Hi,
My DD is BF'd with one bottle of formula a day. She's brilliant with her solids, eats pretty much anything and however much I offer. However, she isnt interested in BF very much, and has recently started to refuse her 7oz bottle that I offer her at 3pm in the afternoon.
This is our current routine:
7am - offered a BF, usually no longer than 10mins, although I keep trying to until 7.30am
8am - Porridge with 7oz of full fat cows milk
8.30am - offered a BF, will only be on there for about 2minutes
11am - offered a BF but will usually refuse
11.30am - lunch of protein (either fish, chicken or red meat) and veg, usually around 120g - 150g. Followed by a Plum baby fromage frais for dessert
12pm - offered a BF just before her nap but will only be on for about 2-5mins
3pm - offered a 7oz bottles, used to have anywhere between 5-7oz but for the past few days, just refusing it completely. So I offer her a BF, she will go on for about 5minutes although I keep trying for a little while.
5pm - dinner followed by full fat greek yoghurt sweetened with pure fruit smoothie for dessert.
6pm onwards - offered a BF, but is usually distracted and not really bothered so will keep going off the breast so I keep trying.
Bed by 7pm. I stopped giving her a 10pm dream feed when she was 6m but have recently started as I dont she's having enough during the day but even with the dreamfeed, she wont have much, sometimes completely refusing it.
So is this OK and normal? Is it just a phase she is going through? How do I get her to stay longer on the breast? At the moment, she wont even BF if she isnt holding a toy in her hand to play with, its like BF is too boring for her! I dont think she could care less whether I offered her a BF or not, she never cries for it. Also, she will ALWAYS sleep through, earliest she wakes up is 6am and even then will happily play in her cot until 7am.
Hope I've posted in the right place, wasnt too sure if to post in the weaning folder?