Formula Fridays (bc I forgot)

[dreemkin]

Age:

oz to a bottle & times a day:

Questions, concerns, etc:

GTKY: how do you prepare your bottles? Standard or fun gadgets? Any helpful tips to share with the class?

[jensoprano82]

Wazzuuuup from 4:45 am!!!

Age: 6w 3days

3oz 8x a day

We finally are starting to get 3 oz into him consistently with minimal spitting up, and a few nights ago we finally got a parent feeding schedule going: I feed at 10pm then read to and play w baby till 11 or 11:30, then I go to sleep. H stays up with the kid, works on grading and lesson plans, and does the final 1pm feed. I end up usually getting a 4.5-5 hour first block of sleep and everyone is happy!

We are still using the ready packed liquid formula. At some point in the hospital a nurse told H it's more sanitary, so guess who will never let me cheap out and go powder. It's spendy. I can't believe there doesn't really seem to be any discount for buying in bulk!

[dreemkin]

Age: 5w3d

oz to a bottle & times a day: just upped it to 3.5oz a bottle. About 6-8 times a day.

Questions, concerns, etc: I think my LO is colicky She is super cranky a lot and feeding is the only thing that calms her down. She is definitely gained enough though so I don't want to over feed. She's also really gassy but she's already on the most sensitive formula (alimentum). I guess I'll just have to deal for a while.

GTKY: we use a blender bottle and make about 14oz at a time. It's so much easier than making them individually. The whisk ball really mixes it smoothly too. We discovered this with DD1.

[miniwheat]

Age: 5 weeks

oz to a bottle & times a day: 4oz 7 feedings a day (I think we need to up it soon)

Questions, concerns, etc: None, he loves to eat and I am happy about that. Our Dr is also ok with his weight and how many oz he takes!

GTKY: how do you prepare your bottles? Standard or fun gadgets? Any helpful tips to share with the class?
I add bottled water, powdered formula and shake. No warmers, mixers, I don't make any formula ahead and keep it in the fridge etc. Its the easiest and the same process applies at home or when we are out.

[dacora]

Age: 3w 6d

oz to a bottle & times a day: 3-4oz 7 times a day (I don't actually track feedings anymore, but it's roughly every 3 hours-ish)

Questions, concerns, etc: Nope! She's been perfect and has actually been less fussy about any gas.

GTKY: Nothing fancy. We have 7 4oz bottles so whenever I have 3-4 bottles by the sink I wash them and then prepare those bottles after they're dry. So I tend to wash and prep bottles twice a day, in the morning and evening. I've just been using purified bottled water, scooping by hand, and shaking, then storing in the fridge. I will admit to using the microwave to bring the formula to a more room temperature. I just zap it for 25 seconds and then shake/swirl the bottle to even out any 'hot spots'. She doesn't need it warm, though I guess one of these days I can just try to give it to her cold and see if she'll take it.

[jensoprano82]

This is making me think perhaps I should up my ounceage...

[mommacaddick]

Age: 4 weeks 1 day

oz to a bottle & times a day: 3-4oz 7-8 times a day. The longest he has went at without a bottle is 4.5 he's last night and it was my husband who woke him up thinking he spit up (he didn't) ...I don't think he will do it again lol

Questions, concerns, etc. When started ovol drops and he is much happier still gassy and spits up but projectile vomiting is not as often. we go for weight check tm.

GTKY: how do you prepare your bottles? Standard or fun gadgets? Any helpful tips to share with the class?

I make all my bottles after he has his final bottle at 11-1130 I make 8 4 oz bottles using bottled water and powder I also make 1 oz water with a half tsp of brown sugar (recommend my doctor) to help with constipation which works wonders

[dreemkin]

Mar 10, 2015 10:13:25 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

This is making me think perhaps I should up my ounceage...

You know your baby. I'm sure it's fine! It seems like we're all at different oz. Very interesting. My pedi keeps implying DD2 is chunky and I'm giving too much (at 3oz) but Anna doesn't have any rolls or fat on her... Then I see people on here giving more *shrugs*

[dramacat]

Mar 9, 2015 8:58:37 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Age: 3 weeks 4 days.

oz to a bottle & times a day: 3 oz every 3 hrs. Hoping to get the ok from the pediatrician next week to let LO sleep as long as he wants at night now that he is 9lb and we know the meds aren't making him so drowsy that he can't wake up to feed like he was in the NICU.

Questions, concerns, etc:

GTKY: how do you prepare your bottles? Standard or fun gadgets? Any helpful tips to share with the class?
Sadly no. Although I'm wondering if it might be worth it to prepare all the bottles at once and just warm them up when needed.

[jensoprano82]

Mar 10, 2015 11:39:41 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Mar 10, 2015 10:13:25 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

This is making me think perhaps I should up my ounceage...

You know your baby. I'm sure it's fine! It seems like we're all at different oz. Very interesting. My pedi keeps implying DD2 is chunky and I'm giving too much (at 3oz) but Anna doesn't have any rolls or fat on her... Then I see people on here giving more *shrugs*

You're right... He's gaining well and not spitting up, why press my luck.

[PikoPiko]

I'm envious that most of your LOs are doing 6-8 feedings only. Mine feeds 10-12 times a day, i.e. he demands his milk about every 2 hours.

[abseptember]

Age 4 weeks 5 days

4oz not sure how many times a day... they eat every 2.5-3 hours with the occasional 4 hour stretch at night.

No qs or concerns.... just hoping for some longer stretches. It takes a long time to feed 2!

We use room temp water and mix right before feeding. I put a few gas drops in to cut down on bubbles plus one guy is super gassy.

[abseptember]

Mar 10, 2015 7:55:20 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Age: 5w3d

oz to a bottle & times a day: just upped it to 3.5oz a bottle. About 6-8 times a day.

Questions, concerns, etc: I think my LO is colicky She is super cranky a lot and feeding is the only thing that calms her down. She is definitely gained enough though so I don't want to over feed. She's also really gassy but she's already on the most sensitive formula (alimentum). I guess I'll just have to deal for a while.

GTKY: we use a blender bottle and make about 14oz at a time. It's so much easier than making them individually. The whisk ball really mixes it smoothly too. We discovered this with DD1.

My DD was colicky and had MPI. She was on neutramegin which helped a lot but she was still fussy. It got better with time and now she's such a sweetheart. If you think it is stomach related, there's also neocate which is an elemental formula without milk/soy. Good luck.... promise it will get better!