Should my friend wean her son

[-Betty-]

Been trying to register my friend all day...not working

Anyway Harrison is 20 weeks old. up until a week ago he was draining 9oz
each feed. suddenly its hard to get him to drink 5/6 oz.
Do you think he has had enough of milk and wants something diff.. or he does not need as much as he is not having a growth spurt... Ideally my friend wants to wean him. But is worried as he has stopped eating as much.... this does not follow signs for weaning so she is confused
any help would be good

 

[Babylicious]

ir's normal, harrison has gone through phases of taking 8oz and now he's back down to 5oz

Although Paris refused milk completely at 5 1/2 months

 

[X5OT]

Response as above, but she may also want to check which teat size she is using and move up to the next one - he may be getting bored / tired with the milk coming too slowly for him.

 

[KJ]

Is he going the same time between feeds? If so then I'm sure the 5oz is perfectly enough for him. I would think if the teat is too slow and he's getting tired/bored feeding then he would get hungry earlier because he really hasn't had enough.

Definitely don't wean him unless he's draining large bottles and seems like he's still hungry.

One - weaning is HARD work, don't start until you have to!
Two - it's best for baby to wait till 6 months if you can.

K.x