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Offline yaya

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quick question
« on: August 18, 2006, 09:22:33 am »
hi! was wondering is anyone out there not giving their LOs a bedtime bottle I recently stopped as i think it was making it hard for him to sleep. ps hes 10 months old

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Re: quick question
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2006, 19:42:22 pm »
Yaya,

DS is 13 months old and he still has his night time bottle.

I find that it is an easy way to wind him down after a long day and it just helps him relax and get ready for bed.

Up until a year, they do still need 21oz a day - this includes milk in their cereal, yogurts, cheeses etc.

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Re: quick question
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2006, 20:57:12 pm »
Hi Yaya.

My DS is 7 months and still gets a nighttime bottle before bed as part of his bedtime routine.  DS knows after his bath, storybook and bottle it's time for bed.

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Re: quick question
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2006, 03:01:00 am »
This was the last bottle we dropped. How many bottles and qantities is he having? At 10months mt DD dropped from 3-2bottles but was also having milk in a cup with meals and was having a total of approx 21ozs a day.
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Re: quick question
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2006, 19:52:29 pm »
thanx for u help! hes down to 2 bottles now morning and afternoon, the betdime one was scarep after we notice he slept bit better with it for a few days but he ususlly get 400-500ml s day (not sure in oz)! Hed have more if i gave it to him, that not the prob just sorry that the strech from 6.30 dinner to breakfast is tool ong??
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Re: quick question
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2006, 12:12:51 pm »
IMHO the last bottle to be dropped is the bedtime one.  My ds is almost 15 months and his sole bottle is STILL the one right before bed.  I feel like it helps him sleep better too because it is a long time to go from dinner to breakfast the next morning.  Especially if we want him to sleep into a decent hour.

Why don't you drop the mid day bottle and just give him AM and PM for now??

HTH!! and GOOD LUCK!
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Re: quick question
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2006, 18:40:47 pm »
I dropped the nite bottle as he was having loads of trouble getting to sleep and has been better since not having a bottle, will now to re introduce it to see how that goes! thanx girls. Ps. Has anyone heard of babies getting off to sleep better with less fussing WITHOUT
 bottle?
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Re: quick question
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2006, 20:31:57 pm »
Oops   :-[ :-[  Yaya...I read your post incorrectly!!!!

Did not realize that your lo slept better WITHOUT the nighttime bottle.  If it is NOT causing a problem with his sleep and he can STILL sleep till 6:30AM....I would not reintroduce the bottle!!!!  If he is not waking up hungry in the middle of the night or at 5AM, that is GREAT.

If he starts to get a little hungry, maybe a snack with his bedtime story....or move dinner a tiny bit later....

Sorry for the wrong information in my last post!!! :-[ :-[
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Re: quick question
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2006, 08:34:10 am »
no worries! he doesnt wake hungry, I have moved his dinner to 6.30 then bath at 7 then bed, how does that sound? takes him ages to fall asleep cpz he used to fall asleep on the bottle :-[ but then sleeps till 7.30
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Re: quick question
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2006, 08:37:29 am »
Because DS gets all hyper in his bath the bottle afterwards is really part of the wind down routine. He loves it and sleeps great at night. And if he doesn't sometimes I think there might be other reasons for it? He doesn't fall asleep on the bottle though (unless he is ill) but he is nice and drowsy and cuddly afterwards
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Re: quick question
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2006, 08:47:06 am »
thanx everyone, last question, how many Oz should DS be having at 10 months (wow cant believe he's 10 months already!??!?)
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2006, 08:58:21 am »
About 21 oz (not less than that) which is about 600ml... It is also better to not feed milk too close to the meal (esp if there is meat or greens) because the iron and vitamins can't be absorbed as well by the body... Ped told us that
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Re: quick question
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2006, 14:04:16 pm »
thanx! thomas  now gets about 450ml so I think he needs another bottle somewhere, i always leave at least 2 hrs between bottle and meals
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Re: quick question
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2006, 18:02:21 pm »
Yaya,

At 10 months, the 21 oz does not have to include just milk.  It can include his bottles, milk on his cereal / cooking, yogurts and cheeses.

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Re: quick question
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2006, 05:09:59 am »
DS only has 2 bottles (10 oz each) a day and then he gets an oz or two in his cereal in the morning
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