Bottles

When you see the HV they will advise to do food first and then milk 3 times a day. When we saw them at 10 months for the 9-12m check she told me she should be on 2 bottles a day, still doesn’t do this but has 3 meals a day and bottles now are more like 3-5oz first thing, breakfast, 5oz for 1st nap, lunch, 3-6oz for 2nd nap depending on how much she ate for lunch, dinner and then 5-8oz for bed xx

I think by 1 its pretty common for them to have dropped to just 2 bottles per day as food has started taking on some of the leg work with calories and nutrition. If LO isnt eating much yet it makes sense that their milk intake is still so high
My HV said they only need around 350ml of cows milk after 1 and they can transition by doing 1oz cows, 6oz formula and gradually increasing. However some babies still aren't eating much so may need more.
I was also advised to swap meal times around at approx 10 months. Food first then milk. I found this worked well!

Side note, they actually dont have to have any milk after 1 at all. If they dont like cows milk as long as they are getting sufficient calories they dont have to have it. I think its 1000kcal a day but definitely worth checking with the HV

Oh gosh this is all sooo confusing! When we saw the hv for his 9-12 month check, he was 9 months at the time and I specifically remember her telling us that keep him with formula as the priority until he is 1 because it has all the vitamins and stuff he needs in it, then when he is 1 swap to cows milk and give him more food. Maybe it’s my fault for not asking enough questions but sometimes it just gets so overwhelming having to know everything!

Honestly I think its a bit rubbish that they have the review at such a vary of times. We just had ours so of course it was more aimed at the 1+ transition
At the same time, if you start the transition quickly after a year I cant see it being a huge issue. I imagine as long as you aren't still heavily relying on bottles and milk for a long time after 1!

My baby is 1 in a couple of weeks, and still having 2 bottles in the day and 1 during the night. Daytime bottles are 7oz, night time I've just dropped back down to 5oz.
With my first I gradually switched, so would do 1oz cows milk and 6oz formula, slowly increasing the amount of cows milk in each bottle.
This time however, I have offered baby cows milk to drink after his lunch and hes taken it well, so debating a possible straight switch when his formula runs out.
He is on 3 meals a day and has been for months, he's generally a good eater but we sometimes struggle to get him to eat breakfast and occasionally lunch as he's decided he doesn't like bread in any form or pasta!
You can contact the health visitor if you are unsure and want some advice and guidance. I also saw the health visitor at 9 months and didn't ask these questions. I didn't see the health visitor at all with my first (lockdown baby) so I'm just planning on doing similar to last time