Calling FF BLWers and BLWers who's kids are past 1yr!!

[jetjets]

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don't really get what you mean regarding ff?

ds is still on bottles - won't take sippy cups only normal ones and he spills too much with those to use it for milk atm.

he has reduced his milk intake on his own. he started leaving an oz or so at the end of his bottle so then i started making up less each time he did this for a few days.

what have you tried for cups already?

i think the key is to let go and relaaaaaaaaaaaaax !!

if he is still having a bottle at 18 months, the sky won;t fall in ! i started to introduce a sippy cup of water with meals at the start of weaning, but took DD until she was 9 months to actually drink properly out of it, to quench her thirst, rather than play with it

also, some children just don;t eat a lot , regardless of age, and regardless of BLW or puree weaning

DD is 21 months and has eaten small amounts from the get go, and when she is poorly or teething, will not eat a meal, wants milk, and that is all........

so as long as she is alert, weeing and pooing, developmentally she is meeting her milestones, i don;t stress too much about how much / little she is eating

children do not starve themselves

some prefer 3 big meals a day, some prefer 6 small meals, you will get to know your baby and their requirements

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i think you're rather thinking too much about it. easy done.

you can hold the cup with him. that's ok. it might take time for him to get used to doing it himself, same as blw.

also, milk is ok for an hour. so it's not like you have to have him gulping down his milk all in one go.

dd was bf to 8 months, then went onto sippy cups for milk and doidy for water with meals. i held them with her. she'd never glug down a full milk feed, she just sipped at it, i suppose like an adult drinks tea..taking maybe an hour on and off to finish.

i was just thinking how weird it is actually that babies actually drink all that in one go when on a bottle when like you said we are used to just sipping.

when my cousins went onto sippy cups for their milk their mum would hold them the same as if they were having a bottle and they would drink it all.

But what is this 'relax' of which you speak?

i speak as the mother of the DD who never ate real food for months, but would eat paper and dog biscuits !

he will eat enough, and drink enough, and will let you know when he wants less milk and more food

tbh, i don;t get the hurry to cut milk down or even out of a diet, a hungry toddler , busy playing can get plenty of good nutrition out of a drink of milk and a banana, i still get 7 yr old DS to drink milk daily...

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DS is 18 months. Still has a cocoa "bop" and bedtime cos he enjoys the mummy cuddle that goes with it. Drinks from a cup during the day - has the occasional bottle if he wakes early in the morning, but we've started puuting a lidded cup of juice in bed with him.

He now wants to feed himslef with his fork & spoon as much as possible cos he sees us doing it. Still does a bit of the smeary round the face stuff but he's getting much better

DS is 2.9 now & I still have the occasional wobble about what he eats (or doesnt eat )....but overall I am very happy to let him lead the way with his appetite & balance between milk and solid food. He is bf so am still happy if he doesnt eat very much as I know he is still getting plenty of goodness from the milk....not sure how I would feel if he was ff as it wouldnt be taylored to his needs as bm is....but what he does eat a lot of is fruit, beg & grains so would probably still feel similarly happy as he would still be getting a good balanced diet.

they're all right, you know, jj. it's a long way away, the more you relax about it the easier it is.

oh, and i think all that bottles stuff is bollocks. dd gets her milk in a bottle morning and night and absolutely refuses milk in anything other than an open cup or bottle. she uses an open cup really well but does spill a bit, so it would be pretty pointless for nighttime as she'd be soaked.
i think it's a comfort thing, and i'm all for comforting my bub. but if you are feeling the need to show off, try the baby with a cm of water in a teeny cup like a candle holder-sized thing and see if they drink. it's so funny.

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I let him get on with it. He still has bottles because I don't think it matters enough to stop him, and he still gaily food flings when he doesn't want to eat it.

See, I often spoonfed ds1, and you can no more force them to eat more than they want that when they put it in themselves. It you manage to get it in (unlikely) they spit it out, gag, or even vomit on the tray, so you are soon trained out of that one!