How much formula is your baby drinking?

My baby has been doing great with purées and solids and has really taken an interest in food (I can no longer eat anything in front of my him without being bullied into sharing 🤭😭) but I've noticed he's been wasting his bottles/not showing as much interest.

I normally give him 6 ounces of formula every 3 hours (7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm) with meals/snacks/purée in between but lately he only finishes 2-3 bottles (usually after a nap) and drinks like 3-4 ounces of the others. He is usually pretty iffy about the 7pm bottle which often times becomes a waste but then he will wake up in the middle of the night for bottle. He will be 9 months on the 27th.

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My daughter is 9months she is kinda the same way I give her about 7oz. Some feedings she’ll drink 4oz out of the 7. First bottle of the day she will drink the full 7 and maybe the last two of the day. I try to offer her the rest of the bottle working the hr before it goes bad and she usually takes it

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I’ve been worried about my son with milk too and my doctor said that as long as baby is gaining weight, having wet diapers, then however much milk he is drinking is okay. Sometimes they just don’t want to drink milk. I also try to give him milk before solids and while he is having solids.

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Sounds about right - I’d just drop one bottle at a time, whatever he’s wasting most of, and shift your timings. Food is *filling* for their tiny stomachs so they won’t need formula on top of that. Waking in the night for a bottle at 9 months is still very normal too x

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I always give the bottle first and then an hour later I’ll do the purées. My son was also eating every three hrs and I pushed it to every 4 once I added the purées and he was waisting his milks and my son eat 6oz of his formula. Just play with it you’re doing great!

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