What is your 1 year old's food and milk routine?

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My DD is turning 1 next week and I'm a bit lost as to what her new routine should be for food and milk and would be keen to hear what others with just turned 1 babies are doing, especially if your baby was formula fed. At the moment she's still on 4 x 6oz bottles a day - I was waiting for her to cut down by herself but it's never really happened although she doesn't always drink it all. She has 3 meals but the amount eaten is quite variable and she seems to be more fussy recently (hopefully just due to teething rather than the start of toddler fussyness) so I'm also a bit concerned she won't be getting enough nutrients if we just stop formula.

So do I just go cold turkey on the formula and give her snacks or cows milk? How much cows milk do you give and when? With meals only? Or do I replace one bottle at a time? Do you still use bottles or only cups? I tried putting one of her formula feeds in a sippy cup today but she didn't drink it until I used one of her normal bottles.

The other big change is she is starting nursery 3 days a week. Nursery were asking me what milk to give her and whether to use bottles etc but I wasn't sure what to say as we won't have a chance to settle into a new routine before she starts. Ideally she shouldn't be having formula in the day and should be drinking from a cup but I don't know whether that will happen in reality.

Any advice much appreciated!

From months 9-12 I actively cut out feeds over that period. Initially it was milk then solids at mealtimes, but one feed at a time I swapped it so it was solids then milk. Very soon after the swap my son gave me indications that he didn't want the milk, so the feed was dropped. After a period of time, I did the same with another feed.

By the time he was 1, he was only on one feed a day (bedtime) and had been for weeks. This was dropped on his birthday - I put some cows milk in a straw cup at bedtime instead of a breastfeed, and that was that.

Initally he had 10 oz of milk a bedtime, which was a lot! He wanted it all at first. Over time it dropped as he got used to the different milk.

He has been using open cups since 6 mo, and now has his milk in these.

He's almost 2 now. For the last year he has had a cup of milk with breakfast, and one at bedtime. With other meals he drinks water. Check the NHS website for recommended milk volumes - this works for us with his food intake, but your child will be different.

Hope this helps

I wouldn’t change anything before starting nursery. My DS has been at nursery for 3 weeks and I have discussed with them that we will phase the bottles out once he is fully settled. He was having 2 per day, and bf first thing and last thing. He usually only takes one at nursery anyway.

I'm curious too. DD is one this week. We've introduced cow's milk and she's alright with it, but prefers formula, which she loves but hasn't had for very long because I breastfed. We do a bottle of formula in the morning and one before her bath in the evening. She's at nursery now 3 days a week, and they give it to her during the day, but when she turns one they'll stop providing it. As DD is only just now getting teeth and is small for her age (a very good eater, just mini like me) we figured it was fine, but when the nursery stop next week, we'll replace the morning formula with cow's milk too, and then the evening with cow's maybe the week after.

Our problem is bottles. It might have to do with teething but DD prefers her bottle to a sippy cup, and we've tried them all. She doesn't mind water from it at all but milk? Nah! Rejects it outright. Not sure what to do there...🤔 She can drink fine from an open cup too but very quickly decides she'd rather chuck/play with whatever's in it!