Dropping Bottles - when? how? please spell it out!!

[ckcole]

Glad everyone is getting a lot out of this thread.  We're going to try dropping a bottle today... wish me luck!

[TDR'smom]

Me too    I gave her some, she loved it (which is odd because she won't eat anything else cold) She had a couple of tbsps this afternoon and so far no complaints! (and this whole 3 sippy cups a day is so much easier too...fits into our routine so much better!)

YAY!!!  I love yogurt too and LOVE that my lo's love it.  It is sooo good for them!

ckcole-good luck with dropping the bottle!  Let us know.

Mashimaro-Around 7-8 months, I think lo's need between 22-28 oz of formula and the rest solids.  You can always slowly increase solids and decrease the middle of the day bottles?

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

ckcole - Good Luck!

Mashi - Spencer was starting to eat less at her 11:00, 3:00 and bedtime feeds, so I took the hint! She now takes 3 - 8oz cups and gets another 4-6 oz in her cereal. I was worried about messing her up, but she thinks it's great! ( and she eats 3 meals of maybe a half a cup and one snack)

Heidi

[Mashi]

I think I am going to just go for it tomorrow. It's only been the last two days consistently that DS has refused his 2nd and 3rd bottle but I was sooooo frustrated both days that I figure it's worth a shot.  I'm also going to be very adventurous and give him some ReadyBrek (it's oats ground up to a powder type substance) although I was hell-bent determined to keep him off of gluten until 12 months.  So, a big step for me!  I figure he will need the extra milk and extra food if he's dropping a bottle, so wish me luck!

[Bobbyc]

Good luck

[ckcole]

Good luck mashimaro.
So far so good today for us.  He took 6 oz this morning, about 6 this afternoon and I'm hoping he'll take 8 for his nighttime bottle. I thought he would have wanted more this afternoon, but I guess he was happy enough with his solids. at 11am.  I also upped his solids a bit to compensate for the dropped bottle, and I introduced yogurt today... which he LOVED! Hopefully it agrees with him.

[TDR'smom]

YAY!!  Sounds like the lo's are doing well with less milk and adding Yogurt!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Good luck! Yogurt was a hit again today...had some on top of her cereal and for a snack!

[bennysmama]

Can I ask a real numpty-question please?  Sorry to hijack.  DS has bottles at 7,11,4 and 645ish plus a DF.   He has solids at 8ish, and before the 11 and 4 bottles. 

So...would it be best to drop the 11am bottle? or drop the4pm one and, instead, have a snack at 5ish?    

Thank you!!

[TDR'smom]

So...would it be best to drop the 11am bottle? or drop the4pm one and, instead, have a snack at 5ish?   

It's really up to you!!  I would probably move the 11AM bottle a little later, like maybe after lunch and then drop the 4PM bottle and give a snack. 

HTH!

Judy

[bennysmama]

Thanks Judy!   So, would this be ok:   7 bottle, 8 solids, 11ish solids, 1ish bottle, 4ish solids, snack 5ish and 645 bottle?   

[TDR'smom]

Hi bennysmama!  Sorry, I know you told me your name once! 

Benny and Madi are very close in age and this is what we have been doing.

Roughly
7:30AM-8oz bottle
8:30-cereal and fruit with sippy (probably won't drink much but that's okay)
11:30AM-lunch
Afternoon bottle right before nap
4pm-snack (yogurt/cheese)
5:30pm-Dinner
6:30pm-8oz bottle

I like to give evening solids as late as possible!

Does that make sense?
 

Judy

[bennysmama]

Thanks Judy, that makes perfect sense.  We started today and, when he didn't get a bottle after his 1130 meal, Benny's expression was pure "huh??!".   Then he scarfed down 9 fl oz before his nap!! (9ozs is LOADS for him!).   

Yoghurt is a hit here too .  I bought a big pot of plain organic yoghurt and mixed in fruit.  Yum!!

One more question please Judy:  how do you serve the cheese for the afternoon snack?  As finger food?   
 
xx
Emma

[TDR'smom]

Hi Emma!  So cute about poor Benny's expression without the after lunch milk!!  I've also found that Madi took a better afternoon nap with some warm milk in her belly!

For the cheese, I usually give her little bits to pick up as finger food while I spoon feed her a yogurt.  Some days I give her a cracker.  She likes to have little bits of food to feed herself while we are feeding her. 

xxx
Judy

[bennysmama]

Thanks again .