So Olivia's one year birthday is next month and I am preparing to get her off the bottle. I haven't really found any reading material on it but I also realize it is a personal preference.
1. How much cow's milk did you give your infant once they reached one? The same amount or a lot less than formula.
2. Did you only give it at certain times like early morning and late at night?
3. In a sippy or a straw or a cup? Olivia prefers cups and straws.
4. Did you give a morning snack and afternoon snack in addition to the 3 meals or did you only give the 3 meals and snacks if needed?
Any advice would be great. As you can tell I am totally a first time mom.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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I'm in the last year of my speech pathology degree - SLP's are also known as feeding therapists. So I have some classroom/book knowledge as well as mom knowledge. So, take it for what it is worth. Their recommendation is to slowly go from formula to milk over a few weeks. They suggest staying away from a sippie cup altogether and only allowing cup with straw or a straw cup at the table. This will deter your child from filling up on milk and they will be more likely to eat at meal time. Your child should be offered 6 meals/snacks a day and never be required to finish them. They should always be served up to the table/high chair and your child should not be allowed to "graze" between these meal/snack times. You should serve your child what you are eating at the same meal time - if you know your child does not like what you are eating - still serve them a small amount and always have something available to them that you know they will like (bread, crackers) so they are not being deprived. Also, always allow them to feed themselves - good for them to be able to choose whether or not they eat something and how much they want to eat.
Now as a mom: my kids both had bottles till they were ridiculously old and sippie cups too. This was a nightmare when they potty trained but it is what I did and my kids turned out fine.
Good luck. Just stick to your guns once you decide to take baba away and make sure you and Mike as well as caregivers are all on the same page about it.
I was told 16-20 ozs is all the milk they need and you want them to get about 900 calories a day...hope that helps!!
I'm no good on advice on the switch from bottles to sippies, I did it, but Teagan was never attached and still isn't so I don't remember.
I usually offer Teagan milk only right after a meal. I find that if I give him milk in a sippy whenever he asks for a drink, he won't eat good at meal times because he gets full from the milk. We let him drink lots of milk the hour or so before bed just in case he didn't get full at dinner.
I was told by my doctor the same thing that Brenda said...6 meals a day. When I tried this, it was too often for teagan. I always start off each meal with the veggies and work my way to the foods he likes more, but with him eating that often he NEVER would eat the veggies, he only wanted cheese and fruit and bread. He just wasn't hungry enough, it was like he would only eat if it was something he REALLY loved. I now feed him 4 times a day. 8, 11, 3, and 7. He naps from 11:30-2:30 usually so I kind of base it off of that. If he tells me he's hungry than I'll give him a snack, but usually he never complains about hunger and he's a really good eater now!
Just base the times she eats off of her nap schedule. I wouldn't let her snack on snacky stuff like crackers and fruit snacks too much or else she'll never want veggies and other healthy foods at meal times, it was a battle getting teagan to eat veggies again!
A couple weeks before Livi turned one we started giving her bottles with half D milk and half formula. This lasted for about 3 weeks and then we gave her just the D milk.
Then about a month after that I only would give her a bottle before her nap and a bottle before bedtime at night. She eats a lot better now that she's not getting as much milk. I give her water with her lunch and dinner and a cup of milk with breakfast. She likes her sippy a little bit but would rather drink from a straw.
*Her schedule in a nutshell:
Breakfast w/milk
Snack
Lunch w/water
Bottle then Nap
Snack
Dinner w/water
Bottle then Bedtime
Eventually I'll get her off her bottles entirely, but I'm in the middle of potty training Zach and I don't have the patience right now! :) Good luck!!
I'm not at this stage yet, but I know my sister's little girl had an upset tummy from switching to milk so my sis had to do a formual/milk combo for a few weeks until my niece got used to it. Good luck! I am learning a lot of good advice from this. In 4 months I'll be there too!
I'm just as clueless! I got no advice. I plan to do the slow wean to cow's milk (or soy milk if she won't tolerate it--she's on soy forumla) over a few weeks. Then I'll work on taking away the bottle a few weeks after that. One thing at a time. Our sitter got her in the bad habit of giving her a bottle in bed (I know big no no), so that's going to be the toughest one for us to break.
Sandy--Babywise also has it in the second book. It worked for us until we went on a trip and we gave her a bottle in bed! that was our biggest down fall. I did also notice Brielle needed her milk at every meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and just before bed) and it worked the best in a bottle. Snacktime was usually before dinner or after. But not much. Brielle wasn't ever a big snacker and she ate really well at all meals. We never forced her to eat it all. When they are done they are done. I wish they would have taught our parents that so we didn't feel like we had to finish our meals (could have saved us 10 pounds). Brielle didn't like juice either so we just gave her water through the day. But if you want to wean from the bottle I would just to the meals first and let her have her last milk in the bottle just before bed. We rushed into giving whole milk to Brielle and she had the worst stomach ache. So I would do one bottle a day or half and half for one bottle a day. And slowly add more and more after a few days. But if you notice her getting fussy go slower or stop all together. ANd start again in a week. Some of my friends said that chocolate milk was the best for there kids cause regular milk hurt there tummies. (recommended by her doc i think) So just try it and go slow. call me if you need anything else.
We were a little different, because it was trying to wean Pearl from nursing instead of a bottle! Our doctor said to just go straight to a sippy cup because she wouldn't take a bottle anyway. Our major problem was Pearl hated milk, she only wanted breast milk. It didn't matter what we put it in she wouldn't drink it. I finally had to add some strawberry flavoring to it before she'd drink cow's milk. Pearl drank juice though out of sippy cups right away. I'd try adding some flavoring if Olivia doesn't act like she likes cow's milk. Don't push her too much but just use whatever you think is best and whatever she is interested in. Our doctor said Pearl needed quite a bit of fluids, even at two years still including milk. Which was always a worry because she'd rather have juice or water over milk. Pearl seems to like a morning snack and then one in the late afternoon. She eats whatever we eat, I don't have time to cook her a seperate meal and want her to enjoy foods we do. The biggest issue we have now is Pearl likes to graze all day (just like me!). Oh well! Kids usually eat when they want to and eat as much as they need. As long as you offer her healthy foods, Olivia will be just fine!
I forgot to tell you how much...4oz with each meal and 4-6oz just before bed is what we did. She never needed more.
I don't really have advice in this area, but I'm glad you posted. I miss hearing about your life. More please! :)
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