My son is now 8 months old. We have a pretty good routine going with our meals but here lately he is not interested in formula. We used to have 4 oz at breakfast, lunch, afternoon and 6-8 oz at night. Now we are down to MAYBE 2 oz at each and maybe 4 at dinner. If he is having a lot of fruit and veggies, and he has water throughout the day, is there any danger to not having the formula?
Babies need formula or breastmilk until at least 1 year. I would cut out all water and replace it with formula. He gets water in the form of formula already.
Katrina:
There is TONS of danger in not having formula/breast milk! This is their main gain of nutrition through age 12 mos (10 at LEAST)!!!!! Keep offering it and cut down on the amount of solids so that there is plenty of room for formula. Solids aren't digested by the immature stomach enough to get enough nutrition out of them to not have formula!
Good luck!
T.
After having two little ones, I know their eating habits change frequently becuase of teething and other factors. It sounds pretty normal; however, one thing to be cautious of is to make sure that they do not fill up on water. Water can make them feel full and could be used as a replacement for formuala which is what they need most of right now. I would limit the water in a sippy cup only. If that is what you are doing already, then I would just watch to make sure that they get more formula than solids for a few days. They really need the formula primarily for the first year. The table foods are just for fun. They can get dehydrated so easily. Good luck.
My daughter did about the same thing, I just kept giving it to her. My doctor said give her as much water as she wants, it's hot and it will help keep hydrated, but maybe limiting it a little wouldn't hurt. The biggest thing I do is I don't give her bottles at meal time anymore. She gets a 'snack' mid-morning, mid-afternoon and before she sleeps. These 'snacks' are 8 oz bottles. I found after eating solids she was too full and had tasted so much better, that she didn't want formula at that time. So basically I give solid breakfast with water to drink, a bottle mid-morning, solid lunch with water, a bottle mid-afternoon, solid dinner with water, and a bottle before getting ready for bed. My doctor said 32 oz was enough formula since she is doing so well on solids. Might ask your doctor how much he/she says your son should drink.
I would not give him water. They need the formula. We would let my daughter drink some water out of our cups and my dr had us stop because he didn't wnat her to fill up on water.
Hello,
I have also been instructed not to give water to an infant prior to one year. Ask your doctor.
ask yor child's doctor. They will usually answer these questions on the phone.
Babies do need the vitimins theat are in formula or breastmilk, I would not sugest stopping formula. At this age they are supposed to drink ATLEAST 18oz a day but 20-24 is preferred. My daughter also has started having less intrest in her formula since she has began eating table foods. I usually give her formula in a sippy with her meals but if your son won't take the formula when he is eating try giving it to him before he eats his meals.
I would cut out the water until he is 1- only offering solids and formula until then. He gets water he needs already in the formula- plus calories and DHA he needs.
Call you doctor, but I am sure that they need to have at least 18 ounces a day. You might try not feeding his so much baby food. You could give his formula to drink in his meals and also in baby cereal. Also instead of water throughout the day try formula that way he gets all he needs.
