7 month old losing interest in milk

[Becky77]

Hi there, My 7 month old DD is on 3 meals a day and does manage to put away quite a lot... A mixture of puree, lumpier mush and finger food... The problem is she is gradually taking less and less milk, which I suppose wouldnt be a problem except she's already down to 3 feeds and this morning only wanted 3oz.

For her afternoon milk she'll take around 6oz but at bedtime it's back down to 3 or 4 if we're lucky.

Should I be worried? I try and use most of the excess milk up in her breakfast and she gets a yoghurt after every meal... Does this all sound fine or should I be planning a visit to the HV?

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Thanks

Hi Becky! We meet again. DD is 8mths now (can't believe how old they are getting). Her milk intake has been up and down. She is still BF first thing but only takes 3 oz mid afternoon on average and about 4oz before bed. I put a couple of oz in her cereal in the morning, add an oz to her dinner, give her yoghurt and add cheese and milk in her cooking. I read somewhere that a bit of cheese and some yoghurt is the equivalent of quite a lot of formula but I cant' remember how much or where I read it!

Don't think there's any need to worry.

Awww great... That's the reassurance I was after.

It sounds like you're both doing well anyway. Did your DD take to lumpier puree OK? Mine wasnt too keen at first but she manages quite a bit of lumpy food before getting annoyed with it... then I let her have the rest pureed followed by some finger food... She is doing so well. I cant believe the big bites of toast she manages to swallow!

She loves toast and little sandwiches with philadelphia. So far, she has eaten everything but tonight, she decided she didn't want her dinner -now obviously panicking she's going to wake!
She's even started doing a vaguely decent lunch nap over the past while and today even did 1.5 hrs! Now, if only I could sleep...

Does she just eat all finger food now and mushed up normal meals? Has the gagging fear gone? I'm looking forward to that

My DD's naps have gone bizarre... She wakes at around 7.30am then she goes back down at 9.30am for about an hour and a half (!) then she's awake until 2pm then I wake her up after 45 minutes otherwise she'd just be getting way too much sleep! Then she's awake until bedtime. I wonder when they drop the morning nap altogether?

I would love her to eat my mushed up meals but seeing as I live on a diet of ketchup, salad, veggie burgers and chocolate, I don't think that would be good

I make her meals and give them a blitz with the blender so they are slightly mushed or just mash with a fork. She has hardly ever gagged thankfully. She is rubbish at eating finger bits of fruit and veg and just chucks them on the floor (her new hobby) but happily eats tons of sandwiches, toast, rice cakes and organix crisp things.

I never want dd to drop the morning nap -I need a sit down by 9.30am! 7.30am is a good wake up time though!

Hi All

Just joined and hoping for some help!

My daughter is 7 months and happily eating 3 sold meals a day, all home made, incl cheese, yoghurts etc.

She has suddenly started refusing her bottles. Will take morning bottle 4 - 7oz, varies alot, but 1oz at 2.30pm and 1-2oz at 6.30pm.

She is healthy weight 18lb 11 oz, but just very worried\sh not getting minimum amount.

I lost my first daughter 18 months ago, just after full term birth, no medical explanation. As you can imagine my worry is HUGE, resulting in panic attacks etc (but thats another story).

Please help with some advice!

Kiti so awfully sorry to hear about your first baby. Of course you are bound to be worried. I have a feeling it is a 'phase' of babies around this age to take less milk from reading threads. I imagine it is something to do with the fact that if they are eating 3 good meals a day and really loving their food, then they are beginning to see milk as more of a drink perhaps? My HV (who actually seems ok) said as long as dd was eating well and having yoghurts etc, then having a bit less milk was ok.

However, Kiti, why don't you ask your dr/hv. I am sure everything is fine but it would hopefully put your mind at rest a little if a professional told you everything was ok.

Kiti, meant to say, have you tried adding formula to her meals? That would bump up her intake.

Hi Kiti, So sorry to hear about your loss... Your worry is very understandable. The last couple of days I haven't given my DD a yoghurt with her dinner (she still has one after lunch) and that has meant she has had much more milk at bedtime. I suppose as far as calcium and calories go it doesn't make much odds how she gets it but the extra vitamins and supplements they put in formula are still important so perhaps if you're really worried you could try cutting back a little on dinner?

My ds went off milk at about this age. He was having 7oz in morning and 7oz at bedtime, so I tried to give yoghurts and grated cheese. Would also use cheese sauce on lots of things, by 9 months he was only having 7oz at bedtime and now at 17 months, it's hit and miss if he'll drink any at all.
I spoke to my hv when he was about 8 months and was told not to worry as some babies just aren't fussed and as long as he was getting a fairly balanced diet, he'd be getting all the calcium and whatever else form other sources

Thank you for you advice, hope it works, Kiti x

Add milk to her food - porridge, cereal, pasta sauce, mince meat, mashed potato, sauce on veggies and add cheese to everything. Also always offer milk before solid food.