my 7 month old baby off her milk

[cathmc83]

hi my 7 month old baby lexi has almost given up on her milk feeds this has been going on since she was 5months she has a 6 ounce bottle at night with a rusk in a 5 ounce bottle in the morning with half rusk and one 5 once bottle of milk round 4ish and food in between is this normal im worrying that shes not getting enough milk as guidlines state that babies need at least 20 ounces until theyre one year old! ?

[ethanryan]

hi if it helps my oldest son was off his bottle completely at 8 months, the only time he would drink milk was for bed and that had to be in his cup. my health visitor told me to just up his solids and give him plenty of juice or water. try giving it to him in a cup. i used the avent training cups

[pronanny]

Lexi will drink more milk if you give her less solids, however this may be a backward step which might lead to more night waking and if you're giving her nutritional foods shouldn't matter too much. U can use baby milk in cooking eg making cheese sauce/rice pud etc and use to mix dry baby foods eg milupa packets to bump up total oz and you can buy baby vitamin drops to be more sure of adequate nutrition if her range of solids isn't yet wide.