# of Formula Bottles a day for 10 months

Camardella09

Hi Moms!

I know as your baby gets older you should be cutting back the amount of formula they have but my questions is when did you cut down to just a morning and night bottle of formula for your baby or how many formula bottles a day does your 10 month old gets?

kerischrader

DS is 91/2 months and he takes 4 6 oz bottles sometimes he leaves an oz....so about 24 oz.... forgot to ask Dr. how it will effect these next few months in terms of ounces.... I think I will call tomorrow

EveryNameIWantIsTaken

They should be having around 24oz up until around a year.  This has a lot to do with the vitamins and nutrients in it, especially iron.  DD is 10 months and doesn't eat quite that much and we're needing to take her for an iron test because her doctor is concerned.

shortstuff15

Neither of my kids have eaten 24 ounces past 6 months.  My oldest ate about 26 per day until starting solids, then dropped to 22ish and at about 8 months was at 18 ounces, where she stayed for quite some time.

My youngest never ate more then 24 ounces ever and after we started solids dropped to about 20 ounces and now is at about 16.  She spreads that out over 4 bottles and so even though I would like to change it to 3, she eats only 13 ounces then and that's not enough.  I honestly can't remember when I dropped to 3 bottles for my oldest but I know that at a year she was still at 2.

Steph_whalen5@yahoo.com

I'm super confused on this topic too.  My DD is almost 11 months and has 4 sippys (weaned from bottles at 9mo at her choice!) per day of about 6 oz each so a total of about 24oz a day.  She was at more like 7-8oz each, but she's small for her age and pedi wasn't concerned.  The only suggestion we got was to make sure we're offering solids before formula, which is what we've been doing and it has decreased her intake.  Our pedi rec 18oz of WCM per day at 1 yr, so I'm not too sure how that goes - I assume she'll just have WCM with breakfast, lunch and dinner and water/diluted juice for her snacks??  Hopefully we get some more answers at her 1yr appt next month (holy crap how is it next month already!!!!)

Nala37

My son is almost 11 months and eats 8-10 bottles of formula a day, but they're each only 3 or 4 oz (he won't eat more than that at a time).  This is in addition to his oatmeal and baby food throughout the day. 

I've never been told that we should be cutting down on formula or how much he should be eating.  I've been trying to cut back so he'll eat more solids (and formula's so expensive!), but I'm glad I know now that's definitely what we should be doing.

brewcitybride

I didn't cut back on the number of bottles given - he just chooses to eat less of the bottle. He gets 4-5 bottles per day, 6 ounces each bottle.

gracefulruby33

Starting at around ten months, we cut DD's 3pm bottle, and changed her 11am bottle to a noon bottle. I give her three 8 oz. bottles at 7am, noon and 7pm. I give her first and second bottles before solids. If I give her the bottle after she will barely take half of it. She polishes off her bedtime bottle because it is typically given at least an hour after her dinner.

alyss0nl

We were told at our 9 month well check that baby should only be getting 24oz of formula a day, and the rest of his nutrients from food.

Currently, DS will be turning 11 months on Friday, and gets about 20oz a day give or take. Still 4 bottles, but 6oz in the morning and before bed. 4oz during morning and afternoon while at DC.

wychets

DD will be 10 months on Tuesday. She usually has 4 (6oz) bottles a day, sometime she has 5 bottles. So about 24-30oz's a day along with 3-4 jars of baby food.

lana22

my son is 10.5 months. he has four 8 oz bottles a day. he doesn't always finish them, and occasionally only has three bottles. he eats 3 solid meals a day. pedi said what he's doing is fine, and i do think he's hungrier than the average baby cause he's so big. (31", 23lbs).