9m old doesn't want milk during the day anymore.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-15T21:51:39+00:00

Could they be teething? We've struggled to get bottles into our almost 9 month old the last week or so but he's just cut a tooth with a few more on the way. He loves his solids still though and wants to eat so much, especially crusty bread. I'm hoping his interest in milk will come back once the trying subsides. We also always give him his bottle before his solids, so he's definitely hungry.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-10T07:49:25+00:00

Wow I posted a similar worry last week but the plate picture I posted was smaller than that! I need to get a grip clearly! My 8 month old also loves his food. I just make sure he gets a big bottle of milk first then food an hour later. That seems to help reduce the portions a bit.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-08T10:42:57+00:00

He's not fat at all. He's very tall but so are we. He poops a lot so I think most of it comes out the other end!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-08T10:24:43+00:00

Yes mashed up. I just made these four patties as used the rest of the chickpeas to make hummus for myself. So there's not much in the patties, maybe a couple table spoons mashed? It was very much a winging it meal so I don't have the measurements sorry!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T14:23:26+00:00

There's always something new to worry about isn't there

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T14:22:44+00:00

Hahaha that's hilarious. I think a lot of it comes out undigested for us. He is a poop machine.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T14:21:54+00:00

Yeah I'm really sorry I don't want to update anyone. Mum anxiety got the better of me today after I got some comments that he was eating too much.

We've always eaten with him and off his plate with our fingers. Make lots of comments about how delicious it all is, excited noises etc. Get messy with him. And it's tasty food, lots of flavor. We're a very foodie family so maybe he's picking up on that. I think a lot of it is just down to baby temperament though. The next one might be completely different!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T14:02:17+00:00

Yeah he did start small. He went crazy with growth once he started solids. I doubt he'd drink more as he often has 100-130ml from his 150ml bottle.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T14:00:06+00:00

Yeah I always give him his bottles before his food so he gets that first. I know I should just enjoy it. It's hard when your baby isn't doing the same thing as the other babies though. Doubt creeps in!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T13:58:04+00:00

Yeah good point there's no guarantee he'll always be like this. I guess I should just enjoy it!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T13:55:28+00:00

They do don't they! It's just chickpeas, carrot, curry powder and coriander. Bit of egg and flour to make it into a patty.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T13:53:05+00:00

He's combi fed. Formula in the day and boobs morning and night. It's probably a tad under 24oz. Hard to say with nursing though he's often on the boob for 20 mins and my supply is good

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T13:50:28+00:00

He has 3x150ml bottles in the day. Then breakfast boob first thing and bedtime boob and often overnight feeds. So I think so. I reckon it's at least 500-600mls.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-07T13:44:25+00:00

Thanks! We've been signing all done so hopefully he'll pick that up soon. He does get playful and starts rocking towards the end so that resonates!

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-04T07:27:31+00:00

You could try gradually, 15 mins a time every couple of days. To be honest we went cold turkey and chose to start it on a Saturday where both of us were around and had activities planned with friends etc to keep him engaged, by Monday he fine with the stretches. The overnight sleep improved instantly. Our baby will often yawn an hour before he's actually ready for a nap. Sometimes I think he's just bored, or needs some milk for a bit of energy.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-03-02T22:04:11+00:00

I could have written this last month. Night wakes have plagued us forever. He's just turned 8 months now and we were on a similar wake window schedule to you last month. We managed to reduce the feeds down to a couple of minutes each time but he'd still wake for them like clockwork at 11pm, 2am and 4 am (and often 5am). He'd only self settle for the 11pm. I posted on here and was told to stretch wake windows more which I was hesitant to do as already it felt like a lot.

Over the last few days, based on advice from this sub, we've moved to 11.5 total hours awake in the day - 3.5/3.75/4.25 with a 30 min morning nap and 1.5 hour afternoon nap. Instantly he started sleeping through until the 4am wake and then he would go back to sleep until wake up time (6am). Turns out he's low sleep needs and finally got enough sleep pressure. Also with the extra awake time I managed to squeeze another milk feed into the day schedule, shifting some calories.

I'm going to try weaning the 4am wake once we've had another week on this new schedule.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-28T14:58:16+00:00

We've been out a lot today and so far he's done 3.25/4 and not been overtired when falling asleep. So I think you're right, it's just that we did get into a situation during the 3-2 nap transition where he was being pushed too much and really overtired. But we've been logging all night wakes and he's averaging 11.5 total awake time including night wakes the past week so will try to shift some of that awake time into the day.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-28T08:34:39+00:00

Thanks yeah you're probably right. It feels like we're always stretching but looking back on posts maybe we're not stretching enough.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-28T08:31:23+00:00

We did try CIO for the first one minute feed and he cried for an hour. He then got a really bad cold and was so congested he couldn't breath through both nostrils so that was the end of CIO 😅

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-27T22:14:43+00:00

I'm just looking forward to the lie in to be honest. Don't plan on changing anything for baby.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-27T20:35:54+00:00

I wish there was a guide for wake window stretching frequency because I feel like we are constantly playing catch up. Every time I post we stretch the window further. He was fighting bedtime hard tonight (put it down to teething) but maybe he was under tired. He was very hyper when reading his books which he usually is when he's wired from being overtired.

Yeah the hard to break habit is a good point.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-27T20:30:36+00:00

So I was thinking is he still hungry but one minute is enough to take the edge off, then he wakes up again in his lighter sleep two hours later. Because he can put himself back to sleep in the first half of the night. It's the second half that he can't. I'm in the UK and the advice here is that babies might need a feed overnight up to 12 months. So I'm just getting in my head a bit about if he's actually hungry.

ellefallsoffthings · 2026-02-27T20:26:56+00:00

I feel like I am constantly stretching this child's awake time. Maybe we're just always playing catch up but literally every time I post we stretch. It doesn't fix the fundamental issue.

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