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When should I drink a milk feed??

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blondebaby111 · 11/10/2014 19:55

My dd is nearly 9 months , our routine is as follows
7.30am 6 oz bottle
8.45 breakfast
11-11.30 5 oz bottle
1-1.30 lunch
3-3.30 5 oz bottle
5.30 dinner
7.30 7oz bottle then bed

My dd loves her milk still just as much as her food but I know by the time she is one these have to be cut down but I think I could be in trouble. What did u do?? Substitute milk for snacks, I'm thinking of dropping the 3.30 bottle but also not sure what to offer for a snack???

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Kewrious · 11/10/2014 19:58

I offered fruits and yoghurt etc for snacks. I would maybe do a snack and a small milk feed at first. My son dropped the feeds around 14-15 months, moved to snacks and now eats three huge meals, milk before bed and a very small snack. If he snacks he isn't hungry for his meals. So go by what your child wants to do.

lisaloulou84 · 11/10/2014 20:05

My DS is 8 months and decided he was dropping his mid morning feed last week, just refused the bottle. He's gone from a very very similar routine to something like this...

7.30 - 7oz milk
9 - breakfast
12/12.30 - lunch
2.30/3 - 7oz milk
4.30/5 - dinner
7.15 - 7-8oz milk and bed

He does have a fair bit of cows milk in his porridge for breakfast though and when he started refusing it I upped the amount of porridge and he's eating it all as well as a slightly bigger lunch and dinner.

blondebaby111 · 11/10/2014 20:11

Just realised my thread title, it should say dropped!! Shock that would just be weird if I drank her milk!! Thanx ladies, I was fully prepared to just let her drop her feed herself but her 11am one she needs to nap that's why I'm thinking drop the 3.30 but I guess there's no real rush yet. She does have cows milk with her cereal in the morning.

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lisaloulou84 · 11/10/2014 20:21

Id go with the flow, babies are pretty good at telling you when they are and aren't hungry. My DS naps at about 10:30 ish doesn't seem to bother him that he hasn't had milk since 7.30.

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