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Ahhhh...need suggestions on feeding!

salc21salc21
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Ok, so I know that they say at one year old, they aren't supposed to be taking down formula. However, my 9 month old has suddenly wanted more than normal formula... and I have no clue how in less than 3 months, he is supposed to be off this stuff!

For some reason, the afternoons have just been horrible. He gets a bottle at 2pm before his nap... and then I pick him up from daycare and home around 4:30pm and he is just a terror. Crying/screaming unless I am holding him, and sometimes then too. I feed him around 5:15pm-5:30pm... he eats about 8-10 oz (2 pouches) solids... and then goes back to screaming/crying. He gets a bottle at 6:30pm (he is now up to 7 oz) before bed. Today he was so bad at 3:45pm, that I gave him 4 oz to see if that's what he wanted and yup... took it all down.

I'm nervous to hit the one year mark and make the transition... how do you do it? And, am I not giving him enough solids during the day, or is it ok that he is wanting more formula?

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Re: Ahhhh...need suggestions on feeding!

  • anonsouthernbellanonsouthernbell member
    Formula or breastmilk is supposed to take priority over solids prior to age 1 so don't worry if he seems like he is taking more now.  It also isn't until somewhere in the 9-10 months range that babies realize that solid foods will take care of their hunger.  So I would give him a bottle, a smaller one if you like, and then see if he will take some solids.
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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member
    Don't worry about it now - 3 months is a loooooong ways away. I would work on offering solids at mealtimes and bottles in between (and at bedtime). But if he wants more formulas or seems hungry feed him.
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  • dixee.deluxedixee.deluxe

    Prior to 1 year, we did formula as meals and food as snacks.  At the one year mark, we switched that.  Food at mealtimes and WCM as snacks.  Her consumption of WCM has only recently started to go down.  But we've had to pay more attention to what FOOD we're feeding her as it was the basis of her vitamin intake (rather than formula).

    It'll work itself out!   

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