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How do I stop night time bottle?

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Springb0ks · 17/04/2020 23:46

My son is a week away from being one, formula fed and will only take bottles at night. He will have one at about 11pm and one at 3am. He refuses to drink them at any other time.

How do I transition into cows milk? Do I give that in a bottle instead of formula? Should he have the same amount? He would normally have 14ish oz a night.

How much should he then be eating and drinking during the day? What does your one year old eat and drink on a typical day?

How did you get your child to drop the night time bottles? I think it is a comfort thing for him. He loves the cuddle and a little drink through the night.

I feel like I should know what to do but I don't have a clue. Help!

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Nix2020 · 18/04/2020 09:37

I just switched to cows milk, then switched back to formula as I thought it was giving a tummy ache. So my opinion would be one bottle at a time. For the night feeds I'd keep the formula for now and water it Down 7oz bottle 5 scoops of formula then work down to three. It won't taste as nice so hopefully stop waking for it.

thesedaysarescary · 18/04/2020 09:39

Don't ever water down formula 😱 just offer a bottle of cows milk and see how he does with it. I always warmed it up as cold from the fridge wasn't liked by any of my children.

AvoidingRealHumans · 18/04/2020 10:37

Definitely don't water down the formula, it isn't safe.
I would offer drinks of cows milk during the day.

As he doesn't need milk to get through the night and you know it's a comfort thing, to stop it you either need to just say no and let him cry it out or offer water instead and no cuddles.

If you keep giving him cuddles and a bottle through the night he won't stop wanting it.

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