My almost 10-month-old son is refusing his bedtime milk I am wondering about changing our son’s tea time since he has begun refusing bedtime milk. He is now almost 10 months old and is on target for trebling his weight by 1 yr [he is presently 24lbs 10ozs]. He has followed the routines well (other than the lunchtime sleep which we seem to have resolved with a catnap later in afternoon if this goes wrong). Then, at 9 months he got a cold, cut 6 teeth all at once and had a sore- but not infected ear. Everything went wrong: we had disturbed nights and days, he was fussy with…

When can we stop boiling water for our son? We want to know whether it is appropriate and safe to now give our nearly year old son ordinary un-boiled water in his drinks. He is now using beaker cups and bottles which are well washed without strict sterilization. Our tap drinking water is filtered with a Brita filter. Providing you are careful to change the filters on your water jug regularly, your son can now have water which has not been previously boiled. In the Complete Food Bible it is recommended to boil filtered water for babies under the age of six months.

Is there anything I can do to increase my 10mth daughter’s fluid intake? My daughter is 10 months old and has very little interest in drinking fluids. However I have tried everything to increase her intake, but can’t get her to drink more than 10-11 oz a day. I have tried different teats, bottles and cups but nothing makes a difference. I offer her water from a beaker but she doesn’t have as much as half an ounce a day. She eats well and enjoys her solids. She was weaned at five and a half months and is now on the 9-12 month feeding plan. Her meals are all home…

How much milk should my 11mth son be having daily and how can I get him to take it from a beaker? My little boy currently drinks 210 mls milk at 7:00, 180 mls at 2:30 and 240 mls at 18:30. His weight gain has been okay (although only on 30th percentile) and it dropped over the last few weeks as he was ill with a nasty rotavirus which knocked him back off the weaning process considerably (refused to eat anything for a week!). He is now completely better and making up for it by eating and drinking large amounts which is great. I am conscious that he should be…