Cutting down bottles

nmc29

DS drinks five 8oz bottles a day, plus 3 meals and snacks.

He's starving for it all though.  I would like to start getting him down to 3 solid meals a day + snack and 3 bottles a day.

How do you do it?

AggieDee

With DS, this is what we did to transition to milk and off of bottles (plan on doing the same with DD):

11 months - replaced mid afternoon bottle (3pm) with a snack and a milk sippy

11 months, 1 week - replaced mid morning bottle (10:30am) with a snack and a milk sippy

11 months, 3 weeks - did away with morning bottle and moved breakfast time up to 7am (from 8:30am)

12 months - replaced bedtime bottle with reading time after bath

darleenmonroe

For our DS's age group (8-12 months) we read in a baby book you should come down to 3-5 servings of Breastmilk or Formula per day. So we took our son down to 4 servings of Breastmilk or Formula per day, 3 solid food feedings a day consisting of 6 ounces of jared baby food at each solid food feeding. Here's our schedule:

Nurse upon waking 7 AM

 

10:15 ? 10:45 AM ? Feed him Cereal and SIPPY CUP of formula

Mix:

4 level tablespoons of dry cereal

Whole 2^nd Foods container of Fruit (4 oz jar)

2 oz of formula prepared in a Snap-It container for you

 

Feed Aidan full SIPPY CUP (6 oz)

 

1:15 ? 1:45 PM ? Feed him meat, vegetable, fruit and SIPPY CUP of formula

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Meat

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Meat

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Vegetable

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Vegetable

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Fruit

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Fruit

 

Feed Aidan full SIPPY CUP (6 oz)

 

4:15 ? 4:45 PM ? Feed him meat, vegetable and fruit ? NO FORMULA

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Meat

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Meat

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Vegetable

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Vegetable

1/3rd container of 3^rd Foods 6oz Fruit

OR 1/2 container of 2^nd Foods 4 oz Fruit

 

Nurse to bed around 7PM