Less Milk

[tessymessy]

I am interested to see what everyone else says. My LO seems to be drinking more milk now that we transitioned to WCM. I assumed the WCM was less dense than BM.

[carissalynp]

Bottles? Sippies? Eating more solids? How much was he drinking before? As long and he was tolerating it ok and didn't seem to be rejecting it because of the taste I wouldn't be too concerned. Adam started dropping the amount he drank with WCM but I think it was more because we moved his milk to be more with his meals so he just didn't want as much.

[lalaprep]

Our doctor said it would go down once we switched to WCM. Partly because they grow so much less 1-2 years than they do 0-1 year. We haven't made the switch yet, but I have noticed that she is eating a bit less most days than she was.

[shellbell]

Feb 4, 2015 11:06:41 GMT -5 armfruit said:

carissalynp we do two sippies and one bottle at bedtime. He's taking less from both. He seems to be doing fine with the milk. He was at the high end of normal, like 20 ounces. So maybe we are going down to more like 16. I also think the milk is cold, and we always did bottles and formula room tempm

Question: two sippies. When? Does he not get milk with all his meals? Or snacks? What does your schedule look like? I'm struggling to know how to transition LO off his "infant" schedule of milk every threeish hours to a more "big boy" schedule.

[carissalynp]

If you're concerned maybe offer some with his meals before you give him water? But we were told 16 oz too so I think you're fine, and IIRC he eats solids pretty well so he's probably getting enough food. Like @starrynight I think we're probably a tad below 16 now too since he doesn't always finish his milk but we add dairy other places and he has water and eat well so I'm not really concerned.

[bluedot]

I think I read between 16-24oz a day was the normal range for WCM...

Thank you for posting this... we are making the transisiton and I was curious what's happening with everyone else's babes. I have no idea how many oz T was drinking of BM... but he is taking 5oz (3BM 2 WCM) in the one bottle he is getting per day... I was thinking that 5-6oz is probably standard for bottles of WCM?

Once he is transitioned off BM how much solid food should he be eating? It's still different each day, and he is picky and will refuse a lot... the dog is getting fat...

[bluedot]

Also, lately his bowel movements seem kind of dry... since right before starting the transition... is that normal?