Reducing number of bottles?

Question

My little guy is going to be 11 months next week. 
He's still on 4x 7oz bottles and just about finishes each one (24-28oz total).
He also eats 3 meals a day and he eats everything; yogurt, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, waffles, veggie burgers, fish sticks, salmon, steamed carrots, bananas, multigrain bread with hummus or peanut butter, and of course cheerios and puffs. 
I'm wondering how we're ever going to wean off of bottles though?
He's a tiny dude, just about 18lb now. But he crawls super fast, cruises like a champ and is almost walking. 
I'm thinking I might be able to get rid of one of those bottles and do 3x 8oz bottles, so he's still getting 24oz total?
Has anyone had any luck doing this recently?

Answer

I was trying to do 4 8 ounce bottles a day because I'm so afraid my son isnt drinking enough. He does eat 3 meals a day though with a few snacks. He seems to be eating less of his bottles though. Like only drinking 4 to 6 ounces. He gets about 5 though because I give him a little 4 ounce bottle before first nap. We also started weaning him to whole milk this week.

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We do 3 8oz bottles per day. It works well for my LO. I wouldn’t worry too much though about your LO having 4 bottles. He’s not a chunky baby and breastmilk/ formula has lots of good nutrients in it.

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We’ve reduced down to an 8oz bottle at breakfast and bedtime only. She’s onto cows milk and water throughout the day along with 3 meals a day and snacks as needed. She’s doing great with it!  Note—our dr ok’d cows milk before 1

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The weaning process is typically between 12-14 months, and you switch out bottles for sippy cups, and milk for the formula or breastmilk. I think what he's on now is fine since he's still under 1. But if you wanted to work on it, you could switch to three 8oz bottles, and/or swap one of the bottles for a cup of some kind.

Reducing number of bottles?

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