Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Anna Louise will be 10 weeks tomorrow.
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: 3.75oz (she spits up with a full 4) about 7 times a day.
Concerns/comments/questions: at Anna's two month appointment, the pedi said try to have her going 5hr intervals during the night...yeah because I'm waking her up to eat (sarcasm)....I would love for her to go longer. If I give her more formula she spits it up and then sleeps on it and it gets all in her hair and ears.
GTKY: getting my degree in clinical laboratory science (minor in biology) and passing my ASCP certification. It was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Which is why I decided not to give up my part time job as a microbiologist (although I still go back and forth about it bc DH wants me to be a SAHM).
Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Roslin Liora, 2 months tomorrow!
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: 5 oz 6 bottles a day
Concerns/comments/questions: I tried to swap DD to the level 2 nipples in an attempt to get her eating faster, thinking she was frustrated with the level 1's, but they just gave her bad gas and made a huge mess when formula was coming out the sides of her mouth. Swapped back to the 1's and she is doing much better. Only concern, which I'm going to bring up with the pediatrician tomorrow is that her poops are fairly thick and 'solid', not watery at all. It's like, the beginning of her poop is like a very thick paste, and the rest of it is more like toothpaste. I'm wondering if that's okay or not.
GTKY: besides having a LO, what is your biggest accomplishment? This is depressing, I can't even think of something I would consider an accomplishment. Well, I have a very happy marriage and DH and I are nice and stable financially after work on both our parts cutting down on bills and DH's hard work. That's the most recent thing that I'm proud of, aside from DD.
I have a concern too: DD has been spitting up every time I feed her now. And she seems hungry before the three hour interval so i can't scale back the amount. I also get good burps out of her and try not to jostle her after eating. She is on hypoallergenic formula already for milk protein sensitivity. I don't know what else to do. Any suggestions or xp? Is this something she'll just have to grow out of? I don't have another wellness visit until she's 4 months old.
dacora those are great accomplishments! I'm not sure about the poop thickness but if she seems healthy and happy otherwise, I'm sure it's nothing to be concerned about. Hopefully the pedi says something similar.
Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Roslin Liora, 2 months tomorrow!
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: 5 oz 6 bottles a day
Concerns/comments/questions: I tried to swap DD to the level 2 nipples in an attempt to get her eating faster, thinking she was frustrated with the level 1's, but they just gave her bad gas and made a huge mess when formula was coming out the sides of her mouth. Swapped back to the 1's and she is doing much better. Only concern, which I'm going to bring up with the pediatrician tomorrow is that her poops are fairly thick and 'solid', not watery at all. It's like, the beginning of her poop is like a very thick paste, and the rest of it is more like toothpaste. I'm wondering if that's okay or not.
GTKY: besides having a LO, what is your biggest accomplishment? This is depressing, I can't even think of something I would consider an accomplishment. Well, I have a very happy marriage and DH and I are nice and stable financially after work on both our parts cutting down on bills and DH's hard work. That's the most recent thing that I'm proud of, aside from DD.
I read this thickness is totally normal and my pedi said so too.
Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Ethan is 9 weeks 4 days
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: 6 bottles with 4oz and 1 bottle with 6oz before bed. 30oz per day
Concerns/comments/questions: DS has thick toothpaste poops too. Once and a while he even has one that is formed like adult poop. DS needs level 2 nipples. He does so much better with the 2. I just need to sterilize them!
GTKY: besides having a LO, what is your biggest accomplishment? I completed a university degree and postgraduate degree. I have been working in my field of study now for 12 years. I think I am more proud of buying a house and living on my own for 6 years before I got married. I learned a lot over that time. Things that I would have never had interest in trying had I not had my own house like hanging drywall and fixing a window.
Post by sugahcookie01 on Apr 10, 2015 14:25:38 GMT -5
Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Henry, 7 weeks 5 days
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: 4-6oz 7-8 times per day. Usually arond 30 oz total.
Concerns/comments/questions: we switched his formula and he's been less gassy thankfully. He used to have the thick pastey poop but now it's more liquid on the new formula. Overall happy with the switch - we are using enfamil gentlease. I'm also really happy because since switching he has been getting at least one five our stretch overnight which is awesome! He is basically going 10pm - 6am with one four ounce feeding. Thank you, baby! Before switching it was 2-3 feedings between 10 and 6.
GTKY: besides having a LO, what is your biggest accomplishment? My teaching career. Ive been selected for a lot of awards, some of my kids are getting in to Ivey League schools, and I feel like I've made a big difference for some of my students.
Post by jensoprano82 on Apr 10, 2015 15:34:20 GMT -5
Name: Beckett is 11 weeks old today and just finally today hit 10 lbs!!!!
Oz/Bottle/x daily: 4oz 6x a day (roughly, we still feed on demand)
Concerns/comments/questions: so after bloody spitup that scared 10 years off of my life on Tuesday night, we've been to three doctors in two days and we are now on rx formula called neocate. It smells and tastes like dirty potato peels and costs over $300 a month, gaaaah. The things we do for love, eh? I have heard that since he most likely had pretty severe stomach or esophageal inflammation it can take up to a week to know if this is working. That a long time to rock and soothe a pained little baby. Poor guy. I feel so terrible.
