dropping a bottle?
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I'd go down to 4 bottles , try with 7 oz bottles xx
Same. I offer 5 bottles with 6 oz each as well, along with breakfast and dinner(about 3-4 oz purées for each meal). My LO barely finishes 1 of the 5 bottles, probably eats about 3 oz and I throw out the rest. I am exclusively pumping, so it hurts when I have to throw out breastmilk 🙈🥲 I want to reduce a bottle or two but I don’t want him to loose weight either, since he is measuring at 50th percentile. Also unsure if should I be offering milk before or after breakfast/dinner
Seems like she's getting enough formula...they only need around 600ml (20oz) a day at this age. I definitely drop to 4. - I'd drop the one at 10:30 then she'll probably take a bigger bottle at 12:45
@Adrienne thanks for your reply, i must say the word 'crazy' seems a little bit strong considering babies all have different needs - e.g my baby has never taken more than 7oz at a time, 10oz would probably make her sick! but i appreciate the advice x
@Amber thankyou, which would you drop? x
@Andrea thankyou, that makes sense x
Id probably drop the 10am. I feed at 7.30, 12.00, 4pm, and 7pm ish depending on naps and offer two meals a day usually breakfast and dinner x
I would get rid of the lunchtime one add an extra Oz to the bottle either side and add a light lunch in replacement of the lunch time bottle x
No advice but you know your baby best 🥰 my daughter has never liked drinking large quantities in one go. She only very recently has gone up to 6oz bottles and even then she doesn’t always drink it all. She has 4 bottles per day - around 7am, 11am, 3pm and then 6:30pm. She will sometimes have another if she wakes in the night and won’t settle any other way. Also she basically doesn’t eat anything, she has not taken to weaning at all yet so not like she’s filling up on food. All babies are different 🥰 x
thankyou guys xx
@Adrienne it’s not ‘crazy’ the minimum they need is 600ml per day so if baby only has small amounts at a time then they need more often. My girl would never drink more than 6oz and even that’s a push so I have to give her them more frequently still. Every baby is different.
I know it’s not always as easy with formula/bottle feeding but I feed on demand. When he gets fussy/is giving hunger cues I make a 6 ounce bottle & he generally drinks most of it. On average 3 bottles a day. But it will vary, and I never make him finish if he doesn’t want to or I’ll make more if he wants it. And I still feed on demand at night too, he usually drinks 2 4 ounce bottles throughout the night half asleep.
5 bottles at 8months old is crazy and food, switch the 3 bottles in the middle to one big bottle. My son is nearly 8 months and has been on 3 bottles of 10oz for a month and breakfast and dinner x