Drinking enough milk?

Question

My baby turned 8 months on the 15th of this month, we’ve been doing baby led weaning since he was 6 months & he’s now having 3 meals a day with us. I’m aware that he’s still getting the majority of his nutrients from his milk at this age so I’m worried he’s not drinking enough. The following is currently his eating routine:
7am ish - 7oz bottle on waking - usually takes full bottle 
9am - breakfast
10am - sleep 
12pm - dinner 
2pm - sleep
3pm - 7oz bottle 
5pm - tea 
7pm - bedtime bottle - only taking a couple of ozs but sleeping through the night 
Does this look ok or should I drop some food so he starts eating more of his milk? Any advice appreciated.

Answer

Milk intake should never decrease. It should always stay within the 24-36oz a day range. He is not getting enough milk. He should be getting a bottle before lunch also. 
I would cut down on solids. My 8m old only gets 2 meals a day. It’s not necessary for 3 meals until 10-11m. 
Info graphic is from my BLW group.

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My doctor said they should be no decrease in milk when adding solids. She still has 4-5 bottles a day and then 2-3 meals/snacks from solids after she has her milk. There is no rush for these kiddies to grow up. Solids shouldn’t take on the role of primary nutrition Until they are one.

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Bottle should be the main source of nutrition. My duagter is 8 months (almost 9)  and drinks about 30oz of formula a day. Solids 3 times a day. But I always feed her solids AFTER she has her bottle because solids are just practice at this age and milk should be first always

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We do 3 meals a day. My son LOVES to eat and eats strictly table food now, but he still breastfeeds or gets a bottle 5 times a day. Once before every meal, normally an extra one kinda like a "snack" in the afternoon, and then one before bed.

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Our baby has four 6 oz bottle and one 4oz bottle. So about 28oz in a day. He also eats breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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I’m in the same boat with my son! Went from 32ish oz a day to 25oz. I switched around when I was giving him bottles, tried to add in a small bottle in the day, nothing really helped. He’s still sleeping through the night so I feel like that’s telling me he’s getting enough calories during the day? Who knows lol but I can’t force feed him! It’s stressful so I feel you.

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That’s good. I just saw our pedi for the 9mo appt and I brought this up. She said as long as he is getting into the teens then he’s good. (13, 14, 15oz).

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Yes, we are the same, routine rather than a schedule to the minute. I might try and push dinner back and give him a small bottle when he wakes up after nap 1. 
Where are you taking her to be weighed? I don’t think it helps that I can’t get him weighed so I don’t know where he is on his chart, he’s not been weighed since January. Wow, a 12oz bedtime snack 😂 I wish mine would take some more at bed time, my last boy would have had no problem finishing 12oz straight after his tea, he was huge. Roman has been BLW so now he’s a pro with his eating and the majority of it goes in his tum. Thanks for that, really helpful.  X

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Quite similar to my daughter, we don’t use a schedule just try to keep a routine going and ended up with something like this:
Morning bottle 7oz (doesn’t always finish)
Nap
Solids (about 150-200gr of purées) and water
Milk 6oz
Nap
Solids (150-200gr of purées with some BLW things to practice - she gags on everything which is why we do mainly purées) and water
And here’s the major difference:
Evening bottle 12oz 😮
No night feeds.
The fact we only do solids twice a day might be why she takes more milk, but she’s also an absolute chunk (over 22 pounds at 7 months) so I’m not worried about her not getting enough. I’ve been considering shifting the solids - milk around a bit so she doesn’t need that massive bottle before bed, mainly because it makes her pee loads so she sometimes wakes up soaked), but other than that I go by the fact that she’s healthy and growing along her curve ☺️

Drinking enough milk?

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