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Dropping a feed or not

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Cleaninglady49 · 11/07/2021 10:05

Hi looking for some advice, our little one is 9 months old and this is his current routine (roughly!)

7:30 wake and feed 210 ml
8:30 breakfast then play
9:30 nap (between 40mins to 2 hours)
11:30 wake and feed 210 ml
12:30 lunch then play
13:30 nap (between 1-2hours)
15:30 wake and feed 210 ml
17:30 dinner
18:30 bath
19:00 last bottle 210 ml

I spoke to the HV as I felt I couldn’t get anything done as the routine is very regimented and also I felt he wasnt very interested in his lunch so she suggested making the 11:30 bottle later so he isnt put off but then I feel it would get in the way of nap time. She said as long as he’s getting around 600 ml a day it should be fine so I was thinking of completely dropping that one and bring the late afternoon one forward a bit?

Has anyone else got any suggestions or routine ideas? Baby seems to be thriving and is always happy.

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Vicky1989x · 11/07/2021 10:26

At 9 months I was doing:-

7: wake and milk
8: breakfast
9:30: nap
11:45: lunch
1:30: milk
2:00: nap
5: dinner
7: milk and bed

I was doing milk at 7, 11, 3 and 7.. dropped the 11 milk (bought lunch forward for a while) and bought the 3 bottle to before nap. Worked well for my DD. Smile

BunnyRuddington · 11/07/2021 16:31

By 10 months they'll only need roughly 400 ml, moving down to 300 ml at 12 months.

I'd be tempted to offer water in a cup and a snack at 3.30 pm instead of the milk.

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