Little isn't drinking enough milk!

Hi, so my baby has never been a massive fan of milk due to having reflux badly until about 6/7 months, but for the last month (she's 9 months now), it's like she's on milk strike and will only drink 2/3 bottles of 6ozs and only at night, she will not have any milk during the day. She's on 3 meals a day but she's only on that because at first I wasn't keen to go onto 3 meals when she wasn't drinking milk, but it's the only way that she'll have any kind of food because my baby would go 12 hours without milk, she's just not interested anymore 😭 obvs I'm giving her water but I'm stressing!

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I heard to try and add lots of watery foods in, like cucumber and watermelon to help with hydration intake too 🙏🏼

Honestly my first born stopped being interested on milk since he was 8 month old, he would refuse the breast, leave the milk on the floor and just crawl around, we even tried formula and he would just leave the bottle on the floor and wander around, but he LOVED food, he would always look for food so we just stopped giving him milk and started full on solids, the only feed he would have would be before bed time and in the early morning by the age of 12 months he was fully off milk... he is now 7 years old, healthy and a foodie! This just to say all babies are different and is okay to just listen to them and your intuition

We went through this for a few weeks. Mostly due to teething. Was eating solids well and I would add in an extra milk feed in at night too as that was the best time to catch him. I would leave a bottle on the floor and he would help him Self. So little and often. We are back on a normal ish routine now but milk feeds except evenings can still be difficult. I ended up adding the 3rd meal in earlier than I had planned and would add left over morning milks to breakfasts. Additional dairy like yoghurt and higher water based fruits like water melon etc. Its normal. Could be a phase. Just stick with it and trust yourself and follow LO ques.

My daughter was exactly the same! So I would give her cereal with her milk to eat as a meal or snack. Porridge etc just try to get her milk into the meals as much as possible. Now she drinks 3 bottles a day 7 ounces and 3 meals but doesn’t drink in the night. It’s a phase xx

My daughter has been like this on and off for months ! She is now 7 months old and is like it again . It is honestly the most exhausting thing in the world , I have tried everything and have now gone to the conclusion she hates milk ! I honestly can’t wait until she doesn’t need the formula because I feel like I’m constantly in a loosing battle unless I am dream feeding her , all day I feel myself counting the oz then having seriously anxiety she has not taken enough during the day . 😞

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