10month old baby still has 4 bottles a day otherwise doesn't sleep - HELP!!!

[pinky27]

Hiya, My 10months old little girl absolutely loves her milk - she is having 3 small meals a day but isn't that bothered with food. Reduced her milk to 3 bottles a day cos read that she should be just having that but then she started waking up 2 /3 times a night. Now increased her milk back to 4 bottles and she is sleeping through - how do I decrease the milk and keep her sleeping?? EEK - don't know what to do!! Thanks

Sounds about right to me, DS still has 3 feeds during the day and one at night. He's 11 months.

Milk is their main source of nutrition until 1.

We also are on 4 (breast milk) feeds. She is also 10 months old.

She has them all after a meal and eats well, so i don't think she is drinking instead of eating.

I think every baby is different. Regardless of what someone says she 'should' have, your LO obviously likes/needs 4 milk feeds a day, so i wouldn't change it.

Another 4 breast feeds here too at 6am, 11am, 3pm and 6.30pm. She can go without the 11am one but then wakes about 11pm hungry. My LO 10m eats well most of the time so just think she wants milk and food!

DS had 5 x 9oz bottles at that age, don't worry about it. Sounds like she's eating well, having plenty of milk and sleeping through.. you'd be insane to change anything :)

DD is 12 months and still on four breast feeds a day.....they need the milk!

Milk should be the main source of nutrition until they are 1. She will cut back of her own accord in time.

4 bottles sound a lot to me personally, especially if you say that she is not so interested in food. At that age DS had 2-3 breastfeeds and 3 meals a day and 1-2 snacks. I guess it varies from baby to baby.. When you went to 3 bottles did she not compensate by eating more solids?

I am def in the follow your baby camp - I reckon what you're doing is fine.

I've started another similar thread. My 10 month old DS is still on 4x bottles per day totalling aroun 16-20oz. I think it's the total intake rather than how many servings of milk that's important. I suppose the only difference with my DS is that he loves proper food too and eats a decent amount as well as milk.

Really relieved to find this thread. My 10.5 month old DD will go down to 2 bottles a day (6oz before breakfast then 8oz at bedtime). However this was all well and good for a few days bit then I noticed she was waking at night and really early in the morning. So back to 3 bottles for us as of today and 3 meals a day. I think I got so worried about what everyone else was doing I thought she should be doing that too.

I sympathise- DS is 10.5mths and still has lots of milk day and night, on top of three solid meals a day and sometimes supper too! His eating rate has increased recently so I wondered if they have a growth spurt at this age? Would make sense why they're resistant to cutting back feeds...