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changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« on: April 18, 2006, 23:41:19 pm »
HI

Here in New Zealand we are recommended to start feeding solids before bottle from 8 months onwards.However my son refuses to have it this way at lunchtime.He has always had dinner before his bedtime bottle but at lunch he has a bottle then food.He wont let me change it and screams blue murder!

He is at the age where a bottle can be dropped,so they say here and they say to drop that lunch one.BUT first of all i would like to get him to eat food first then have his bottle before i even contemplate dropping it!!!!!!!! We have issues with him refusing water from a sippy or cup as well so i couldnt drop it right now.My main issue is how can i get him to eat first...then have a bottle??

Currently he has  a  bottle at 11-11.15am and then solids around 11.45/12pm. What time would i feed him lunch (food) if i do solids first and what time would i give him his bottle? He goes for a nap between 12.30pm/12.45pm.

Ps He is on 4 bottles a day of 7-8 ounces.( 7.15/11.15/3.15 and 6.30 )I am not interested in dropping one yet but am only preparing towards it.

Any help appreciated thank you ;D
Kirsty
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Re: changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 00:35:01 am »
I honestly don't think it is a big deal to give the bottle first. If you check out other people's schedules: https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=10386.15 you will notice that most give the bottle first. BUT, since you are advised otherwise I guess you could start with offering breakfast first before a bottle in the morning. Does he get up at 7:15 or earlier? Otherwise you could try and do lunch around 12:30 and keep the bottle at 11:15. I know that is technically bottle before solids, but there is a bigger time gap. Check out the schedules on the link I gave you. There are tons of them. Hopefully you can find one that might fit! HTH.  :)
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Re: changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 00:49:02 am »
thank you for the advice and link to check out. Like i said im not to fussed but they do push it here a  bit.I will just go with what he wants and im sure when he is ready it will change itself.Just looking for advice on how to do it etc. i will check out the link and see how others do it,
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Re: changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2006, 01:07:52 am »
Hi Kirsty,

Just try and change over one meal and bottle at a time. When DD dropped to 3 bottles at 5 months we were giving lunch and dinner before bottles otherwise she wouldn't drink all her bottles. However she always had a bottle first thing in the morning before breakfast. Just a few weeks ago when DD turned 8months she started fussing with her morning bottle so we started giving breakfast first and only took a few days and she was happy with things this way. What i do now is give her 2ozs of milk in a cup with all her meals and she is really happy with this. My aim is to slowly increase the amount of milk in her cup and decrease the amount in her bottle so by 12months the bottle is gone.
Anyway my advice is try it for a few days if he doesn't like it change back and try again in a week or so or even in a month. In Australia they say 8/9months to swap solids and bottles around but i think as long as you have it swapped my 12months you should be fine.

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Re: changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2006, 12:44:44 pm »
Great advice Natasha!  :)
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Re: changing to solids first....he is refusing!
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2006, 21:01:38 pm »
thank you everyone...........i appreciate the help.I will give it a go again next week.I think i will leave him with his morning bottle as it is but work first on him having lunch and then a bottle..............lets hope this goes ok!

kirsty