https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:08:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222422 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:39:54 +0000 brownie 222422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did both breastmilk and formula. My son absolutely refused formula at about 10 months old. He then refused anything in a bottle. The only way we have made it work is to use a sippy cup. Now, he will take the special milk from that all day.</p> <p>You may be able to talk to the doctor about starting to move him to whole milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222409 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:22:54 +0000 Mrsbells 222409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister in law had this problem her son would not take formula anymore once he was around 12 months old. she would always feed him once he fell asleep and he would drink the whole bottle while asleep and not realize it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222405 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:21:53 +0000 Honeybee 222405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD started having issues taking a bottle when she was around 9/10 months, I think. We started offering her formula in a sippy cup a couple times a day, and that helped. She still took a bottle for another couple months, but when she refused, we'd give her the sippy, instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222190 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:01:22 +0000 looch 222190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son dropped his night time bottle at around 10 months, so I'd either try removing one bottle, or changing up your solids. At that age, my son ate about 1/4 cup oatmeal for breakfast with a half banana mashed in and another 1/2 cup of veggies with meat and pastina for dinner. He drank 3 8oz bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222185 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:53:09 +0000 reggie 222185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, we switched it to Dr. Brown Level 4, so it definitely comes out fast enough for him :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222183 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:49:01 +0000 Clementine 222183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you checked the nipple flow? My SIL had a similar issue and she thought he was refusing the formula, but it was her nipple. Nothing was really coming out of the bottle. It seemed like the formula was too thick for the nipple hole. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-months-old-refusing-formula#post-222179 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:46:22 +0000 reggie 222179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eli has always been drinking 32 - 34oz of formula a day. For the past month or so he started to refuse his bottle. We would have to entertain him while feeding to get him to drink. This week though, it turned for the worse. He flat out refuses his bottles. He now drinks 22 - 28oz a day. So I try giving him more solids and he does eat solids. He usually will have 2 - 3 oz of oatmeal cereal, 2 - 3oz of veggies + protein, a slice of cheese in a day. I am thinking of eliminating one of the bottle feedings. Right now, we feed him at 7am (8oz), 11am (4oz), 3pm (4oz), and 6:30pm (8oz). He would then have solids an hour or two after his bottle. I also offer him water via his sippy cup through out the day but he probably only drinks 3oz max. How do you guys feed your LO at around this age? </p>