While I'm being a PW: Question about reducing bottles

MickeyM04

So DS for quite some time has been taking 5 six-oz bottles a day.  Lately, however, he usually finishes just the morning and bedtime bottles, and the rest of the day drinks 4-5 oz.  So he's really only having anywhere from 24-27 oz.  And sometimes he doesn't finish the morning or bedtime ones either, but usually he takes at least 5 oz those times.  So my question is, at this point should I reduce the # of bottles or the number of oz per bottle.

Right now he gets a bottle at 7am (usually finishes), 10am, 1pm and 4pm (usually drinks 4-5 oz) and 7pm (usually finishes).  Should I start doing maybe a bottle at 7am, 11am, 3pm and 7pm and keep all bottles at 6 oz, or at this point, would you still give him a bottle every 3 hours, but maybe make each of the daytime bottles 4-5 oz bottles? 

In terms of weaning him off bottles/formula I'm not sure if the idea is to start feeding him less often or start feeding him less quantity wise at each feeding or both.  TIA!

Missa_g

Our pedi said to do either. We're not quite there yet but ideally I plan to drop a bottle when the time comes. They currently take 4 8oz bottles per day, one every four hours. But if that doesn't work and they seem miserable I would continue the same schedule but offer less.

MickeyM04

Thanks missa, good idea to try reducing number of bottles first, then oz if that doesn't work.  Maybe I'll do that too.

ksyknelvr73

I am a little fuzzy on things from that long ago, but I remember us dropping bottles instead of reducing the amount. I really think it helped when it came down to really get rid of them.

chloebeth930

Lil gets a 6oz bottle first thing in the morning, then she gets 4 oz of formula in her sippy cup with her lunch and dinner meal real food, then a 6 oz bottle at night before bed. If she wakes in the middle of the night I give her a 6 oz bottle. With her snacks she gets water in a sippy.