I'm currently weaning my 7th month old daughter and while the solids are going really well (she takes a good size lunch and dinner, although doesn't particularly want breakfast) her milk intake has dropped rapidly. She is teething at the moment (her 3rd and 4th teeth are visably coming through), but I don't think that's the problem. She seems to want solids a lot more than milk and I keep reading that they need to have 600ml of formula a day, but I'm struggling to get to this, I'm having to give her more evening feeds to try to top her up. She's never been a big milk drinker, never really having more than 750ml a day (although maintaining the 75th percentile), but now she's getting to the evening on about 400ml, and I can get her to about 500 if I'm lucky. But she's very happy, and loving the food. I'm finding myself thinking about this far too much. I've tried giving her milk separately from meals, with meals, in meals! But it doesn't seem to make much difference. Any advice fellow mums?! x

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DorothyEinon
Reply DorothyEinon 4 months ago
She wants the goodness and balanced nutriets of milk not necessarily the bottle. Give some of her milk with her solids- added to cereal or mashed potato, as puddings- milky rice, custard, milk jelly for example. Cheese and butter are milk products. If she remainds on the 75 percentile on 750 ml milk it is unlikely that she will need or want 600ml after you start adding to her calories with solids. Advice is directed at the average baby- not the individual. As long as she is growing normally and is lively and happy she is getting what she needs. Just make sure she has enough fluid- especially in warm weather or when wrapped up warm. If she does not want milk will she take bioled water or fruit juice? One of the draw backs of bottle feeding is that we see how much milk babies and that gives mothers lyet another thing to worry about! Rest assured babies let us know if something is wrong. They get sick. They become depressed and inert- a happy loving active baby who is meeting her mile stones (more or less on time) is absolutely fine- even if she is not eating by the book!
Dorothy Einon.
Caroline6
Reply Caroline6 4 months ago
I'm currently weaning my 7th month old daughter and while the solids are going really well (she takes a good size lunch and dinner, although doesn't particularly want breakfast) her milk intake has dropped rapidly. She is teething at the moment (her 3rd and 4th teeth are visably coming through), but I don't think that's the problem. She seems to want solids a lot more than milk and I keep reading that they need to have 600ml of formula a day, but I'm struggling to get to this, I'm having to give her more evening feeds to try to top her up. She's never been a big milk drinker, never really having more than 750ml a day (although maintaining the 75th percentile), but now she's getting to the evening on about 400ml, and I can get her to about 500 if I'm lucky. But she's very happy, and loving the food. I'm finding myself thinking about this far too much. I've tried giving her milk separately from meals, with meals, in meals! But it doesn't seem to make much difference. Any advice fellow mums?! x
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