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9M old suddenly refusing bottle

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hm4912 · 05/03/2024 20:33

Hello, my daughter has always loved her milk and usually finishes full 8oz every bottle. But now suddenly she is not drinking as much milk and actually turning her head away when we give it her. We recently dropped down to 3 bottles as noticed she wasn’t drinking her mid morning bottle, but now she is refusing others to. We have also recently introduced 3 solid meals a day so I’m just wondering whether this is too much or do they sometimes go through this fussy phase?

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Hiddenvoice · 05/03/2024 20:44

My little one did the same thing, she became bored of drinking milk and enjoyed her solids more!
After speaking with the hv, I made sure she had roughly 400/500 mls of milk a day- either through a bottle or milky food such as very milky mashed potato, yoghurt etc. I also found offering milk with the meals helped my little one with drinking it. She would have milk with her breakfast and then with snacks as the day went on. I also gave her the vitamin d drop when she dropped below the recommended amount. My hv told me not to worry too much about it as long as she remained healthy and was eating/ drinking okay.

CadyEastman · 06/03/2024 18:58

Once she's 10 months she only needs 400 ml a day anyway. Sounds like she's naturally reducing the milk as her solids have increased.

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