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When do they take less milk?

dmathis10dmathis10 member
in Babies: 6 - 9 Months
I know the primary source of nutrition for a baby for the first year is formula or breast milk, but at what age do they start to reduce the amount of milk they consume in a day? I was just noticing some people's 7 and 8 month old feeding schedules and with a lot of them, baby only took a bottle four times a day. Mine still nurses twice a day and gets three bottles at daycare. And he occasionally still nurses at night, too.
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Re: When do they take less milk?

  • Blackhawks1Blackhawks1 member
    Not sure when they take less either but I am in the same boat as you. DS nurses at least 3x sometimes 4x a day (1-2 are at night) and gets 3 bottles of BM at daycare. He isn't really into solids has maybe 3-4 oz a day. He has his 9 month appt so
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  • PaMommy02PaMommy02 member
    imagedmathis10:
    I know the primary source of nutrition for a baby for the first year is formula or breast milk, but at what age do they
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  • khill86khill86 member
    DS very obviously dropped feedings at about 8.5 months. He nursed A LOT, though. I mean like 8 to 12 times a day.

    Now we're at 4 to 7, with 2 or 3 during the night.

    I thought he would never nurse less, but I was just starting abs
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  • allardrallardr member
    My LO nurses 6 times in a 24 hour period. Wake up, 3 times during the day, before bed, and once during the night. She eats a fair amount of solids 3 times a day too. I think at this age she's efficient though so I feed her til she turns away done. I think
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  • bigbootyjudibigbootyjudi member
    DS takes 24oz a day of BM at 8 months old.

    I would just follow his cues. He'll let you know when he's ready for less. Every kid is different.
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  • sinisforgivensinisforgiven member
    I've always been told that when you introduce solids, it COMPLIMENTS the milk instead of replacing it.... so they will consume the same amount of milk but just gradually increase the amount of solid foods. We introduced solids about 3 weeks ago and he nur
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