Hi,
My DD is 8.5m and has recently got back on track after a nasty stomach bug.
The upside of the virus has been that her solids intake has increased nicely, but she is still also taking a lot of milk which is fine - but kind of in the wrong places IYKWIM?
Our current muddle is that she has started refusing her BT bottle, I think because of a bottle (albeit a small 4-5oz one) at 3.30/4pm and now an increased amount of solids at about 4.30/5pm. Refusing the BT bottle is having a knock on effect on the DF, in that she is either waking for it, or taking a larger amount so we're no closer to dropping it.
We had been trying to phase it out before her stomach virus, then while we were getting back on track we upped the oz again as she'd lost weight and needed more.
My question is - should I drop the 3.30/4pm bottle first, to get our BT one back on track and then work on dropping the DF in another few weeks time? This sort of seems counter-intuative as we want to be dropping the oz from the night, not the day... but I can't see how else to restore the BT bottle?
And in order to drop that afternoon bottle, do I need to offer lunch first and move her usual 11am bottle to after lunch?
Thanks,
Rachel. xx