Question/comments/concerns: During the middle of the day she's started taking an extra 1-2 oz per feeding, but so far is still content with just 4oz for her 'middle of the night' feeding (I count her 6-7am feeding as middle of the night because she always falls asleep and keeps eating until she's done, I think she thinks nighttime is midnight until 10am).
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week pp check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping Plain old Missionary position.
Can't believe it's been another week! Let's talk formula
Age:
Oz per bottle & bottles a day:
Question/comments/concerns:
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week pp check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping
Age- 6 wks
Bottles- 4-5oz every 2-3 hrs (7-8 bottles)
Comments- my boys are serious chow hounds. they usually are looking for food after only 2-2.5hrs... sometimes I can hold them off until 3 hrs. Planning on tracking more closely for a few days and then talking to pedi about it. I know they are truly hungry but geez do they ever eat a lot!
Gtky- have to say that hitting the sheets for anything besides sleep is pretty low on the list. Twins are tiring!
Post by sugahcookie01 on Mar 21, 2015 5:14:57 GMT -5
Age: almost 5 weeks (Monday)
Oz per bottle & bottles a day: 3-5 oz approx 8/day
Question/comments/concerns: we upped the nipple flow to stage two on our Avents and Henry seems much happier!
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week pp check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping - Anything submissive.
Add on - now that we upped nipple size only about 10-15 minutes for a bottle
Hi girls! I don't mean to jack your thread. I will be joining you all soon as we add our first formula feed today. I know every baby is different and will have a preference, but could you suggest a couple bottles for us to try as we start this process that will hell with gas? Thanks!!
Hi girls! I don't mean to jack your thread. I will be joining you all soon as we add our first formula feed today. I know every baby is different and will have a preference, but could you suggest a couple bottles for us to try as we start this process that will hell with gas? Thanks!!
I've heard dr browns is great for gas but I don't want to deal with a million parts.
I had my LO on Avent Natural, but he tends to gulp and swallow a lot of air, so we ended up switching to Dr. Browns. But to be fair, we also had to switch LO's formula to several brands of "gentle " formula till we found one that worked for him. Dr. Browns are a pain cuz of all the parts, but it's the only thing that has stopped our LO's 3 hr cry fest.
Post by jensoprano82 on Mar 21, 2015 11:25:53 GMT -5
Age: 8 weeks yesterday oh my God!
Oz/bottles per day: 3.5 oz 7-8 times. I tried nipping towards 4 oz for a few days but it was dramatically increasing his spitting up so we're just gonna do another week or two at 3.5
Questions/comments: we also add (at our physician's direction of course) 1 tsp rice cereal to every bottle to thicken the formula. Presumably thicker stays in tummy better.
GTKY: we got the all clear two weeks ago but have only dtd once because I am still bleeding quite a bit and that freaks H out
Add on: I think we take about 10-15 min a bottle too, with a burp every two ounces. Also using level 2 nipples because of the cereal
Post by mommacaddick on Mar 21, 2015 15:25:27 GMT -5
Age: 5weeks 5days
Oz per bottle & bottles a day:4oz x 8 bottles (he does one night feed).it usually take 20mins to finish his bottle
Question/comments/concerns: we also added the cereal to bottle to help spitting up. We use Gerber bottles. We used the avent they caused a lot of gas for him,he is much happier now.
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week p p check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping <br/>missionary for us only have once, too tired.
Post by abseptember on Mar 21, 2015 17:36:59 GMT -5
We use avent bottles and I don't love them. We tried dr. Browns but it didn't make a difference in gas and all the parts were annoying. So we are still looking for a good bottle
Oz per bottle & bottles a day: 7 to 8 4oz bottles per day
Question/comments/concerns: None really.
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week pp check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping I like several for many different reasons!
Add on: About 15 to 20 min per bottle. He used to take 30-ish but is way more efficient now.
Bottles: We use Born Free. Both my kids do/did well with them. I hated the Avent because they always created a vacuum after a few minutes and then the flow would stop and it caused gas. I don't know how those bottles are so popular! Born Free have a lot of parts but they are good quality and don't leak.
