Prefers solids ......Losing interest in bottle-HELP!

[hopper116]

My ds is 8 months old, and he is losing interest in his bottle.  We dropped the DF at 7 months, and since then he was taking 4 bottles a day at about 8 oz per feed.  For the past week or so, he will only take 3 to 4 oz per feed, but he really wants to chow down on his solids. 

He has 3 solid meals per day.  For breakfast, he  has cereal and fruit, lunch is a fruit and veggie, and dinner is cereal w/ fruit and a veggie.  He is only eating baby food and then he gets his 4 bottles per day.

Why would he suddenly not be interested in his bottle?  He just dropped to 3 to 4 oz per feed overnight.  Am I doing something wrong?  When do most drop to three bottles a day rather than 4?  I just don't know what to do.  His Ped said he should get about 24 oz a day along with his solids, but he's really not getting that much.  He's a healthy weight, etc., so no concerns there.  Any advice or guidance would be appreciated!

Stephanie

[Lana]

Ewan did the same thing when we started solids.  I was always worried about his formula intake so I asked the ped.  He said that some kids just prefer the solids to the bottle and suggested that we give him cereal made with formula a couple of times per day.  I see you already do that so you may be doing just fine.  The other thing that we did was to give him his bottle as a snack in between meals so that he would drink a bit more that way.

HTH

[tylersmommy]

Are you doing bottles or solids first? It's often easier to get more formula into babies if you offer bottles before solids. They're often a bit more hungry and haven't filled up on solids first. If you're already doing that, you might try limiting his solids intake and see if that helps. It can also be a temporary thing...Tyler usually lost interest in his bottle for a few days when he was teething or getting sick.

Lots of babies drop down to 3 bottles around 8-9 mo, but Tyler stayed on 4 bottles until he was 1, so I don't have any experience with that...hopefully someone else does! It's hard to strike a balance between solids and bottles, and it always seems to change once you've figured it out. HTH!