solids and milk

[Ellwii]

Started my little one on porridge in the morning. Do you start to reduce the milk when they are taking food?

 

[AP]

Not at first. Milk should be first before food, and a priority in the first year

 

[Ellwii]

Ive beem giving her milk first do you usually give like the porridge straight after the milk ot wait a bit?

 

[iiTTCii]

Wait around an hour after milk.

 

[MindUtopia]

I always offered milk about an hour or two before a solid meal. It gives them time to digest but without being too hungry when you sit down to a meal.

In time, the amount of milk they want will start to decrease on its own, but there's no hurry. For us, this started around 8-9 months, and our daughter fully dropped her afternoon bottle at around 10 months for a snack.

 

[BecksBabyB]

Hi, I agree. Try a bottle first thing and then porridge an hour or so later. My lo has a bottle at about 6.45 and then his breakfast at about 8am. I still manage to get in about 550ml of formula a day and he has 3 solid food meals a day but he is struggling with the daytime bottle, he is 8.5 months now.
Bx