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Weaning - not taking much milk (me again!)

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mistletoeandjuan · 10/12/2009 12:19

One day I will stop worrying about DD's milk intake and boring you all with my questioning but not yet

DD (7months) has always been a pain to feed. She is now just having bottles but since we've started weaning she's taking even less than usual.

She's having, on average, with 'encouragement' about 16 oz per day- usually very little in the morning, medium bottles at about 11 and 3 and a big bottle before bed. Occasionally she will take a bit more when she wakes up at night.

We are doing BLW and she has taken to it extremely well and is happiest when stuffing her face! I think she eats quite a bit and seems to like everything so far. I always give her milk about an hour before she eats so that she doesn't fill up on food and not leave room for milk but thins doesn't make much difference. She seems to have a separate 'solids' stomach!

She seems to really like water and will guzzle quite a lot but I'm not sure how much I should let her have - is it still dangerous at her age to have too much? Obviously if she's not having much milk she needs fluids but I've no idea how much.

Is it time to stop stressing about pushing the milk, and just make sure that she's getting a balanced diet? If so, what do I need to make sure she's getting?

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drinkystinkyuletidegubbins · 10/12/2009 12:22

DS2 is the same - now 10 months exactly today. Moved to mixed feeding when he was nearly 7 months (he was a milk monster before that) and for his day time bottles he takes maybe between 3 and 4 oz at 11 and 3 and a bf morning, middle of night (sometimes misses this) and night for around 10 minutes only - he is BLW and loves being able to feed himself so I just ensure he gets lots of calcium rich food and yoghurts (really very messy the BLW way...). And he loves drinking water too - but I only let him have it with meals. Hope that reassures you.

Seona1973 · 10/12/2009 12:24

the minimum recommended up to 1 year is 20oz but does include milk in cereal, in foods and any dairy you give. If she is having around 16oz with some yoghurt, cheese and milk in cereal then I am sure she is having plenty.

mistletoeandjuan · 10/12/2009 12:33

She does like yoghurt, cheese and milky cereals so I guess she's getting enough dairy.

We don't seem too far off the recommended then even without the extra. She is very small for her age so I suppose she doesn't need as much as average.

I am a bit reassured -thank you

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