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10m old and solid/bottle feeding questions

My daughter is about to turn 10 months old. So far I have her on this feeding schedule, and I just want to make sure I'm doing things right for her, so any advice is appreciated. At 6:15am she drinks a 6oz bottle. At 10:15am she drinks another 6oz bottle. When she wakes up from her nap at around 2:30pm, she eats a 4oz jar of baby food, any stage sometimes fruit, sometimes a veggie, or sometimes protein. She also gets a snack along with her meal, like the baby puffs or something (I rotate from day to day) and after she eats I give her a 4oz bottle to make sure she is full and still getting the proper amount of formula at this age, but usually she is more interested in playing with her bottle and is a struggle to drink it all. Then, at 6:30pm she gets just about 6oz of baby food with no snack and another 4oz bottle right after. At 9:30pm, it is time to put her to bed and she gets an 8oz bottle. And then the whole routine starts again! I also forgot to mention she gets a sippy cup of water with lunch and dinner, but doesn't drink all of it (obviously) and she does get real people food, I just don't cook very often and I'm also eating diet food which is why she is still eating chunky baby food.

My questions are: should I be adding some kind of 4oz baby food breakfast in the morning along with a bottle? I know at this age I'm supposed to be cutting back on bottles, and I cutting back enough? Sorry this is so long, any advice/concerns appreciated!

Posted by Stephanie on 01/24/2012 02:01 PM

 
I think you could cut back on the amount of bottle fir the 10am feeding. For example first offer her some baby food (4onz of oatmeal with fruit) then complete the feeding by giving her some bottle (3onz). For lunch you could give her 4onz of combine food (veggies with protein) once she has tried all and you know she is not allergy to them. And again some bottle. She might be too full and that is why she plays with her bottle. Therefore you could also give the snack around 4pm instead with her lunch. I think you are doing fine the rest of the day.
posted by veronica on 01/25/2012 05:02 PM

I forgot instead of the snack puff give her fruit snack with her lunch and dinner (kind of dessert for them). Like 4.5 onz of combined food and 2onz of apple sauce or bananas. I always put oatmeal or rice cereal with her fruit ( they are dha fortified). I usually give her puffs in-between meals. I also give my daughter breastmilk anytime during the day.
posted by veronica on 01/25/2012 05:11 PM

 
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