i have nearly successfully weaned from breast to bottle but can anyone tell me...

[copingvquietly]

how many bottles i should be aiming for?im at the stage where hes having bf in the morning.bottle mid morning.solids for lunch.bottle mid afternoon and today i want to give a bottle tonight?this has taken just over a week so far.plus ive given feeds at night if needed.
does this sound enough or should he be having more than this??

don't know the answer hon, but just wanted to giv eyou a jingleyJ hug from france.. (sorry for the confusion name change etc.)

sounds like the little man has finally decided to give you a break well done

thankyou.its my third go at this so i do feel really pleased

anyone?

How old is he?

hes 7 months?

Not sure what you mean CVQ, do you mean you've moved from bf to bottle? If so, I would replace each bf he used to have with a bottle, and see how you get on.

Pretty soon he'll let you know if he doesn't want a bottle at a particular time, and if you look at how much he drinks you'll be able to make up the right amount each time.

Does that make sense? Shout if I've completely misunderstood your question!

How big are the bottles and how old is he?

You don't mention breakie or tea so I assume he is only just weaning?

If he is it perhaps sounds a little long to go from mid afternoon to bedtime - depending on the time of bedtime of course.

Breastfeed am

Bottle mid-morning - how many ounces?

Solids for lunch - what's he having?

Bottle mid-afternoon - how many ounces?

Any other breastfeeds during the day? Any more solids? How many feeds was he having in the night?

some days he feeds more than other days.this is why im confused?

mid morning hes now getting through 7oz
lunchtime hes having fruit puree.ive been using that organix stuff.
mid afternoon 7oz again
hes kind of on and off the breast after this but its hard to judge how much hes actually taking because he messes around so much?nightime he would sometimes want to feed from 30 mins to sometimes well over an hour or morewhich is why i need to do this.its exhausting especially when he would then wake 2-3 times in the night aswell.

How many times were you breastfeeding him in the day before you tried the bottles?

Babies of this age are often distractible, so won't settle to feed well (messing around, as you say) when it's daytime and take a lot of their calories on board at night, which is tough.

You could try offering more frequently in the day (breast or bottle) and see if he stops the nighttime munching?

this is the problem.some days he would feed little and often and other days he would want to feed for long lengths of time but maybe only 4 times during the day then 2-3 feeds at night.god i thought this was going alright but now im worried hes not going to be getting enough.an average day would be this.

wake around 6am feed till maybe 7 or longer depending on the night before.
hed then want feeding again by 9.30 and would fall asleep till around midday.
have fruit then feed for around 45 mins
another feed about 2pm then hed sleep until roughly 3.30
another feed about 4
bath at 6
then bedtime feed at 7 which could take anywhere between 45 mins to an hour and a half
hed then wake around 11pm wanting feeding and many times id still be up with him past midnight
wakes again anytimes between 3-4 again i feed then he will sleep through until about 6am or a bit longer if im lucky.

does that help?

bumping incase hunkermunker is around

Hi CVQ,

Do you know how much he weighs (in kgs)?
Are you any good at maths?

If so there is a crude "rule of thumb" you could try....although with some bf it is going to be ultra-crude.

IIRC A baby should be taking at least 150ml fluid per kg in weight over a 24hr period.

I would assume he is taking approx 7oz at a bf - if that is the volume which satisfies him from a bottle. This is obviously very crude estimate - and bear in mind your overnigh feeds may be more of a comforter/"dummy" so he may actually take minimal milk

So lets assume he weighs 6kg? (off the top of my head - which would be about 12lb).

He needs 6 * 150ml = 900ml.
If he is taking 7oz bottles/feeds = 200ml per feed
So he needs 4 and a half feeds in 24hrs.

So judging by your first post he is gettting this as he seems to be having at least 4 "proper" feeds.

Does that make sense?

I was cautious about posting this - it is not set in stone. And it is crudely calculated - especially with the bf....but it is a start. Don't worry if he only manages 850ml - it is close enough. You only ned to worry if he is consistently below about 600ml I would say.

Also you need to insert his own weight.

My DD3 is 26m - so it seems like an eternity since she was 7m - and I can't remember what she did in practice.

thank you slightlymadsweet.i seem to have it cracked now

after all my hard work over the last week he is now deciding if and when he will take a bottle.we had a stand off yesterday.im stubbonand this morning he refused to even entertain the idea.so im now back to mixed feeding it seems HUFF!