Is 20oz a day okay for an 8 month old?

[drstranger]

So hard to get bottles down my baby lately, I'm sure they prefer food but I know milk is the main nutrition until one. Worrying they aren't having enough.
Doesn't help they are dairy free atm too so worrying about how they will get enough calcium
Anyone else been through the same and knows if this is enough milk?

Sounds spot on! Recommended amount between 7 and 9 months is 600ml per day (about 20oz) but it drops to 400ml (about 13oz) between 10 and 12 months.

I wouldn't worry about it if they're losing interest - if they're well into solids they should get a good range of nutrients and you can always make sure they have plenty of milky foods like yogurt, cereal and porridge.

If they go below 500ml formula a day they need Vit D supplement.

www.nhs.uk/start4life/weaning/what-to-feed-your-baby/7-9-months/#anchor-tabs

Thank you so much !! Would you be able to recommend a good milk/food routine ? I was thinking 3 bottles a day, early morning, 12ish and then about 6.30 ready for bed or is this too spread out?

8 mo we were doing

6:30am wake up bottle
8am breakfast
12pm lunch
2:30pm after nap bottle (only a small one)
5pm dinner
6:30/45pm bedtime bottle

I forgot to include size:

Morning bottle 8oz
Afternoon bottle 4oz
Bedtime bottle 8oz

You do meals when it works for you - so we ate together.

Wake up milk 6.30am
Breakfast 8.30am
10.30osh milk
1pm lunch
2pm milk before nap (she dropped the milk by 9 months)
4.30ish milk
6pm tea
7.15ish bedtime milk if wanted

Can't remember the quantities at eight months and she was 50% breastfed but at nine months she had two BFs a day and two 4-5oz bottles.