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how many bottles should a 15 month old have

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mummysue · 15/03/2007 21:10

just wondering for a bit of advice,ive a 15 month old daughter who is a light sleeper.the only way she will go asleep eventually is with milk.she has a big appetite and also drinking 3 bottles a day i dont fill them,i put about 6 oz in each time of full fat cows milk.so call it 20 oz a day,there for her morning,afternoon nap then night time.ive been told she should only have one bottle per day....is this right and if so how am i going to get her asleep.shes my first child...any advice,thanks

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PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:13

Ds (18months) has 3 cups of milk a day. Probably about 8ozs in each.

He loves it, and I wouldn't deprive him of it. He doesn't have one before his nap, but he does have a cup before bed time. But as he's not falling alseep on it (we have to clean his teeth between milk and bed)I'm not worried.

LoveMyGirls · 15/03/2007 21:13

I'd be trying to get her off bottles tbh, just give a beaker of milk first thing and last thing, nothing in the night (water/ weak juice in a beaker) if you really can't bear to leave her without anything or she won't settle. hth.

I would feed her more solids in the day and buy a black out blind and see how she is after that as well tbh.

PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:16

Lovemygirls - why would you wean them off it? Surely as a drink it's better than juises or squash? ds eats well and has plenty of fruit and veg. He also sleeps 12 hours at night.

Do you think I should wean him off?

LoveMyGirls · 15/03/2007 21:17

No, sorry i didnt mean wean off milk - its brilliant they like milk (my dd2 who is 18mth hates it ) i mean the bottles themselves, id swap it for a cup that all.

PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:18

Sorry - just re-read the op. I read it as just the amount of milk being drunk - not the not sleeping

PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:18

Oops x posted!!!!

bonkerz · 15/03/2007 21:18

My DD is 15 months on 19th and is still drinking a 9oz bottle at bed time, a 9oz bottle with her breakfast and 6oz when she goes up at 12.30 for nap time. She eats 3 solid meals a day and snacks non stop. She goes to bed at 5.30pm and sleeps right through till 7am.

Nemo2007 · 15/03/2007 21:20

DD1 is 15mths tommorow and has 9 oz in morning, 9ozs at night then a couple of smaller beakers in the day as well as water.My Ds is 3yrs old and also has the same so its just up to you and what your child drinks.

PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:21

at bonkerz lo sleeping!

CountTo10 · 15/03/2007 21:22

At that age, DS had an 8oz bottle in the morning, one at night and 4oz in a cup which was dropped shortly after in the afternoon. Morning bottle got dropped at about 20mths and he still has his bottle before he goes to be and he's 2.5. As your dd still has a normal appetite and is eating regular meals/snacks etc, I wouldn't worry too much. She'll drop them when she's ready. Most of my friends still give their kids at least one milk feed a day and one of them is nearly 4!!! Most of them are the bedtime one as warm milk is a nice soother for them.

bonkerz · 15/03/2007 21:22

bit of a pain really because she was waking at 6am a few weeks ago and we didnt need to set our alarm BUT now she has been sleeping through for 3 weeks and for 3 days i have been up at 7.20am and i start work at 7.30!!! Keep meaning to set alarm but never do!!! NOTE TO SELF.......

PanicPants · 15/03/2007 21:23

lol

Nemo2007 · 15/03/2007 21:24

pmsl bonkerz

DD1 snacks all day and sleeps 6.30-7pm through till 7-8am.

mummysue · 15/03/2007 21:35

thanks for the advise,i think i try and give a beaker in morning and arternoon just before her nap and see how i get on then.shes 15 months and ive never had a night when shes slept through.ive bags upon bags upon........

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mummysue · 15/03/2007 21:37

im that knackered cant even spell afternoon god it must be lovely you lucky mums who get to sleep.....please tell me your secret

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Nemo2007 · 15/03/2007 21:39

mummysue believe me I can empathise I have a 3yr old who has only slept through for a year and even then still has waking nights...sigh. DD1 is a shock to the system as she only started at 8mths sleeping through but loves her bed. DD2 ..well that remains to be seen..lol

3littlefrogs · 16/03/2007 09:06

Is it the milk or the need to suck to get to sleep that is the problem? I see no peoblem with the milk intake - it is a nourishing drink. It sounds to me like she needs the bottle to go to sleep and that is exhausting for everybody. My first ds didn't sleep through the night until he was nearly 2 because he hadn't learnt to "fall asleep".

My mum bought me 2 little books called "coping with small children" and "my child won't sleep" by Jo Douglas and Naomi Richman (I think it is Naomi). They were the best thing she ever bought me. I have recommended them on here before. I lent them to my neighbour when she had her first baby, and 5 years on she is still finding them really helpful. They are still in print - I checked recently - worth a look if you can get them - they are just little paperbacks.

(First ds is 18 now and is horizontal most of the time.......)

mummysue · 16/03/2007 20:33

thanks to you all for the messages.im fine with the bottles, but everyone keeps telling me shes to big now for 3 bottles and she should only have one at night time.as shes my first i thought i might be doing it wrong

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mummysue · 16/03/2007 20:34

does anyone know how much milk a 15 month old should have

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colditz · 16/03/2007 20:37

I wouldn't bother about getting her off bottles at all. It's milk, it won't hurt her, she is still a baby fgs. Why is is when our babies get to one the world expects them to suddenly eat lots of food, drop the dummy, the bottle, everything else that is comforting and nice about being a baby? Ds1 had a bottle until he was 2.5, and a dummy until 3.9 - his teeth are fine. His speech isn't, but as the dummy lived in his bed I don't think it was related.

busybusybusy · 16/03/2007 20:37

about 500ml milk per day is OK (more or less - don't need to be exact).

colditz · 16/03/2007 20:38

Mu8mmy sue you know your baby. If she still wants the milk, let her have the milk. i would only think about dropping it if it is affecting her appetite. And this one bottle rubbish, well unless it is a pint bottle, is crap. 3 are fine.

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ScoobyDooooo · 16/03/2007 20:41

You could be explaining my dd here & she is 15 months next month, she has to nap with a bottle, she will not sleep without, she has breakfast about 7.30-8am then a bottle of about 7-8oz at 10am then she has lunch at 12 noon followed by either juice/water but normally 7oz of milk with her afternoon nap, then she goes to bed in the evening with a bottle of 8oz's of milk.

I don't worry i think it is good they like there milk as long as they have good solids in take is well they will be fine, dd loves her food so i am not bothered, i think she has substituted her bottle instead of a dummy so i am happy.

mummysue · 16/03/2007 20:42

colditz your so right,after one ive been told still in nappies....shes to big now.and its like HELLO,shes still a baby.and now its the bottle thing everyone keeps saying shes to big now for a bottle.this is the generation that tells me they dont stay babies for long....you just cant win can you

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mummysue · 16/03/2007 20:46

scoobydooooo thats put my mind at rest also just read your profile and you sound like me......spooky haha.i dont mean it sounds spooky ust everything you put is wot i like......spooky

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