 4oz milk always has 10oz in the morning so we only have to get in another 8 but James is a big boy


xxx

 

[hugsy]

Kayla dropped her milk intake straight away almost with the weaning but i give the food then bottle at the same time so guess she gets full on food then takes 2/3rds or her bottle but i still make the full thing for the days she is hungrier, sometimes i will re offer it a hour later and she willtake it all then but cos shes a pudding im not hugely worried

is that 20oz a day from when they start weaning or from later?

 

[vickib_1984]

Also I feed bottle the food not every 2 hours x


xxx

 

[Samsgirl]

20oz from 6-12 months apparently. X

 

[Princess81]

Cam is on 18oz per day at 8 months. He had his health visitor check up and dietician appt a couple weeks ago and they both said that this is the perfect amount for his age. Hope this helps xxx

 

[Samsgirl]

Oh that's fine then princess I have dropped her bottles to 7oz today from 8oz. I assume she will just start to drink less herself. Maybe have more for her first and bedtime bottles x

 

[My1stBaby]

Max is nowhere near eating this, starting to worry me really

He has: 1 icecube size fruit puree, 1icecube size veg puree and half a rusk. Milk wise he used to have 5-6 8oz bottles a day and now he only has half of that..

His weight was fine last week (19lbs 5oz) after 3 weeks of weaning so I guess its ok? Just seems he's not having a lot compared to your babies

Xxx

 

[Samsgirl]

Mine is a pig though!!! Lol. Always has been. How old is max again? X

 

[Mrs N]

I never actively dropped a feed, he just had less milk gradually and when he started only having an oz or two I took it away and he has been fine with that!! He has 3 x 9oz bottles on top of his food!!
xxx

 

[LoopyLouize]

Max is nowhere near eating this, starting to worry me really

He has: 1 icecube size fruit puree, 1icecube size veg puree and half a rusk. Milk wise he used to have 5-6 8oz bottles a day and now he only has half of that..

His weight was fine last week (19lbs 5oz) after 3 weeks of weaning so I guess its ok? Just seems he's not having a lot compared to your babies

Xxx

I wouldn't worry hun, Harlow only eats that amount at 6 and a half months old. HV was happy with her intake and her eating! So long as his weight is fine I wouldn't worry x

 

[Samsgirl]

I never actively dropped a feed, he just had less milk gradually and when he started only having an oz or two I took it away and he has been fine with that!! He has 3 x 9oz bottles on top of his food!!
xxx

what time of day do you give the bottles hon? and what time roughly the food?

Thanks xxx

 

[Samsgirl]

Max is nowhere near eating this, starting to worry me really

He has: 1 icecube size fruit puree, 1icecube size veg puree and half a rusk. Milk wise he used to have 5-6 8oz bottles a day and now he only has half of that..

His weight was fine last week (19lbs 5oz) after 3 weeks of weaning so I guess its ok? Just seems he's not having a lot compared to your babies

Xxx

I wouldn't worry hun, Harlow only eats that amount at 6 and a half months old. HV was happy with her intake and her eating! So long as his weight is fine I wouldn't worry x

How much milk does Harlow have now and what times do you give her her bottles? and what time does she have food? just checking how everyone else does it xxx

 

[LoopyLouize]

Max is nowhere near eating this, starting to worry me really

He has: 1 icecube size fruit puree, 1icecube size veg puree and half a rusk. Milk wise he used to have 5-6 8oz bottles a day and now he only has half of that..

His weight was fine last week (19lbs 5oz) after 3 weeks of weaning so I guess its ok? Just seems he's not having a lot compared to your babies

Xxx

I wouldn't worry hun, Harlow only eats that amount at 6 and a half months old. HV was happy with her intake and her eating! So long as his weight is fine I wouldn't worry x

How much milk does Harlow have now and what times do you give her her bottles? and what time does she have food? just checking how everyone else does it xxx

She has 3 x 5oz bottles of stage 2 follow on milk (HV told me that it's thicker and fills them up more than stage 1, since I've changed her into this Shea dropped from 7oz to 5oz)

She also has 3 x half a small jars worth of meals a day and one and 1 snack a day. I offer her juice but she probably only drinks 2 oz a days worth.

She has bottle at 7:30 then porridge at 09:30

Dinner (half a jars worth) at 12:30

Bottle at 14:30

Half a jar and a small yogurt at 17:30

Bath at 18:30

Bottle in her cot at 19:30

Xxx

 

[Samsgirl]

that sounds very similar to us...we are still on 4 bottles at the moment, but i have dropped her daytime ones from 8oz to 6oz. she has..

Bottle at 7am

Breakfast at 9am

Bottle at 11am

Lunch at 12:30

Bottle at 3pm

Tea at 5pm

Bottle after bath for bed at 6:30

I also offer her water, but she doesnt take much...think I am going to have to put some juice in it. Which one do you use?

I think she will eventually reduce even more her 11am and 3pm bottles...but i thought i would still give her about 7oz for her 7am and 6:30 bottles.... xx

 

[LoopyLouize]

Your routine sounds fine

I just use sugar free cordial and add water , baby juice is abit of a farce IMO, it's full of sugar! X

 

[Mrs N]

I never actively dropped a feed, he just had less milk gradually and when he started only having an oz or two I took it away and he has been fine with that!! He has 3 x 9oz bottles on top of his food!!
xxx

what time of day do you give the bottles hon? and what time roughly the food?

Thanks xxx

He normally has the following:

7am 9 oz bottle
8.30 breakfast (1 baby wheatabix made up with 3 oz milk and 1/2 a ellas kitchen fruit pouch)
11.30 lunch (a 6 oz pot of mushy food and a baby yoghurt)
3.00 snack (some fruit) and a 9 oz bottle (although sometimes this can be less)
5.30 dinner (toast and a 6 oz pot of mushy food)
7.00 9 oz bottle

xxxx

 

[Mrs N]

Oh forgot to say he used to have a bottle with his breakfast and another at lunch when we started weaning but as he had more food he slowly had less milk untill those bottles got dropped!! On rare occasions if we go to a class at lunchtime then I will give him a couple of oz or a snak mid morning to tie him over untill I can give him his lunch after!!
xxx