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Offline Jaxsta81

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Signs to drop a bottle
« on: January 16, 2013, 13:18:51 pm »
Hi all,

What would you say are the signs for noting when to drop a bottle? Is it simply refusal or only drinking half the bottle? Any other signs?

I think I may need to drop the late afternoon bottle but I'm just not sure!!

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Re: Signs to drop a bottle
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2013, 16:04:18 pm »
Generally LO will either refuse on of the midday bottles or will only partially finish each one... typically, it's the 11am bottle that goes and you offer lunch solids in place of it.  The remaining midday milk is offered shortly before the PM nap and is a full bottle (7-8ozs).

This is from the FAQ section:
The transition from 4 to 3 bottles per day. can sometimes be difficult to spot. The main thing to look for is your LO consistently refusing the 11am bottle, this is the time to be changing to 3 bottles, so your routine may look something like this;

E: 7.00 wake up and feed milk and breakfast
A: 7.30
S: 10.00
Y: your choice
E: 12.00 lunch
A: 12.30
E: 1330/1400 milk *dependant on your LO’s nap time
A:
S: 2.00
Y: your choice
E: 4.30 dinner
A: 5.00
E: 7.00 milk given before or after bath
A: bath
S: 7.30 bedtime



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Re: Signs to drop a bottle
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 16:31:27 pm »
Thanks for that! it does make sense giving him a bottle before he goes down for his pm nap as I was going to drop the bottle after his second nap which is about 4.30pm as he's having his last bottle of the day at 6.30pm.

Perfect-as ever you have solved the issue!

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Re: Signs to drop a bottle
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 22:22:07 pm »
Let me know if it doesn't work out for him :)