Why do they drop their feeds????

[Fifilottie]

May sound like a stupid question but.....

DD(8 and a half months) has a bf in the morning, 5 -7 ounzes of formula at lunchtime, another 5 -7 at 4 pmish and then a bf before sleep. She rarely takes a lot of milk from me in the morning(don't know why) so I depend on the bottles and the big pre sleep bf for her 600 mls milk intake. HOwever for the past three days she has refused the 4 pm feed. It isn't a demand for the breast or anything she just doesn't want the milk. Her food/water intake hasn't changed at all. In fact two weeks ago I stopped pudding at lunch to ensure she still had enough room for milk as I know this is very important at this stage. Why do they drop their feeds (so to speak) if everyone says they need the milk. Do they really have an awareness of how much milk they need???..any advice much appreciated .

I don't really know about formula milk. DD EBF since day 1, she is 15 months now and still breastfeeding.

My advice would be not to worry if your lo is having cheese and/or yogurt during the day as these also contain calcium main reason ey need to drink all that milk.

She may be more active now and don't want to be drinking a bottle as she may prefare being doing something else. Have you tried to offer her something else ie: yogurt? I think DD stopped her milk drink in the afternoon at around the same time.

Hope this has helped you. Maybe someone with more experience comes soon and can give you better advice.

Thanks Mareta you might be right that she is at a stage where she prefers to play than drink milk. I just do worry about her milk intake. Am a bit shocked that she is dropping her 4pm bottle as she used to take the most at that time...will keep the dairy intake up in her foods. :-)