Refuses Breakfast

[* Paula *]

Should I swtich things around or reduse milk in AM?.

DD is 10 months old, and on 3 x 9oz milk feeds, plus has yogurts during the day.  Majority of the time she finishes the morning and evening bottles, and the afternoon one is anywhere beteen 6-9 oz.

In the morning she will happily drain her 9oz bottle, but then will refuse breakfast.  I can offer it 2 hours after and she will still refuse it.  Is it ok that she is only on 2 meals a day, or should I look at doing breakfast first and then offer milk later?

My only concern with that is that she is in nursery, and takes her bottle better from me than anyone else.  If she does have a bottle, I afriad that we won't have enough time to do the bottle after breakfast, and that she won't finish it due to time.

Or should I cut her AM milk down, and use in her cereal.

I am confused.  My DS was the other way round and was soo difficult to get milk into him.

[*Natasha*]

How about giving half the bottle first thing then breakfast and putting some in a cup for her to drink with her breakfast. At this age it is ok to start cutting back on milk as food is slowly starting to become the most important part of their diet.

[* Paula *]

Thats the thing though.  Even when she only has 6 oz in the morning, she still refuses breakfast 

I might try brekkie first tomorrow morning and see how she does.

[*Natasha*]

Thats the thing though.  Even when she only has 6 oz in the morning, she still refuses breakfast 

I might try brekkie first tomorrow morning and see how she does.

It can't hurt to give in a try see how she goes. I was worried when we made the change to solids first in the morning and she didn't even miss her bottle.

[enna77]

Paula we're starting to have that happen here now too, I'm thinking of swapping around, as Natasha says I'm sure she won't even notice, let us know how you get on

[* Paula *]

Thanks ladies,

Well after her sleeping for 13.5 hours last night  I gave her the bottle first.  Was going to do half and then breakfast, but she was sucking that hard that I could not get the bottle out her mouth  .  She drank 7 oz, and I offered breakfast an hour later - for the first time in ages she actually ate some.  She ate 1/2 a weetabix.

Will see how it goes tomorrow.

Thanks for your replies 

[*Nicola*]

How's things going Paula? 

Will she eat any finger food in the morning?  Piece of toast etc?

[* Paula *]

Well can you believe it, that since I have posted this post, she has eaten breakfast every morning except for one and that was today cause she is not well.

She will eat a handful of cherios but that is about it, BUT the past few days she has eaten 3/4 of a Weetabix 

[*Nicola*]

LOL paula!!

(really laughing at this as we are currently on MSN talking about our fussy babies!)

[* Paula *]

Yup that would be my lil princess making a liar out of me 

[*Nicola*]

LOL!

[*Natasha*]

Well can you believe it, that since I have posted this post, she has eaten breakfast every morning except for one and that was today cause she is not well.

She will eat a handful of cherios but that is about it, BUT the past few days she has eaten 3/4 of a Weetabix 

That is great. Catherine use to do that everytime i posted a question on here things improved