Babies: 9 - 12 Months
almost 11 months...how many bottles and ounces of formula?
my family keeps telling us we are giving Sofia too many bottles...currently she takes 4 6 oz. bottles a day...some times an extra bottle if she wakes at night.....she also has 3 meals...too much? what are your babies doing?
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Re: almost 11 months...how many bottles and ounces of formula?
My DS is 10 1/2 months old and at his 9 month appt his ped. told me to reduce is BM intake. He gets 6 ozs in a sippy cup first thing in the morning and then he gest two 3 ozs during the day in a sippy cup (about 12 and 3) and then a 6 oz bottle at bedtime. He is also eating 3 meals a day.
Jessica
Madison Lynn
DS was still drinking between 24- 28 oz formula at his 9 month appt, and was eating tablefood, but not truly INGESTING most of the food he was given. Pedi told us that he was doing fine, and just watch his cues, but that based on DS being a chubba chubba (90% in weight. 70% in height), it was fine to cut back on his formula a bit. He said that most babies are down to 16- 20 oz by 1 year, at which point, he recommends switching to WCM as a drink, since most of their nutrients should be coming from meals at that point.
DS actually started weaning down the amount of formula he drank after that anyway; I didn't have to start giving him less. He just started showing more interest in food, and ate more, which left less room for formula. He's 10 months now, and drinks between 18- 22 oz/day now (usually 20), with 3 meals and snacks. (And water in straw cups). He actually doesn't even take bottles anymore, either. His formula is also from a straw cup.
Blythe turned 11 mths on Wed and she is on the same schedule. My pedi told me 24oz is the perfect amount of milk to ensure she is getting the nutrition she needs. She also has 2-3 meals and 2 snacks a day, with an occasional night bottle when needed.
Blythe Elizabeth is here March 27,2012