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6 month weaning/milk routine - ok??

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bobsnotabuilder · 02/03/2013 10:26

This is my second LO but still feel like a complete novice! Worrying she is getting enough milk??

6.30am - 7oz bottle
8am - solid breakfast (porridge with fruit puree, toast to mush/gnaw)
11.30am - solid lunch (pureed veg, bit of yoghurt plus bits to play with)
3pm - 7/8oz bottle
5pm - solid dinner (same as lunch really)
7pm - bedtime bottle (7oz)
11-11.30pm - dreamfeed (about 4oz)

I guess the bit that worries me is the gap between milk feeds from 1st to 2nd bottle.

TBH she has never been a big milk drinker and would never drink more than 30oz in a day so she's only dropped about 5oz anyway and I know cheese/yog and milk in the porridge would count too.

What do you think?

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Debs3013 · 02/03/2013 12:50

Don't know if helps but this is my DS's feeding routine - he's six months

7.00 5 oz bottle
8.00/8.30 solid breakfast, this morning some toast fingers and a bit of a fruit pot
11.00 5oz bottle
12.00/12.30 lunch, he's just had fingers of squash and some mashed avocado
14.30 5oz bottle
17.00 tea, tonight will probably be some cheesy pasta
18.30 5oz bottle
Finally, anywhere from 21.00 to 23.00 depending on when he wakes he gets a final 5oz bottle

I do make him 7oz bottles but mostly he'll only take about 5, so looking at it although the routine is slightly different the quantities are about the same. My lad was never a big milk drinker. He takes about the same now as before solids were started (about 10 days ago). The only bottle we've dropped is a small one he used to have at five.
Was weighed on Thursday and spot on his line, so I'm guessing all is okay.

MajaBiene · 02/03/2013 12:52

Sounds fine. Generally they need 17-21oz as a minimum until 12 months, from 12 months it falls to 12oz (cow's milk).

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