Weaning onto solids, when did bottles reduce?

[Hobby2014]

DS is only 8 months and I know food is fun before 1 etc, but he's not going to wake up on his first birthday and be on 3 full meals, 2 snacks, and just 2 bottles (or whatever it should be at 1).

When should I start seeing a reduction in milk?
He's FF, do I gradually start reducing oz's?

He's a large baby, was 11lb7 borb, so has 5 x 9oz a day. He's not really eating much and some days refuses all food. If I reduced feeds by an oz would I see an increased appetite for food?

How does it happen?

Bump

When do you offer food? I used to leave an hour after milk before giving some solids.

He is having a lot of milk so it wouldn't be too much of an issue to drop an ounce or so from each bottle to see if it inspires him to eat more. Are you offering finger foods too?

I'm breastfeeding 8 month old DS and have seen precisely zero reduction in how much he feeds despite the fact that he's a great eater.

Hmph.

Thanks for replying Pixie.
In the morning he has breakfast 1 hour after feed. Lunch seems to move around a bit depending on what we're doing, sometimes 1 hour before feed, sometimes 1 hour after a feed. Dinner is an hour after feed. This is with finger foods, purées, yoghurts, anything.
He sleeps amazing at night, lets not talk about day time naps so I don't want to reduce milk and he wakes because he's hungry. I suppose I could reduce them all by an oz except last one before bed? But when he was born he was on top centile and since he's dropped two (can't remember the numbers!), is this normal for a mahoosive baby?

Thanks bunny, sort of glad it's not just me. (Sorry! )
Glad yours eats though! Mine doesn't eat an awful lot, well some days he does, others he doesn't eat anything! (Have another thread about that!)
Finding weaning the most difficult thing so far.

I'm finding it the most difficult thing so far too Hobby!

I just wanted to add in that like Bunny, I bf my dd and I've seen no reduction in bf no matter how much solids dd eats.

You could try reducing his morning feed by a few oz and see how that works out?

Our DD is 9 months and we've only in the past month seen a reduction in bottles. She was on 4 x 8oz during the day and 1 x 8oz through the night. We noticed that she was getting uninterested I'm her 4pm ish feed and this went on for a while so we stretched them out to 3 bottles during the day (8am, 2.30 and 8pm ish). Sometimes she'll drink them all, sometimes not. She does however eat quite a lot of solid food (blw), 3 meals a day plus a snack normally.

She has just this week not been wakening for her night time bottle, but I'm not sure if she is actually dropping it or of its just a phase/fluke.

I think that's a lot of milk and it will be affecting his food intake. My baby is same age and also big and this is what we do, in case it helps.

7am - 7oz milk
8am - breakfast
(Naps 9.30 to 10)
11.30am - lunch
4oz milk straight after lunch
(Naps 12.30 to 2.30)
Another 3oz milk at 2.30 (so rest of the bottle he started before his nap)
5pm - dinner
6.15pm - 8oz milk

I would offer food before milk if you are worried he's not eating because he's not hungry. My ds is 9 months and have always struggled to get him to have enough milk and so he's dropped feeds himself however all my nct group has found that the last month even those previously uninterested are starting to eat more. Keep going and try to relax about it (I have to keep telling myself this as I've found food/milk so stressful since 3 months...!)

I agree with the above. Offer food when he's a bit hungry but not starving and give milk After. With my ds it was quick and easy, he fed well straight away and loved solid food and reduced his milk himself. Dd is a different kettle of fish, she gags on everything, doesn't like a spoon and barely ears anything. It just takes time. Keep offering him things, he'll get the hang of it.