refusing bottles. normal?

[mrsleomcgary]

Dd is 7 months old and have been weaning for just over a month. All was going fairly well but over the weekend she's refusing her bottle. Usually has a 9oz bottle ever 4 hours,once she's had the bottle we'll offer food like toast,fruit or yogurt. On saturday she had her morning feed at 9 which she finished followed by wheetabix which she'd never had before. Offered her a bottle at 1, she took half and left the rest, another bottle at 4 was also left half drunk. She went to sleep at 7ish having nothing else other than a couple of rice cakes. I gave her a dream feed at 10 (doesn't usually have one but I was worried she would wake hungry during the night) to get her through the night and her normal bottle this morning, she only drank half of each.

I was expecting the wheetabix to fill her up but not for this long! Is this normal with weaning and should we just offer her bottles as normal? She's always had a big appetite so this is completely new to me.

[ilovepowerhoop]

9oz is a lot of milk on top of meals so I would offer less in each bottle to start with. From 6 months to 1 year a minimum of 20oz is recommended each day so as long as she doesnt drop below that she is fine to cut down a bit.

I normally gave milk first and then food an hour or so later.