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9 month old baby, what to do now?

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CantThinkOfAGoodUserName · 10/09/2014 15:20

I've managed to work up to 3 meals a day, some days she takes to it better than others ( normal right?).
I'm not at all sure if she is eating enough solids, my DP doesn't think she's progressed in how much she eats since we started really. We do a style of eat whatever I have but made for baby too and that can be spoon or finger feeding.
Ok so here is my query, she has 4 bottles a day ( morning, mid morning, afternoon and bedtime)
Should I be looking to drop one? If so what's the usual one to go next? How do I do it? Do I replace with snacks?
I know I sound clueless but yes I am Grin
Any advice would be helpful!

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IAmAPaleontologist · 10/09/2014 15:23

Just follow her lead :) Give her food at normal meal times and continue to give her milk if she still wants it. She will drop her milk when she is ready.

CornishYarg · 10/09/2014 15:48

DS was still on 4 bottles a day at this age and a bit hit and miss with food. But within a month or so, he really got the hang of food and lost interest in his afternoon milk. She'll figure it out when she's ready.

DearGirl · 10/09/2014 20:09

The 9 month old I look after has a bottle at 7am when she wakes up and use the rest of the milk in her breakfast, another bottles 4oz[ish] after her afternoon nap at 2.30 and then bedtime milk at 7 - with a dream feed at 11.

DearGirl · 10/09/2014 20:11

Oh and we got rid off the morning bottle by doing snack instead so she does

7.00 breakfast
10.00 snack time
11.30 lunch time
2.30 milk feed
6.45 milk feed
11.00 milk feed

McKitten84 · 10/09/2014 20:36

we started at 6mth with ds, he was on 5 bottles and decided that we would aim to remove a bottle every 3 mths. now a year old and on 2 bottles. we found out which bottle he was losing interest in and when it got to the time for that bottle we offered a little food first then bottle after. slowly upping the amount of food and lowering the amount of milk. eventually stopped the bottle and he didn't miss it at all. I think we started with his mid morning bottle (11ish). ds tends to work better if any changes are made gradually. hope that helps

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