Milk feeds at 1 year old

Thanks guys. Well I pretty much cut out the afternoon bottle with no hassle and he did eat lots more at dinner time. I did offer him 100mls of formula in a sippy cup in the afternoon cos he was grumpy, and he drank 50mls of that and was much happier afterwards. I'll continue to do that I think.

This morning I thought I'd try doing breakfast first, and he ate a bit more than he usually did. But I just put him down for his morning sleep, offered him a bottle and he was definitely not interested. I'll try when he wakes up but then it will be close to lunch time so he probably won't eat as much lunch if he has the bottle! So I think I will stick to bottle first, then breakfast an hour later. He often doesn't finish his bottles (last night he drank 100mls before bed) and the morning one is the only one he has heaps so I don't wanna cut that one out.

He drinks quite alot of water during the day so I'm happy with that...

I hear ya on Plunket only being 'recommendations'... it's sure hard not to feel guilty as a parent though huh. I just got the vibe when I was there the other day that she thought I was incompetent cos she kept telling me stuff to do... but I already do all of it except the 2 bottles thing! I wish they'd just ask straight out rather than asking vague questions and then telling me specific things that I'm already doing. Does she really think I wouldn't know about protecting my pale red-headed baby from the sun? I mean I know there is some incompetent mothers out there, and maybe it's cos it was a new lady and she doesn't know me and I'm young? I don't know, but it was sure a weird vibe I got! I guess I just find it kind of patronising. I know they're just doing their job and they are useful for alot of things, and I definitely wouldn't get rid of their service, I think it's awesome we have something like that in NZ. It just seems that sometimes there would be a better way of saying things.

Eeek sorry for the rant, a bit off topic there. Thanks so much for all your help ladies - it's so helpful to hear what other bubbas are doing at the same age and makes me feel less like a bad mum cos I'm not following exactly what Aunty Plunket says