Babies: 6 - 9 Months
8 month old dropped a feeding- drinking 20 oz now
My 8 month old DD dropped a whole bottle of feeding per day in the last two weeks. She has solids twice a day and is now drinking 18 to 20 oz of formula per day. I have not increased her solid intake.
Is there something I can do, or rather should do? She has the same amount of formula and solids in one sitting as before.
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Re: 8 month old dropped a feeding- drinking 20 oz now
My 8 month old DD drinks 18ozs per day. She eats three meals of solids (BIG meals). She just seems to prefer to eat rather than drink.
I've tried everything...she won't even take a bedtime bottle. I don't think there is anything you can do. As my pedi said, "you can't force her to drink"
I just had this conversation with my pedi last week. My DD dropped down from about 22-24 oz a day to 18 oz a day a few weeks ago, as soon as she hit the 8 month mark. My pedi said its completely normal because growth slows slightly at this age and her body is starting to get most of its nutrients from the foods she eats. He told me that 16 oz a day is sufficient.
Also, when my son was 9 months old, my then-pedi (we lived in another state) told me to cut him back to no more than 20 oz a day because he should be getting most of his calories from food at that age.
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