Oz per bottle & bottles a day: 7 to 8 4oz bottles per day
Question/comments/concerns: None really.
GTKY: since we're all getting close to (or already had) our 6 week pp check up, what's your favorite position? And I do not mean sleeping I like several for many different reasons!
Add on: About 15 to 20 min per bottle. He used to take 30-ish but is way more efficient now.
Bottles: We use Born Free. Both my kids do/did well with them. I hated the Avent because they always created a vacuum after a few minutes and then the flow would stop and it caused gas. I don't know how those bottles are so popular! Born Free have a lot of parts but they are good quality and don't leak.
I seriously do wonder if the advent bottles make them more gassy. Tell me more about the born free bottles.. how many parts and is it easy to mix formula in the bottle, etc.
I seriously do wonder if the advent bottles make them more gassy. Tell me more about the born free bottles.. how many parts and is it easy to mix formula in the bottle, etc.
There are 2 extra parts. I think they call it a colic reducer and it is a plastic and a silicone piece that fit together and go into the top of the bottle and the collar goes over that. Its easy to put together just an extra step so I put all the pieces together after I wash them so I am not doing it when I am wandering around half asleep. It helps vent air out of the nipple. I think the reducer helps break up the formula when I shake it cause they always mix really well.
They have glass and plastic, very durable and don't show wear. The print stays on and they don't scratch easily. I used them for DD for 18mos and they looked new the day I stopped using them.
I found on Amazon a gift set of 3 4oz and 3 9oz with 3 of each flow nipple, bottle bushes and a travel formula dispenser for 50$ but you can buy a single to test it out. I have always been very happy.
I seriously do wonder if the advent bottles make them more gassy. Tell me more about the born free bottles.. how many parts and is it easy to mix formula in the bottle, etc.
There are 2 extra parts. I think they call it a colic reducer and it is a plastic and a silicone piece that fit together and go into the top of the bottle and the collar goes over that. Its easy to put together just an extra step so I put all the pieces together after I wash them so I am not doing it when I am wandering around half asleep. It helps vent air out of the nipple. I think the reducer helps break up the formula when I shake it cause they always mix really well.
They have glass and plastic, very durable and don't show wear. The print stays on and they don't scratch easily. I used them for DD for 18mos and they looked new the day I stopped using them.
I found on Amazon a gift set of 3 4oz and 3 9oz with 3 of each flow nipple, bottle bushes and a travel formula dispenser for 50$ but you can buy a single to test it out. I have always been very happy.
What flow nipple are you using? We are on level 2 with avent. My H thinks I'm crazy for buying more bottles but isn't the one who feeds them 90% of the time so what does he know
Oz per bottle & bottles a day: 3.5 oz. On average 7xs a day.
Question/comments/concerns: I feel like her fussiness is declining so we're happy here! I signed up for the similac checks and they finally came so I'm happy about that (alimentum costs 30 dollars for a 1lb can).
GTKY: I like the usual missonary or the position that's like missonary except he kind of kneels or sits of his legs (I don't know names of positions very well).
What flow nipple are you using? We are on level 2 with avent. My H thinks I'm crazy for buying more bottles but isn't the one who feeds them 90% of the time so what does he know
We are still on level 1, but we have tried level 2 and DS is doing good with that as well. I think he is somewhere in-between so we will stick with level 1 until he gets frustrated with it. I think that will be soon though!
What flow nipple are you using? We are on level 2 with avent. My H thinks I'm crazy for buying more bottles but isn't the one who feeds them 90% of the time so what does he know
We are still on level 1, but we have tried level 2 and DS is doing good with that as well. I think he is somewhere in-between so we will stick with level 1 until he gets frustrated with it. I think that will be soon though!
A friend actually has BF bottle with level 1 nipple. I liked the bottle but the nipple is a bit too slow. I'm going to order a 2 and see how he does. The 1 took him like 30-40 min to finish his bottle and he kept dozing off.
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