When to drop the 4th bottle

Santinosmom82 · July 2012

DS is still getting 4 bottles a day. At his 9 month appointment the pedi didn't tell us to do it anytime soon. But my friends daughter is 9 months old and their pedi told them to drop all bottles except the nighttime one. How many bottles does your LO get a day?

MillerTime13 · July 2012

We are at 4-5. Our pedi did say at her 9 month well check that at 1 year the goal is for most of their nutrition to come from table food, but I'm waiting to see what they say at her 1 year appt. The nighttime bottle is going to be a challenge.

NotSharknado · July 2012

3 bottles. She dropped her 4th bottle on her own. It didn't really fit in with the schedule. We were never told to drop any bottles. She has a morning bottle, an afternoon bottle and a bedtime bottle.

BnchaNums · July 2012

shanado:
3 bottles. She dropped her 4th bottle on her own. It didn't really fit in with the schedule. We were never told to drop any bottles. She has a morning bottle, an afternoon bottle and a bedtime bottle.

these are the nursing sessions that we're down to (well, and a 4a one). I'm going to try to get rid of another next week. It actually might be the night time one next since that's the one where she drinks the least.

ladybugpjb · July 2012

The pedi we saw at 9 months said he should only be drinking 20oz of formula now. But I didn't agree with her and I'll never see her again, so I'm going by what I've read elsewhere. Meh. We're military and have seen a different pedi at every appointment except one. They all say different things, so I listen to what they say, then compare it to what I read/hear from other sources.

Before the 9 month appointment, he was getting 4 bottles - about 32oz. After that, I added another "meal" of solids" and merged the two mid-day bottles. He now gets three bottles, about 8oz each - morning, around 1:00-2:00, and bedtime.

I don't feel right cutting back on formula yet since I'm still trying to get him balanced meals of solids.

+Jasha+ · July 2012

We are down to only the morning bottle. DS started refusing bottles last week and basically dropped 3 all on his own. I think he would be fine/happy if we dropped the morning bottle too, but I want to use up as much of the formula that we have left as possible.

His dr gave us the go-ahead to be done with formula. I called last week to make sure it was ok. The nurse said as long as he is eating a well balanced diet it was fine. Considering he eats whatever we put in front of him, I'd say his diet is well balanced. I do my best to make sure that we offer him nutritionally sound food and he's eating whatever we eat for meals - meat, veggies, starch etc.

And the nighttime one was the first that he dropped. I think he was full enough from eating dinner that there was no need for the bottle.

mrsemily08 · July 2012

We offer five. They usually drink 3

JenWhite123 · July 2012

DD is down to 2 bottles a day @ 10.5 mos. morning and night. She eats mostly table foods - self feeds

SharonB222 · July 2012

Down to 3-4. Would like to drop the early morning one (4) more often.

ClickMama · July 2012

4x per day. Every kid is different and for us solids meaning table food has come very slow. We just cut our first 2 teeth. I'm in no rush to take away a bottle at this point. I think she will self wean at her own pace. I agree that every pedi is different in their recs.

Zach&Kelly · July 2012

At our 9 mo checkup our pedi said we need to be completely off the bottle when we come for our 12 mo checkup. At that time we were doing 4 bottles. We went ahead an dropped down to 3 at that time, 2 at 10 months, 1 at 11 months, and now we're working on dropping the last bottle. He's not consistant yet, but occasionally he'll go without his bedtime bottle.

bundymommy · July 2012

We are still 4x a day, most days. Occasionally we will skip lunch or dinner if we are out and about or at a restaurant. I honestly haven't really even thought of dropping them yet at all. Her pedi didn't say anything at 9 months. Probably within the next month I'll start introducing a formula/cow milk mixture, and we'll work from there.

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