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Dropping a bottle

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Vickib88 · 27/08/2022 14:48

People keep asking me when I'm going to drop a bottle my boy is almost 10 months and is on 4 bottles a day is routine is
7:15am porridge
7:45am 5oz milk
10:30am nap
12pm 7oz milk
1:15pm lunch
2:30pm nap
4pm 7oz milk
5:30pm dinner
8pm 7oz milk then bed

Not sure if I should be dropping a bottle and if so which one any help/advice welcome

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LovelyBitOfSquirrrel · 27/08/2022 14:53

I’d drop the 4pm bottle and bring dinner to 5pm, see how he gets on and you could always change if needed. My boy didn’t seem to naturally drop a bottle unless I stopped offering, he used to do:

7am bottle
8am breakfast
9-10.30 nap
11am bottle
12pm lunch
1pm bottle
1:30-3:30 nap
5pm bottle
6pm diner
7:30pm bedtime bottle

first I dropped the 11am bottle and offered lunch earlier when needed and he started eating more for lunch, then I dropped the 5pm bottle and bought dinner to 5 instead

PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 15:46

I was just going to say the same Wink

PritiPatelsMaker · 29/08/2022 09:08

Have you given it a go yet @Vickib88? How did you get on Wink

Mumofboys16 · 31/08/2022 20:13

It's fine to keep all 4, if you feel he's ready I'd drop the 1pm one and make that a bigger lunch, then give a bottle after his afternoon nap rather than at 5pm. If he gets hungry before tea, give a snack or an earlier tea.

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