Hi, everybody. My DD2 is 1 next week (time flies), and very fond of her drinks. I was getting bothered because she drinks 2 9oz bottles every night, as well as 2 during the day, so was getting 36oz formula every day and that's before you add the yoghurts plus the breakfast with follow-on milk added that she consumes! So I figured she was probably having 45oz of milk each day.
As only 21oz per day is recommended, I've started watering down her formula (9oz water but only 4-5 scoops formula milk) and she still gets 21oz per day.
But DH thinks that's wrong, because she now has to be changed during the night as her nappies get saturated and her vest and babygro soaked! He feels all that milk wouldn't have been doing her any harm.
Incidentally, my MIL suggested only giving her cooled boiled water during the night but she won't take it. However, I am working towards that, as I will continue to dilute further her night feeds so eventually it's just water she's having - better for teeth I know.
I just want to know, have any of you had babies that drank way more than the recommended anount of formula?
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Is too much formula milk bad?
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qwertpoiuy · 11/11/2007 04:11
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