My baby is 1 year old. Have introduced cow milk a week back. Bedtime she drinks almost 240 ml of milk at around 10 pm and go to sleep and again get up at around 3.30-4.00 for feed. My pediatrician told me to stop night feeds and replace it with water. I tried doing that but my baby cries her lungs out untill fed with milk. she again takes almost 200 ml of milk and then gets up at 7-7.30 am for feed. what should I do to stop her night feedings? please help

1 Answer

ExpertDr Mahesh PatilPaediatrician2 years ago

A. Hello, your baby girl is 12 months old and she is taking a cows milk,it’s okay and if she is taking 200/250 ml of warm milk at intervals of 3/5 months then it’s okay

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