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8m dropping a bottle?

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AmberM223 · 26/02/2026 15:50

My 8m old has 3 meals a day current schedule is this:

7am -6oz milk
8am breakfast porridge and yogurt
11.30am 5/6oz milk
12/12.30 lunch
3.30pm 6oz milk
4.45 tea
6.45 6oz bed bottle

this last week it’s getting harder to get him to even take 5oz at 11.30 he just doesn’t seem bothered for it at all. Would it be time to drop this bottle? And how do I do it? Would I change the schedule?

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Jellybunny56 · 26/02/2026 15:58

Is he finishing the other bottles? I’d be tempted to stop the 11:30 bottle if not interested but increase the other bottles to 7/8oz so he is still getting enough milk.

I would try:

7am- 7/8oz bottle
8:30- breakfast
12- lunch, can offer a small bottle here even 2/3oz, see if he wants it
3:30- 7/8oz bottle
4:45- tea
6:45- 7/8oz bottle

AmberM223 · 26/02/2026 16:45

@Jellybunny56 yeah he always takes his morning and bed bottle can take a while on his 3.30 one but does want it but it’s just the 11.30 one i feel like im just forcing it down and he’s just pushing it away after 2oz! yes i think ill try that from tomorrow increasing the others and see how he goes! he starts nursery in April too so i was thinking he might drop that bottle anyway as they have lunch at 11.30 there! thank you x

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Rowen32 · 26/02/2026 16:53

Are meals very big? Maybe reduce a little if they are so he's getting enough milk. I know its meant to be main source of nutrition still so its a balance and hard to get right I find!

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