10 month old completely refusing formula

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My 10 month old (11 in 10 days) has decided she doesn't want formula anymore. Completely point blank refuses. Takes her bottle off you, and throws it on the floor. She has a cup of milk with her lunch and has a cup of water throughout the day. 3 meals a say. She's a brilliant eater and will eat ANYTHING I give her. She has milk in her porridge, cheese at lunch (cup of milk) and a fromage frais after her dinner so I'm not concerned about lack of dairy but it's drummed into you that they should be on formula until 12 months so it's really winding me up!!! Should I just keep trying with the formula or should I just accept she doesn't want it anymore??

She maybe doesnt want the bottle. Have you tried giving her formula in a cup?

@aimzxd

Yep. Takes a sip throws it! I have tried sippy cups, cups with straws, bright coloured bottles... Nothing screws her face up and throws! 😒

Half a teaspoon of nesquik powder did the trick with mine- but use a cup not a bottle because of the sugar and make sure you clean teeth afterwards if giving at night.

I wouldn't worry too much OP. There's nothing magical about formula as such - it's a source of calcium and various vitamins, but if she's eating well and has lots of dairy, she's probably getting all that in her diet anyway. And she'd be ditching the formula anyway in just a few weeks. I'd ditch the bottles, offer formula in a cup as almzxd says and not worry too much.

Morning! My daughter was exactly the same, was breastfed and then went totally off the boob by 9/10 months.. by 11 months was just having a cup of formula in the morning (didnt even want before bed). She has always been a good eater and gets loads of calcium through her diet (like yours) and she now (at 17 months) has a cup of milk in the morning. I wouldn't worry as long as she has a healthy diet (which she clearly does 😊).

Hi OP, have you tasted the formula? I'm wondering if it could be a bad batch or taste bad?

Otherwise, some babies can have bottle strikes where they will just refuse to drink their milk. The advice generally is to keep offering it to them.

@sqirrelfriends

Yes it's foul, but then I've always thought formula was foul!! Tastes no different to what it normally does 😂

Will try the Nesquik and see if that works, if not will just give her some whole milk (which she will drink) in morning and evening. She's brilliant with her food so will try not to stress!!!

Good shout, pumping never worked well for me and my DS always refused formula so I had to give him whole milk while he was at the childminder (he was about the same age as your DD is now) and he was fine. Formula is fortified with lots of vitamins so if you wanted you could get some drops to be safe.

Please don't give her nesquik, you're then developing a taste for sweet things in her. Just give her whole milk to drink.

I was about to post the same thing. Dont encourage sugar at such a young age. Its fine if its naturally in fruit etc but not artificially! You're setting yourself up to have a wee sugar fiend on your hands!

I think if she eats well and has plenty of dairy - cheese, natural yoghurt, milk on cereal etc - and a multi vitamin then it’s fine. DS had 2oz of formula with 4oz of cow’s milk at 1 when we we’re trying to wean him off bottles so that might work? Then at least she’s getting some formula. But I wouldn’t worry too much if you’re offering plenty of sips of milk.
I agree to add anything sweet. No need.

*not to add anything sweet

My son was the same. He is now 13 and taller than me. I didn't worry as he had a very good diet.

As long as she’s having plenty of dairy & calcium elsewhere I wouldn’t worry.
Have you tried giving her a wee cup of “blue” cows milk?

Thanks guys.. Will not do the Nesquik!!! If she hasn't taken any by end of tomorrow will opt for cows milk and drops 😊