https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:15:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158967 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:52:29 +0000 Smurfette 2158967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She dropped her day time bottles (2) on her own at 11.5 months. I think she was teething and just not wanting to eat much but we went with it. Then we stopped the morning and night one cold turkey a couple days after her 1st bday. </p> <p>She was on 4 bottles and 3 sold meals at day at 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158937 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:22:30 +0000 Tanjowen 2158937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember limiting amount, but cut down a bottle around 11 months. By 12 months we did 3 bottles a day - 8 oz in morning, 8 oz after his afternoon nap, and 8 oz at bedtime. He started to slowly cut down the amount himself at that time because we started doing regular meal and snack times. Even though he didn't eat much at first, it slowly increased over time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158922 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:05:42 +0000 Mae 2158922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks all for your input! I really feel like the "problem" (although I think she is too young to be concerned about it personally) is that she just isn't eating enough calories in solid food. For a variety of reasons including the fact that she just isn't that terribly excited about most food, she is especially not excited about meat/beans/eggs, and she is MSPI so I can't feed her any delicious dairy. </p> <p>I am hoping after 12 mo we can introduce dairy and that will help her eat more calories and start taking less formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158866 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:13:19 +0000 Kemma 2158866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no specific advice but just wanted to say that i know lots of ff babies who continued to drink formula well beyond twelve months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158847 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:00:27 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2158847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd naturally started taking a little less oz before 12 months but I think it just depends what/how much solids they eat so it's ok to keep up the bottles too.</p> <p>We got down to just a bedtime bottle while she was one and at her second bday we cut her off of that. It was just comfort by then and it was pretty easy to get rid of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158828 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:40:59 +0000 Charm54 2158828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started dropping a bottle every month or so as she added a new meal...by 12 months she was on one bottle a day (right before bed, mostly because I loved the snuggles). By 14 months she was off bottles completely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158735 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:37:48 +0000 Mamasig 2158735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only answered for DS1. He gradually reduced his intake so that by one year old, he was only drinking about three six ounce bottles a day. We switched to whole milk and nothing really changed </p> <p>DS2 has not reduced his intake at all. I just started transitioning him to whole milk today. I'm doing it slowly. He eats and likes solids but he's not consistent in terms of quantity. I feel like it's not as much as big brother so maybe that's why he still drinks a lot of milk? But he is more advanced in terms of eating anything and real food not just purées. I'm curious to see if he starts eating more once he's totally on whole milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158727 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:35:36 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2158727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never ever pushed to reduce bottle intake because my lo needed the calories. What I did have to do though was separate bottles/milk from mealtimes. For awhile I did wake-up in the morning and then before all naps and bedtime. I had to make sure it was after meal-times so he would still eat. Eventually he started eating more food, less milk, but not by a lot until after age 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158722 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:31:00 +0000 swurlygurl 2158722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L was drinking like 40+ ounces around 12 months, and just magically she wasn't? I really don't remember the details, but that's what I remember... haha. As soon as her formula ran out after 12 months I just stopped offering bottles. She was still on 2 naps, so I was giving her a sippy cup of cow milk before each nap, and a bottle before bed (couldn't make that bottle-to-sippy transition until like 14 months).<br /> It had to have been a difficult transition, because right before 12 months she was craaaazy for her bottles, and I couldn't get her below 40 ounces to save my life. But, I don't remember it being tough at all.<br /> So, that was helpful... haha</p> <p>To some of your points, I do remember her formula intake increasing every month, and wondering how on earth I was going to get her off of it.<br /> Also, I think it was a mutual weaning/pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158719 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:28:38 +0000 ShootingStar 2158719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess we kind of pushed him into it, but it didn't really feel like pushing at the time. We eliminated bottles starting with the latest. The evening bottle was getting really hard to squeeze in after dinner, so at 9m our ped was fine with us switching to a sippy of WCM.</p> <p>Then at 11m I started dropping his 2 daycare bottles one a week and replacing with a snack and a sippy of milk. He never seemed to miss them.</p> <p>And then last, around 12.5m I figured it was time to get rid of the morning bottle and just do breakfast.</p> <p>I don't see any reason to push your LO if she's not ready, but I will say that I've seen a lot of people have more resistance from their kids the later they get rid of the bottles. At 9-12m, my son didn't really notice anything was different so it was really easy. And he eats well and STTN so I don't think he ever missed the formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-formula-fed-baby-transitioned-to-solids#post-2158698 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:10:49 +0000 Mae 2158698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>(limiting this to formula fed babies because it seems like breastfed babies may breastfeed longer, whereas formula fed babies seem to get rushed off the bottle...)</p> <p>did they naturally start drinking less/refusing bottles as they naturally ate more solids? Or did you have to push along the transition at all? If so, when?</p> <p>My LO is 11mo and eating more than ever before from her bottles! Our ped told us to expect her to start slowing down but that has not happened. At all. I'm not worried and I'm hoping we don't get pushed at her 12 mo appointment to push her because for all her feeding issues I'm just thrilled she is finally eating enough and I don't have to worry about it. She does eat solids but she seems less excited about them than other babies her age. But she seems to be doing better and better so I hope/expect that she might move off bottles a bit later than other babies, but just do it on her own. </p> <p>So anyways. Just curious how it went for everyone else! </p>