Why baby reduce his milk intake

When BB reduced his milk intake, I was asking around for answers, thus a friend who was studying the subject at school mentioned a few reasons why (Thanks Isabelle). I was pretty sad that baby decided to reduce his demand for milk... Then I realised he has been using avent tit no. 2 and 3, thus I needed to change to tit no. 4. This is one reason among many that the baby does not want to drink more milk. Hope this helps if other mums out there encounter the same issues! :D

Several possible reasons:

- temperature of milk, rate of flow of milk, taste of milk. check if the temperature of the milk is more hot / cold than usual. check if the teat is blocked, it might be because as babies grow up, they might be ready for a teat with a larger hole, and is getting frustrated with the smaller hole teat. also check that your milk has not acquired smells, like if you place the milk can / bottle too near onions, the milk will have a slight onion smell too.

- he might be ill / uncomfortable. common causes are cold, ear, throat infection, viral / fungal infection. check his mouth and make sure there are no which patches which can be sore while sucking milk.

- babies start to get very curious 5 months onwards, things around him distracts him easily, like the TV / any sounds / another baby. lessen his distractions before / during feeding.

- he might be ready to start on solid food and has no appetite for milk. try giving him his milk first before solid food, if not, try giving him baby food that contains milk, like cheese / baby yoghurts. you can find these in supermarkets, they usually have recommended food for different baby ages.

- at about 9 months, a baby needs about 500ml milk a day to obtain the necessary calcium. these can be obtained from baby food that contains milk. a 9-month-old baby will usually only drink milk once in the morning and once at night, with water during the rest of the day.

- if he is still not taking enough milk, try giving him baby vitamin drops / calcium supplements, but very occassionally this is required.