Feeding Schedule???

[cherylburlington]

Hello,

QUESTION
When can I get rid of the morning bottle and condense bottle and breakfast to one sitting? (i.e. sit her for breakfast and offer milk in cup while eating breakfast)
Here is my current routine with Keira (12 months)

730am bottle (8oz formula)
830 Breakfast (i.e.toast and fruit)
1100 snack (cheese or yogurt)
1200 Lunch
300 snack
430 Dinner
630 Bottle (8oz formula)

Tried homo milk for 3 days (morning bottle) but developed a small rash.  Will try again in a weeks time.

I found some info on this website before that offered guidlines for feeding schedules but it only went to 12 months (or what I am currently doing).  I am looking for info on the next step.

[Mimi 2]

As she is 12 mos, you can do it right now.  How is she with a sippy or cup?  Will she take some milk in it?  Does she have other sources of dairy?  Between 1-5 yo, it is recommended in Canada that children should have 2 servings of diary (500mL or 2 cups of whole milk; cheese; yogurt; or calcium fortified juices/soy; etc"

If this is her first taste of whole milk then it may take some time (days or weeks depending) for her to get use to it.  There are several ways of transitioning to whole milk:

- cold turkey
- add a little bit of whole milk into her bottle/sippy until it is 100% whole milk.
- introduce whole milk as part of the meal in a sippy/cup and slowly decrease the amount of formula in the bottle.

How is her diet?  Is she eating a variety of meats, veggies, grains, dairy & fruits?  If her meals are balanced and she is getting 2 servings of dairy (cheese/yogurt) then don't worry too much about a strong dislike to whole milk in the beginning.  Keep offering whole milk and decrease the formula.

HTH

BTW I'm moving this over to Eating for Toddlers.  For toddlers, usually there are 3 meals plus 2 or 3 snacks - do what works for your family.  So what you have is fine except maybe offer food before milk.

[Mimi 2]

Cheryl you can do it tomorrow if you want.  You may have to serve breakfast at around 7/7:30 am as her body is used to getting milk at 7 am.  I know that some moms found it really helpful if they have breakfast semi-prepared the night before. 

good luck

[lilisuze]

hi sorry for hijacking this thread but I have a question thats so similar! I am also planning on swapping to a single breakfast time. My lo currently has his lunchtime milk from a sippy but not the morning one. For the last 3 weeks he has been terrible at eating breakfast (refusing, only wanting what i have, and even then not from his bowl, he wants it from my bowl, with my spoon!!)

Is the switch to single breakfast time likely so solve this problem? for about 2 months he was doing so well, having milk at 7, breakfast at 7.50 and eating a whole weetabix! Now its more like a half a weetabix. Could he be having too much milk?