Hi, my 8 month old is doing great with weaning. We are currently on 2 meals (lunch and dinner) and 4 x 6oz bottles a day.
A normal day would be:
5:30/6am wake
6am 6 oz bottle (drinks 5oz usually)
8:30-9:30 nap 1 for 1 hr
11am 6oz bottle (drinks around 4/5 oz)
12pm lunch
1-3pm nap 2hrs
3:00 6oz bottle (drinks around 2/3 oz)
5:00pm dinner
6:15pm 6oz bottle (drinks almost nothing after dinner, maybe 1 oz? )
6:30-7pm bed
As you can see her milk intake goes down as the day goes on and I think it’s time to drop to 3 bottles but I’ve read it’s the 11am one that goes first. It seems counterproductive to me to drop that as she drinks less and less as the day goes on (and her food intake increases)
Would I be better to bring lunch forward as I doubt she would last until 12 for lunch without anything after a 6am morning bottle?
She is a brilliant sleeper but the 5:30 wake ups are increasing eeking earlier and I’m worried she’s not getting enough calories in during the day….however then she doesn’t even finish her morning bottle so is that hunger or maybe something else. I have no clue!
Would love it if anyone have any suggestions on improving my bottle/ food timings. We are wasting a lot of milk at the moment and would love to streamline it and get ready to add breakfast in.
I’m a first time mum so never done this before!
Thank you in advance for any suggestions :)
x