My five month has stopped taking as much milk in her feedings than she normally does.?

Question

Since introducing her to new foods she doesn't want anything really to do with her milk. She went from eating 6oz every three hours to 2-4oz. I'm afraid she isn't going to gain weight properly of even loose weight

Answer 1

Her milk or formula is MUCH more important at this point....hold off on the foods and get her to drink....she really will if she is hungry.

She is probably just going through a "thing".....and she will go through many more...... ah the joys, of feeding kids!


I am pretty sure that she shoulod have @20oz of "milk" a day...

Maybe stretch out those feeding to 4 hours?



In the meantime, really hold off on the other foods.....formula/breastmilk is all the child needs until just about a year. I would bench the other food for a month- SHE will need to learn how to eat it- but again the vitamins and nutrients the milk is more important

Answer 2

-Babies often replace their milk feedings when they start solids, rather than compliment them. Milk feed before solids (actually if you can delay any more solids until 6mo is what the World Health Organisation, American Academy of Pediatrics, UNICEF, Canada Health, and other professional organisations recommend)

-Babies this age are also generally quite distractible so make sure you offer milk feeds when the baby acts hungry or grissly, rather than by going by the clock.

-Weigh your baby. If you are worried then monitor her weight and check if she is still following the same healthy weight curve, remembering that babies weight gain slows as the months progress.

My Child and Youth Health nurse advised me to keep offering my baby feeds because as she said "No intelligent child has ever starved with milk being offered to them" (My baby (8.5mo) sometimes refuses the bottle for up to 8 hours when i go to work 1-2 times a week, preferring the real thing when i get home, but when baby's hungry, baby will drink a whole bottle)

Answer 3

Sure she did. She's eating other food to replace the milk. If you give her a half jar of baby food then she wont drink as much milk that time. Try giving her smaller amounts of milk in bottle each time she eats other foods and more in bottle when she hasnt eaten any other foods. It should stabalize soon as she will probably go thru another growth spurt soon.

Answer 4

the same thing happened with my daughter, i started the baby food at 5 months and she would only drink about 2 ounces with the food and 4 ounces with the other bottles, that only lasted about 1-2 weeks, now shes back up to 6-7 ounces at every feeding. try feeding her then give her the bottle let her drink all she wants then in 1/2 hour try to give her the rest of the bottle, i could get my daughter to drink another 2 ounces if i did that

Answer 5

hi just to let you no babys no what is good for them. you say you have introduced more foods well these foods keep her full up for longer so she doesnt need as much milk. im sure every thing is ok but if you are really worrid then just make sure you get her weighed regually and also mention it to your health visitor.
good luck

Answer 6

MOMOF3 is correct. Milk/formula is #1 at this age. Give it a month or so before you give her any more new foods. Solid food is more or less "practice" for babies that age. They get most of their nutrition from their milk/formula. Good luck with your little sweetie.

Answer 7

feed her breastmilk or formula BEFORE you even give her any other solids. and limit the solids to maybe 1 time a day for now.

Answer 8

thats normal.. but if you concernd you should talk to her peditrician