jazmine18

my one year old is having 2 or 3 bottles during the day and 3 to 5 bottles at night..all 8oz..is this normal? xx

bethanylee

when you say at night, do you mean during the night? A 1 yr old shouldn't need milk during the night unless there's a specific medical reason I don't think.

I'd say the 2 or maybe 3 milk drinks in the day is ok though but a total of 8 (or even 5) all at 8oz would worry me a little. Does she have room for solids after all that milk? I'd be worried that she wasn't getting all the nutrients she needs...things that aren't provided by formula.

Vickie

Hannah has 1-2 sippy cups of milk a day and has since she turned a year old. Is your LO getting enough solids during the day? At her age I don't think she should be needing milk so much throughout the night...

jackiea85

Joseph has 2 beakers of milk in the day and then he will have a bottle at bedtime, he takes about 5oz at bedtime. He eats 3 meals a day though and has 2 snacks too, a little something mid-morning and then something when he wakes from his afternoon nap. Is your LO eating much solid food? x

jazmine18

thanks for replies..yea she eats solid food also, breakfast, lunch and dinner. and snacks aswell, bananas, yoghurt ect. ??..should i take her to the doctor ?? will it harm her?

dali

i dont think it would harm her, but i agree that at 1 year she shouldnt need the night feeds anymore, it may be a case of waking for night feeds being a habit now

they do sya that after 1 year old , they shouldnt really have much more than a total of 1 pint of milk a day as it will make them less hungry for solids, but al babies are different

id maybe mention it to your HV and see what she says

Boony

from the age of 1 my son has only had his bottle before bed. Then juice or water for drinks during the day.

Jules

My LO has always loved her milk and I cant see it doing her no harm as long as she's eating enough solid food throughout the day, she doesn't have as much as your LO though. She has about 3 bottles throughout the day (one on morning, one pre-nap and one before bed) and still has one through the night, she's 16 months. She did use to have loads more through the night at 12 months, but i've gradually got this down to one, trying to knock this one on the head too!

I'd try cutting down on it and giving more food through the day then you wont need to give loads of milk during the night.

moomin_troll

zane still wakes for bottles in the night its a right pain and hes almost 15 months.

id swap the bottles in the day for cows milk (full fat) or even water if just to save urself money, milk is so expensive.

he only "needs" 2 bottles of baby milk a day now and really it doesnt even have to be baby milk he will get all he needs from cows milk and a healthy diet

candeur

If it's just a case of routine, you could try and give her water instead of milk at night if she'll take it? Maybe then she'll realise that it's not really worth waking up for water... It's something I did when trying to get LO to sleep through when she was a bit younger x