If you just started feeding your baby solids...

have they cut back on the amount of formula they're drinking? My granddaughter is 6 mos. She usually gets nursed first thing in the morning, then a bottle at 11, 2:30, 5:30 and 9ish. She's now been eating 2 meals a day. Yesterday she ate around 5:15-5:30 so she didn't want her bottle. She finally took it reluctantly around 7:30 which then pushed her last bottle of the day back. She didn't take it till around 10. The ped had said she still wanted her to get around 30 oz of formula a day. She takes between 6 & 8 oz bottles. We thought maybe it's ok to drop the bottle right after dinner, then just give her one around 8-so she can to bed for the night earlier. She usually takes a nap around 8 till 9, then would get her bottle and go in for the night. She goes for her 6 mos. checkup next Tues. so my daughter will ask the ped about the bottles again. we can't force her to drink if she doesn't want it. But she's really enjoying all the new food we've introduced.

Re: If you just started feeding your baby solids...

At 6 months my ped said to cut back to 24 oz a day as long as she was eating well.

Re: If you just started feeding your baby solids...

dd is also 6 months she still gets her five 6 oz bottles a day, I always give the bottle then the food. The bottle is the most important part, I give a
Bottle at 8am
Soild at 9am
Bottle at 11am
Bottle at 2pm
Bottle at 5pm
Soild at 7pm
Bottle at 8pm

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DD is 5 months. Eatting 2 solids a day and is transitioning to 1 less bottle right now. She doesn't want much formula after her dinner so I am slowly decreasing the ounces in that bottle until it is completely gone. Which would then give her about 25 ounces a day

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When my DD started solids she dropped to four 6oz bottles a day. She got a bottle in the morning, then breakfast (cereal and fruit), an afternoon bottle, then lunch (cereal and veggie), a late afternoon bottle, then dinner (fruit and veggie), and then her last bottle about a half hour before bed.

It's totally normal for them to drop how much they are drinking once they start solids. I wouldn't sweat it. Just make sure your DD is giving the baby her bottles BEFORE meals. It's more important they drink then eat so I always would rather my DD finish her bottles and leave some cereal or fruit as opposed to the other way around. KWIM?

Re: If you just started feeding your baby solids...

No. My Ped said that we are only practicing with solids betweeen 6-9 months and it shouldn't affect how much milk/formula she eats. She has had 28-30 ounces for months now and just a little baby food 1-3x a day.