Hi there,
My daughter is 9 months old, and now she is eating solids I'm finding her routine has gone out the window somewhat. I'm a bit confused about when to give milk and when to give food to optimise her calorie intake.
When she started weaning she was having regular 4hrly milk (4x 7oz bottles in day plus 1 at night) and food as follows:
730am wake and milk
9am breakfast
(Sleep)
1130am milk (this is the bottle I've now stopped)
13hrs lunch
(Sleep)
330pm milk
5pm tea
630pm milk
645pm in bed / asleep.
During night at some point when wakes - milk
Now she's eating a bit more at each meal, but it's hit and miss. She has a bowl of porridge and fruit for breakfast but lunch and dinner she sometimes eats and sometimes doesn't, depending what's on offer - i give her a wide variety of foods. People told me they were surprised she was still having her normal amount of milk and I needed to actively reduce it, so a couple of weeks ago I didn't give her the mid morning bottle and I found she went quite happily until lunch, in fact, she rarely asks for milk until she sees the bottle. The last week or so I've also noticed she doesn't drink more than a couple of oz of her first morning bottle (730am ish). I feel like I'm messing around with when she has her milk and trying different things and I'm not sure what's best to do. If I swop things around so she has breakfast first, I'm worried she'll get dehydrated (she rarely takes more than a sip of water). I'm also thinking that at some point she will sleep through the night and then might drink more milk in the early morning, or will be even more dehydrated if she has breakfast and no milk? (Incidentally, will she drop the night feed / other day feeds, or do I need to actively stop feeding)?
I've gotten myself a bit confused with how milk fits into her day now, any advice is greatly appreciated!
Katie
