When did you stop daytime milk in a bottle?

[Ifyouthinkiwillsleepyoudream]

DS is 13 months and - touch wood! - a good eater. He has porridge in the morning and different things for lunch/dinner, a mix of whatever we are having and other things to ensure varied diet etc. I both spoon feed some foods and he feeds himself too and loves it. So all seem to be going well there.

I still breastfeed once a day but I am slowly stopping this now. He has a big bottle of cow's milk in the morning (after bf - he's either a little greedy or I just don't produce enough milk any more to fill him up and he just bf for comfort so still needs bottle anyway) and before bed.

I also give him a smaller bottle after he wakes up from his two naps - so 2 small bottles a day. He likes milk so drinks them but I suspect he doesn't actually need it. He eats plenty otherwise and I wonder if I should now be replacing these bottles with some water/juice/snack?
When did you stop giving milk to your DC during daytime?

[Ifyouthinkiwillsleepyoudream]

(I wonder if should have posted this in the infant feeding section) hmmm

[jb1305uk]

Have you tried offering the daytime milk in a cup to see if that makes a difference?

My LO seemed to take a lot of milk. We offer one cup first thing, one in the afternoon and bottle at bedtime (this will be getting changed to a cup soon). Morning cup is usually finished although afternoon one LO has stopped being so interested in. We offer snacks mid morning and late afternoon too.

[AprilShowers16]

I’m interested in this too, my ds2 still have half a bottle of cows milk at bed and half st nap time and he’s 17 monthsI don’t know whether he needs it but one thing that I became conscience of was his teeth. I spoke to my dentist and he said that’s it’s better if he had his teeth cleaned after his night time bottle so we’ve switched his evening routine round to accomdate this. He also said to avoid giving him juice or squash for as long as possible so we still haven’t given him any as he’s pretty happy with just water or milk.

Sorry that doesn’t really answer your question but a few things we’ve considered

[Ifyouthinkiwillsleepyoudream]

Thank you @jb1305uk actually the cup is a great idea. I bet if I try that we will find out whether he wants the milk or just likes to suck on the bottle...

[Ifyouthinkiwillsleepyoudream]

Yeah @AprilShowers16 I am doing the same - he only has milk and water, no juice yet. Although I just realised that I have been giving him his evening milk after we brush his teeth
Eeek need to change that, v good point made