https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:53:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911906 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:30:23 +0000 betsyboop 911906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO went through a similar phase at around 9 months. I can't remember how long it lasted (maybe a couple of weeks, max?) but it was definitely just a phase! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911897 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:17:09 +0000 GrapeCrush 911897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS would go through spurts like that as well where he would hardly drink his formula for a few days at a time. every time he would either be teething, had an ear infection/sick or we were trying to give formula too close to eating solids. usually after a few days he'd go back to mowing down his bottles </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911891 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:02:57 +0000 CarrieLouWho 911891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is E teething? D will chill out on the bottle for a few days if her gums are hurting... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911870 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 02:52:19 +0000 loveisstrange 911870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We struggled getting her to drink formula from that age as well. She was just not super interested in stopping to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911819 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 23:18:20 +0000 skibobrown 911819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter definitely got less interested in her formula from 9-12 months. Our pediatrician definitely still wanted us to offer bottles of formula on her normal baby schedule throughout the day until 1 year, but honestly it was kind of a relief when we hit 1 year and could back off. Right at 1 year I switched over to just offering DD a sippy cup of cows milk with each meal and snack. She was more than ready for it. We kept up with her nighttime bottle for a few extra weeks but also ultimately dropped it without any drama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911756 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:03:52 +0000 erwoo 911756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started my youngest on formula when I was weaning him off BM around 13 months and at one point he was leaving 2-4 oz. Then I noticed when he did that he was really distracted by his older brother and wanted to play too. So now I feed him important bottles (morning and night) in his room in peace. And I've decreased his two bottles by 2 ounces during the day time since he's a good eater. He takes 1 or 2 8 oz. bottles and 2 or 3 6 oz. bottles a day depending on how hungry I think he is (for a total of 4 times a day). He's kind of a chubster so can probably drop one bottle soon. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911752 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:02:41 +0000 googly-eyes 911752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd goes through phases where she drinks very little formula. Doctor says to have between 18-24 oz/day, but some days we barely make 18. She is still gaining and growing so I don't worry about it. My mom says it's because she is more and more interested in food (and of course whatever new skill she's working on!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-refusing-formula-at-9-months#post-911745 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:58:26 +0000 Running Elley 911745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E will be 9 months old tomorrow and he's been steadily decreasing the amount of formula he'll drink. He's been FF since 3 months old with no problems. He's now eating 3 meals of solids per day and he loves eating anything that he's tried! Yesterday he'd only drink a couple of ounces of formula here and there throughout the day but I was still able to get him to drink almost 20 ounces. Today he has drank no more than 4 ounces at a time and that was his early morning bottle so he was half asleep. He has only had 12 ounces total today.</p> <p>What do I do? If you've experienced this was it just a phase? </p>