How much formula does a 10 month old need?

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My DD is 10 months and currently has about 20oz of formula a day (first thing, 2.30pm and bedtime) as well as 3 meals (breakfast, 11.45am lunch and 5.45pm tea).

She's starting nursery shortly and they have their tea at 3.30pm so the middle milk feed doesn't really fit. A friend has said that her son just has milk morning and night (about 12oz in total) - plus breakfast, 11.30 lunch, 3.30 tea, 5.30 snack, but because he has yoghurt, cheese etc in his meals that's enough.

I thought DD still needed in effect 3 bottles - is this too much and should she be having more solids and less milk??

It sounds like your dd is doing fine - milk is the best source of nutrition at this age - I wouldn't change anything.

20oz is the recommended amount for under 1 year - that does include any milk with cereal, in foods, dairy products, etc so they dont need to take all of it as a drink. My ds did go down to 2 milk feeds around 10/11 months but they were both from a cup. Could the nursery offer a drink of milk in a lidded beaker along with the 3.30pm solid meal and then your lo wouldnt do without milk during the day?