8 Months - 2 Bottles?????

[* Paula *]

Hi all,

I was hoping you could help me.  My 8 month old has been on 3 bottles a day for the past month and a half.  However, he has now decided that he does not want his 2pm snack bottle - I am worried about this as if he drops this bottle it will mean that he is only taking 16oz a day.

Would it be ok if he dropped this bottle and I offered him a snack of yoghurt instead? and then upped his morning and night bottle to 9oz each instead of 8oz?

Please let me know what you think - your help is appreciated.

Thanks
Paula

[Leah's Mom]

I think it would be fine to drop the bottle at this age. I know Mothers who have gone to two bottles at 8 months. As long as he is getting calcium elsewhere - yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese etc. If he doesn't object, you could also try and put some formula in his sippy with the afternoon snack.

[* Paula *]

Hi Christine,

Thanks for your advice and putting my mind at ease.  I think I am going to go with an afternoon snack and try offering him some of his milk in his sippy.

I will always ensure MIL has milk to offer him if he wants it.

Thanks again for your advice it is appreciated.

[*Natasha*]

I am so glad to hear that as my DD dropped to 3 bottles of 7ozs at 5 months and i am finding she is now only wanting 5.5ozs at her lunch bottle (always drinks all of her morning and night bottle) and i think over the next few months will slowly decrease. I was hopping to keep it until 12 months when i switch to cows milk and replace it with a snack (yoghurt or custard). However i am glad if she does it between 8-12months that is ok. She also has 2oz on her cereal in the morning with yoghurt. She has never been a big drinker she dropped to 4 hr EASY with no night feed at 2 months. However she drinks water from a cup during the day with all her meals.