10 month old weaning from formula

[~*Niadalla*~]

Doesn't seem quite right to me.
DD is refusing to drink anymore than 90mls total of formula a day. We try adn give her full bottles, but she'll only drink a very small amount before turfing the bottle and looking for something to eat.
She is eating very well for a girl of her age, including lots of dairy. She also drinks a fair amount of water by choice.
I'm a little concerned at her not really taking in much formula though. Milk is the most important part of her diet at this age, and she's surely not getting enough.

She also still has reflux episodes after every single bottle. She will have a few chucks everywhere after formula, but never after water or any solids. Formula is the only thing that seems to worry her.
I'm *nearly* tempted to maybe try her on Cow's milk (watered down to start with) but I really don't want to be playing with her gut at this stage, so I'm holding back. We had lots of issues with DS' gut flora when he was a baby(due to comp feeding with forumla), and I don't want DD to have to go through that if I can help it.

Any advice? Should I be trying to get her to have more smaller amounts of formula throughout the day? Or is it ok that she doesn't have much at this age?
Should I consider cow's milk for her at this age?

[Arimeh]

Hmm I'm pretty sure my kids were on at least 3 or 4 bottles a day of formula at that age - around 250ml a pop.

Can you try and reduce her solids? Or give her the formula before the solids (sorry if this is what you already do, I'm just thinking out loud..) or... gee I dunno!!! I've never had this problem - has it been going on a long time? I remember DD1 doing this for about a week at a time when she was cutting teeth..

[~*Niadalla*~]

She's been like this for about 3ish weeks now.
I have tried cutting down solids.... it's the end of the world! She will scream bl00dy murder if she doesn't get something to eat when everyone else is eating! She's never been one to stop when she's full either.....
I always give her formula first, but she's still not keen.

Thanks for your reply

[Arimeh]

Sorry I couldn't be more help

Is she sick at all? Maybe take her to a doc just to get the once over to make sure its not something medical?

[Curly]

Does she need a faster teat or perhaps a different brand...or maybe even a sippy cup?

[~*Niadalla*~]

She uses a sippy cup well, but when I offer the left over from her bottle she just doesn't want it. She would prefer water or food. lol
She doesn't seem at all unwell. Apart from a bit of nappy rash that we can't shake.

She's on the fastest teat and has been for a while. She doesn't get upset when she's drinking the formula, or when she's had enough...

[Arimeh]

Hmmm... maybe the nappy rash is a bit of thrush? Have you noticed anything in her mouth? Possible that she might have it there and it hurts or something to drink?

[Bridg]

Nicky- If I was you, I would be weaning her onto cows milk. I was talking to DH about this today, seeings as though LJ is 10 months old. If you give her cows milk in her sipper cup, and she drinks it, then keep doing it. If she doesn't then I don't know what else you could try.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks for your replies

Just wondering, cna I take DD to a pharmacist about her nappy rash if it's possibly thrush? Or do I have to take her to a GP? Just hate going to the GP for a 2 minute consultation that costs me a fortune (and is a 200km round trip).

[[M]umma[M]ia]

DD did this also.. my thread is here somewhere... She was also around that age.

I dropped a bottle. So i went from 3 bottles to 2. So just kept the morning and night one and water throughout the day. Worked a treat HTH

[Curly]

Get some Daktarin (or maybe it is Daktozin) nappy cream from the chemist to clear it up - it's an anti-fungal nappy rash cream and will get rid of the rash if it is thrush. My DD had some thrush and this cleared it up.

I have a real mental blank with the name of that cream, I can never remember the name but I know it when I see it! It will be there with all the others (Bepanthen, Desitin etc etc).

Also...I'm still on my different teat/sippy cup theory...my friend's DD suddenly rejected her bottles about this age and only wanted to drink from the really cheap cartoon character bottles you get at the supermarket. Just a thought...

ETA: If she is eating cheese she'll be getting plenty of calcium. A matchbox sized lump of cheese is the equivalent to 250mls of milk.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks Curly. I will get some cream next time I'm in town. Am also going to use flannels and water instead of wipes for a while.
I will try some different bottles. She has about 4 different types of Sippy cups that she drinks from so will try them all with Formula.

[Dansta]

my DS did the samething. bang on 10months wouldnt take formula full stop. sippy cup/cup even on his weeties in the morning. so i gave him cows milk and he sculled that (around the 200ml mark X3) and was happy enough with that. i looked at as if DS was b/f and he self weaned so be it. so why cant he self wean from formula? if she's happy eating solids and putting on weight then i guess she's growing up? i just went with the flow for DS - he also has reflux - even with solids.