Advice please on 15 month old breakfast fussiness and milk

[BambinolovesBeccie]

My DS has never been one for cereals or porridge but did used to take a tiny bit, but for 4 months now, all he'll eat at breakfast is a little bit of yoghurt, fruit or baked beans (the latter he loves but obviously don't want him having that every day). He also refuses stuff like toast, muffins or pancakes, but will eat some toast at around 10am as a snack so I know that he likes the taste. I am wondering if him being fussy at breakfast is because I am still giving him a bottle upon waking (around 5oz at 0630)- should I drop that bottle to make him hungrier for breakfast? I always thought that a baby should have 1 pint of milk per day till aged 2 but I'm probably wrong.

To make matters worse, he is still on aptamil 1st milk morning and evening as he won't drink cows milk, and because he is a brilliant eater (bar breakfast), I didn't want to give him follow-on milk and risk him getting bunged up with too much iron. Oh yes, and he still prefers his milk in a bottle rather than his sippy cup (which he happily guzzles water from).

Really grateful for advice as I'm not entirely sure what to do. I'm a first time mum if you hadn't already guessed.

Many thanks.

Not sure exactly what you want to change? Is it a problem if he has fruit and yoghurt for breakfast?

Some children don't take to cow's milk after formula - you could try mixing formula and cows milk in the bottle, gradually increasing the amount of cows milk? If he's drinking less milk, just make sure he gets plenty of cheese, yoghurt, butter and use dairy in his food.

Thanks missus. Not sure if it's a problem as such but yoghurt and fruit don't have many carbs which is what I thought he'd need for energy. Perhaps I am looking at this from an old fashioned "breakfast most important meal of the day" angle and need to go with the flow more. He eats well at other times during the day so isn't starving.

I will try the milk/formula mixture. His favourite thing is cheese so plenty of that in his diet. Thanks again.