Dropping from 5 feeds to 4?

**polo_princess** · Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:43 PM

When did you drop from 5 bottles a day to 4? Obviously once they were weaned .. but did you just follow their lead and try to drop the bottle they are drinking the least milk from with a meal?

Im tempted to drop our 10.30 milk feed .. and just let her have a "snack" between breakfast and lunch as she only drinks 2 or 3oz's of her normal 7oz bottle.

She would still be having around 25 - 27oz of milk a day plus her 3 meals without that feed

Always&4ever · Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:48 PM

Jasmine was about 6months old when we first dropped a feed as she was the same as Brooke.

Tasha · Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:51 PM

Yep PP I just followed my childrens lead, and it sounds like Brooke is ready to drop that feed.

**polo_princess** · Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:53 PM

Trouble is ive got to first move her "breakfast" to the 7.30 feed and not 9.30/10.30 otherwise she'd be missing out so will have to do that for a week then the following start trying to drop the feed.

Breakfast just "fitted" at that feed before wheras now she's getting older it seems a bit late in the day for it

lollylou1 · Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:58 PM

hey hun i dropped annabelles afternoon feed then spaced everything out differently.

annabelle gets up has a 4oz bottle then she has another 4oz bottle at 9 which makes her cereal and she drinks the rest she has another 6oz bottle at 11 lunch at 1 6oz bottle at about 3ish then tea at 5 then bottle for bed

Lou
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Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:43 PM	#1
polo_princess Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 45,510	Dropping from 5 feeds to 4? When did you drop from 5 bottles a day to 4? Obviously once they were weaned .. but did you just follow their lead and try to drop the bottle they are drinking the least milk from with a meal? Im tempted to drop our 10.30 milk feed .. and just let her have a "snack" between breakfast and lunch as she only drinks 2 or 3oz's of her normal 7oz bottle. She would still be having around 25 - 27oz of milk a day plus her 3 meals without that feed

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Always&4ever Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 9,507	Jasmine was about 6months old when we first dropped a feed as she was the same as Brooke.

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Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:51 PM	#3
Tasha Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,789	Yep PP I just followed my childrens lead, and it sounds like Brooke is ready to drop that feed.
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Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:53 PM	#4
polo_princess Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 45,510	Trouble is ive got to first move her "breakfast" to the 7.30 feed and not 9.30/10.30 otherwise she'd be missing out so will have to do that for a week then the following start trying to drop the feed. Breakfast just "fitted" at that feed before wheras now she's getting older it seems a bit late in the day for it

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Jun 3rd, 2009, 12:58 PM	#5
lollylou1 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Telford Shropshire Posts: 4,906	hey hun i dropped annabelles afternoon feed then spaced everything out differently. annabelle gets up has a 4oz bottle then she has another 4oz bottle at 9 which makes her cereal and she drinks the rest she has another 6oz bottle at 11 lunch at 1 6oz bottle at about 3ish then tea at 5 then bottle for bed Lou xxx
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