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do bottles coincide with meals?

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Mine don't.  I'm still following 24 oz/day of formula.  If I give her the bottle first, she won't eat the food.  So I end up doing them separately and give water with meals.  I don't want to force them to coincide and encourage overeating.  Is anyone's LO eating and drinking a whole bottle in the same feeding?
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  • DawnJM25DawnJM25 member

    I honestly haven't figured this out yet.  I still give her the bottle at her normal eating times and we do solids about 1-1.5 hours after the bottle for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  In the last week or so she's started to eat less at the bottle feedings.  We're down to about 24-28 oz of formula per day.  DD is 9.5 mo, maybe around 10 months I'll start offering solids before the bottle and see how it goes.  She also doesn't quite understand the sippy yet- she can get the water if I help her tip it up, but she doesn't get how to tip it herself yet. 

     

     

     

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  • swimiz500swimiz500 member
    Ours don't at all.  I usually give her some water with a meal, and then milk as a snack.  She generally is refusing the bottle and formula now, except for mornings and nights.
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  • JenWhite123JenWhite123 member

    imageswimiz500:
    Ours don't at all.  I usually give her some water with a meal, and then milk as a snack.  She generally is refusing the bottle and formula now, except for mornings and nights.

     

    This.  DD is down to abot 12-14 oz of formula a day, she'd rather fill up on people food.  She takes 6 oz first thing in the morning, 4 oz as a 4 pm snack, then 4 oz before bed(many times she doesn't finish this bottle.) 

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  • ladybugpjbladybugpjb member

    Ours don't. I haven't really tried yet, though.

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  • MrsNoleMrsNole member
    DD's bottles coincide.  For breakfast and dinner she'll drink a 6 oz bottle and then eat her finger foods.  For lunch though they don't coincide at DC but they do at home on the weekends.
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  • tmwishfultmwishful member
    Thanks, all.  Our routine is similar to what you all described, but DD isn't eating finger foods.  I still have to puree everything, which I'm getting tired of.  I wish she'd eat some finger foods to make all this a bit easier.
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  • jleigh355jleigh355 member
    We do them together. Three meals of 4 oz of food plus 6 oz of formula each then an hour before bedtime a 7 oz bottle.  We always feed the solid first then follow w/formula.
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