Seeking Advice on Cutting down My 10 Month Old Son's Bottles

He will definatly let you know when he wants to cut down, dont push it. If he is drinking them than he needs them.

24-32 ounces is the recommended amount of formula or breastmilk for your child untill they reach 1 year old.

Then switch to whole milk (same amount)to not only provide calcium but protien, iron and lets not forget the all important vitamins A & D that are so hard to come by.
As for refusing stage three foods, that's normal. table food is much healthier for him.

Just remember at 1 year old he needs:

5 servings a day of fruit/veggie (2 Tablespoons is one serving),
1 serving of protien (1 ounce),
4-6 servings of bread/grain (1/2 slice bread or 2 T pasta ect),
4 servings of WHOLE milk (either 6 or 8 oz)

At this age,don't worry about him having too many bottles. My son is 20 months now and still takes a bottle every once in a while. He uses the sippy cup beautifully, so it's never interferred.

They just recommend that you give him milk only after he's eaten. Once, he gets to be 15 months, you may want to start replacing the bottle more with the sippie cup and begin to wean him. I think it's way too early to worry about taking away the bottle.

at this age that is a good number of times baby should drink milk whether it be bottle or cup. until age one breastmilk or formula should still be the main source in a childs diet. i would not cut out any of those bottles/cups of milk. when they become toddlers 90% of them have huge chages in their diet. they don't eat alot and have a very limited selection on which they choose and keeping them on breastmilk or formula is a better solution for those many stages they get into. like the cherrio diet or the fruits diet. the breastmilk/formula/pediasure helps ensure they get important vitamins/minerals/calories they need.

Wait until he gets the hang of the sippy cups, then replace the bottles w/them. If he eats enough yogurt, cheese to get the calcium, he won't need all the milk. But wait until he's 1year old as he'll be done w/ formula.

At 10 months both my girls had just 2 bottles at day. If he really likes his sippy cup try putting formula in it at the two times in the middle of the day to see hpw he likes it. Usually at 1 year the doctor will tell you to get rid of the bottles and this way you have cut down and gotten him used to drinking his milk from a sippy cup. Both of my girls used a bottle until 15 months so, don't worry about it too ,much.

If you can, why don't you let him determine which ones to cut out. Wait until he really needs one before you give him one if possible. Just use a sippie cup when you can get away with it, and when the bottle is going to help him relax more and fill up, give him that. I remember my daughter (18 years ago!)when the pediatrician told me to stop her using a bottle at age 1. I had nursed her until she was about your sons age, and she did NOT want to give up the bottle at age 1.
Try to make it easier for yourself and wean him off it slowly.
especially when he doesn't seem to even want it

I started cutting back on bottles at around 11.5 months. I eliminated the midday bottles and kept the morning and night ones like you suggested, for about a month. Then I eliminated the morning bottle. I kept the nighttime bottle until about 14 months because it was part of our routine.

I made the transition to whole cow's milk in there at about 13 months.

I found that my daughter, now 15 months, only slowly cut back on the volume she was drinking, even when using a sippy.

I did talk to the pediatrician about all this, and he said that as long as she was eating a variety of foods, even if she's not eating very MUCH, getting less formula/milk at around 1 year of age is okay. They will need less food for energy because they are growing less, even though they are becoming more active.

Hi B.. With your son being 10mo old you really can't cut down on bottles all you can do is give him 3meals a day and 2 snacks in between.. but instead of bottles during the day give him sippy cups with formula or milk whatever he maybe on . but at night just hold him to feed his last bottle to him for the night. that way he ain't waking up and looking for you to hold him and love him. When he turns a year give him just a sippy cup and NO Bottles at all. I actually cut my daughter away from her's exactully 12months to the day. Let me know if I was any help. Good Luck

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My understanding is that in the first year a child's nutritional needs are met by/through breastmilk or their formula. It is not until after a year that they will be eating enough of and versatile a mealplan to cut down/out this fortified goodness.
I would definitely give your pediatrician a call and get their feedback.
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Okay, So I didn't get my own daughter to stop drinking from a bottle until 20 mo. I was also worried about getting her on the sippy cup, but then I had twins and decided to wait longer than the norm. When I took it away at 20 mo, she fussed for a day, but the next day had no problems, nor askex for it. It might take a day or two, but try it. You said he loves water, so in the mean time give him water if he's not getting other liquids. Hope this helps.

Drinking is fine but you may want to offer more sippy cups. by age 1 they should be off bottles and drinking only from a cup bc of their teeth.