Not fussed on bottles anymore

[sloane]

hi pooley my DS is a fair size - he was about 8.5kg at the same age as your DS. i'm bfing but DS was/is a hungry baby but i still waited to introduce solids until almost 6 months.

i felt that while he is a big, hungry baby that he wasn't developmentally ready at that age to eat solids - i was waiting for extra indicators like tongue thrust reflex, in addition to what MR suggested about nutrients etc.

i'd be inclined to give the solids a miss for a bit longer, but if you do want to continue, i'd stick to 1 meal to make sure he still gets all the goodness from his bottles

[Pooley]

He still loves his first morning bottle but at about 4 mths, he was having a whole 240ml bottle and then wanting more an hour later at which he'd down another 180ml. That's why I thought starting solids in the morning feeds might help.

I am happy to try and cut back on the solids but it just presents a problem when it comes to making bottles and wasting formula. I am using up to 8 bottles a day just because he is "snacking" I suppose you'd call it. I can never tell now if he is hungry or just cranky or tired and it's a real pain not knowing how much he's gonna drink when we go out. I only gave him some veges this arvo because he was rejecting the bottle and really restless and cranky. Maybe I should avoid doing this and just stick to the morning feed for now.