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Infant feeding

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9m how much milk is too much?

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catlass · 05/09/2014 13:27

My 9m old DC drinks a lot of milk. He has an 8oz bottle in the morning, an 8oz bottle mid morning (sometimes only takes half of this but usually has all), 9oz bottle mid afternoon, 9oz bottle at bedtime and an 8oz dreamfeed. His last three bottles he is draining and looking for more so think I might need to up the amounts again.

He has good sized meals for brekkie, lunch and tea. He also usually has a fruit snack in the afternoon and sometimes has a supper as well. He self feeds for most meals but does eat good amounts. He is constantly on the go, never still. He is 91st centile for length and 50th for weight. Is he having too much milk? Would I be ok to increase it at this age if he seems like he needs it?

He's still on first formula. I'm reluctant to try hungry baby or follow on as I have tried follow on once and it gave him diarrhoea.

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ilovepowerhoop · 06/09/2014 09:36

I think I would try and increase food rather than milk as he is taking an awful lot. What sort of food is he having? Around 20oz is recommended between 6 months and 1 year so he is having a good bit more than that.

catlass · 06/09/2014 15:00

Thanks that's what I was thinking but he seems so happy as he is. He did have terrible reflux with milk and food until recently so I'm wondering if he's just making up for that? He used to vomit after every feed.

For meals typically he has:
Breakfast - weetabix or porridge with fruit pot
Lunch - same as toddler sibling...leftovers from dinner/sandwhich/cheese on toast/ homemade pizza etc. Pudding will be a fromage frais or two. If we're out he has a full ellas kitchen pouch, two fromage frais and sometimes a baby biscuit.
Snack-banana (he can eat a whole banana!), blackberries, apple, chopped veg
Dinner- a portion of whatever we're having, usually a normal family dinner minus the salt. He usually eats as much as toddler sibling

He isn't chubby. In fact he's tall and skinny and you'd never guess he has so much!

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Artandco · 06/09/2014 15:06

Personally I would just continue or now if he's hungry. There's only so much food he can eat and milk before one should still be main source.

At 9 months mine had around 5 breastfeeding a day so approx the same.

If you want to decrease maybe make all bottles 8oz instead of some 9oz for now, then stop the mid afternoon one first and replace with milk in cup ( less about 4oz) and snack.

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