https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 12:19:35 +0000 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:43:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=28172 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750645&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750645 Author: JessDub
Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 2:43pm

Cuppatea, you are so right!

DS has been off the boobie for a month now and it's great that he's not feeding from me every couple of hours, I should remember that and be grateful!]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:43:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750645&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750645 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750541&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750541 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 1:45pm

yep im with cuppatea... (i dont know how much milk that is cause i dont do bottles but eden can have three or four milk feeds in a day and thats boobie and i wouldnt consider stopping and she is 17 mths!) ]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:45:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750541&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750541 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750478&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750478 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 12:59pm

If he was breastfed you wouldn't know and you wouldn't worry. I would just stick with what you are doing and slowly he will like food more and more and I'm sure he will drop/reduce the milk feeds.

I let Spencer drop his of his own accord.

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Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 12:03pm

Thanks kebakat. Milk times all depend on when he awakens but they are at quite separate times to meals. Like at very least an hour before or after bottle. In the morning when we are onto it we will give him breakfast before milk but this does not mean he'll eat more.

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Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 11:47am

Personally that does sound like a lot of milk but I can totally understand not wanting to disturb sleeping through. Do you offer solids or milk first? If you offer milk first, maybe you could try offering solids first then he might get more solids and start reducing his milk intake by himself.

I'm a very very big advocate of finger foods. We fixed all of Daniels eating by finger foods. I think they are great because they get to choose what they want to eat and how much, it's less stressful for everyone too and then they want to eat more.]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:47:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750386&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750386 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28172&PID=750363&title=reducing-milk-feeds-and-plunket#750363 Author: JessDub
Subject: 28172
Posted: 18 August 2009 at 11:26am

How have other people reduced their infant's bottle feeds? Is it baby led (i.e. he/she wants less) or do you offer it less/smaller quantities?

DS has 4 bottles a day (3 x 200ml and 1 x 300ml at bed time). He eats approx 1 jar of food 3 x per day (including finger foods) but my karitane plunket nurse thinks it's too much milk and he'll eat more solids if I drop his milk consumption.

I am concerned about dropping milk feeds:
a. because we've only JUST got him sleeping through the night, previously he was hungry and
b. he's a big lad (not chubby but long and solid at 10.6 kgs) and so I feel he needs it.

The solids consumption is an issue (if you ask Plunket) as he doesn't really like eating off a spoon so it's hit and miss and we have to offer more finger food.

Excuse me if this is rambly. Instinctively I feel we're ok but karitane/plunket have other things to say.
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