GTKY: we own a business that has tripled in size since my brother and I have taken over running it ten years ago, so I'm pretty proud of that.
dacora - I think that's a fantastic accomplishment that not nearly enough of our generation is achieving.
dreemkin - I absolutely commiserate. Just keep an eye on her weight and make sure she's gaining. People keep telling me a lot of babies round a corner on this GI stuff at 12 weeks. If you really legitimately think that she is spitting up literally everything she is eating, get her in to be seen, they'll want to check for blockages. But most of the time I think it just LOOKS bad and they're keeping 80% of it down.
I have a question for you ladies. After you wash and sterilize your bottles, how do you store them? Assembled in cupboards? Not assembled in something? My counter is covered in bottle parts and it makes me nuts. Share your storage secrets and ideas!
jensoprano82 I can't begin to imagine what it is like to go through what you guys have but you are doing awesome lady! Thoughts and prayers to you and Beckett!
Question again. Do you all boil your water? My pedi says it's not necessary because it's not well water but I randomly went back and checked our F15 on the dump and one girl was freaking out that she hadn't boiled her formula water and had probably hurt her baby.
jensoprano82 I can't begin to imagine what it is like to go through what you guys have but you are doing awesome lady! Thoughts and prayers to you and Beckett!
Question again. Do you all boil your water? My pedi says it's not necessary because it's not well water but I randomly went back and checked our F15 on the dump and one girl was freaking out that she hadn't boiled her formula water and had probably hurt her baby.
Well, we've been using bottled purified water, but I think we're about to swap to filtered tap water. But no, I wouldn't boil any water unless DD needed it for a special reason.
Post by jensoprano82 on Apr 10, 2015 23:29:20 GMT -5
missys - our GI doc said filtered tap water is just fine. I'm sure different docs have differing opinions though.
miniwheat - we bought that cheesy neon green "grass" square and a nipple tree (target, under $20 I think) and I put everything right on it after washing. It drys, stores, and keeps everything out for easy access. Looks cute too.
Name (optional; I am a name nerd and love to hear them) and age of baby: Master D is now 7 weeks old!
Oz per bottle & number of bottles a day: he takes between 150ml-200ml (5-6 oz?) per feed. sometimes he is snacky and just wants 50ml (1 oz?)
Concerns/comments/questions: are all you ladies choosing to formula feed? i have to due to no milk supply and i feel really bummed out about it - im so grateful that formula exists but cant help feeling like a bit of a failure...anyway...he's put on weight which is great and he seems pretty happy. im just jealous of all the BF mummies out there...has anyone else been through this?
GTKY: besides having a LO, what is your biggest accomplishment? Getting my chemical engineering degree from one of the country's best universities. Having Master D beats it by far!
cutiebug yes. I tried everything to make milk (made hardly anything) including the herbal supplement fenugreek. Nothing worked for me, plus I have flat nipples and it was painful. I am with you about feeling sad about not being able to produce milk (not sure about if I'd like actual breastfeeding but I would have pumped). But oh well... can't do anything about it I guess. You are feeding your baby and that is what matters!
cutiebug yes. I tried everything to make milk (made hardly anything) including the herbal supplement fenugreek. Nothing worked for me, plus I have flat nipples and it was painful. I am with you about feeling sad about not being able to produce milk (not sure about if I'd like actual breastfeeding but I would have pumped). But oh well... can't do anything about it I guess. You are feeding your baby and that is what matters!
All of this. Also, as I feel very guilty about this, but I hated breast feeding. My experience with it was lousy. My baby was frustrated and skinny and squealing for more food, I was in pain and had low production, it blew. Maybe next time it'll be better but with this baby, giving up was a relief. It just was.
cutiebug I chose to formula feed the day after she was born. I personally didn't like the idea of breastfeeding even before she was born, but I told myself I would at least try. Well, I tried a couple times and I hated it. Formula is just what was best for my own sanity and happiness.
cutiebug, With my first she couldn't latch cause I have flat nipples so I pumped for 4 months. I had mastitis constantly and I spent more time with my pump than baby. When I moved to formula I was much happier and so was she. With this babe, I tried for 48 hours to BF. He also couldn't latch so we went right to formula. I had no intentions of pumping this time anyways. It only matters that baby has a full tummy!
cutiebug, I tried to BF as well but never made enough to get LO full. Now I BF whatever I've got and then give him a bottle. It was very emotional at the beginning because I did feel like a failure. Everyone was telling me I was doing a great job being a mom but I didn't feel like it. Now, LO is almost 8 weeks old and is healthy and that's what matters. It took me time to come to terms with formula feeding but it's whats best for him.
Post by misshart00 on Apr 11, 2015 20:39:34 GMT -5
I'm not part of the club but I wanted to tell you ladies that yall are awesome! I think formula feeding is great, whether you wanted to go there or were forced to go there.
If I'm completely honest with myself, the only reason I breastfeed is because it's free. With both of my babies, I never felt the bonding or connection, etc. that other breastfeeding moms talk about. To me, all it is is a way to feed my baby.
No concerns this week. I had him weighed at the lactation support group on Tuesday and he was up to 9lb 14oz! We have his 2 month appt this week. It'll be interesting to see how much he weighs then. I'm glad he has some meat on him now for the shots
QOTW: probably graduating from pharmacy school. Aside from this little man! I still can't believe he came out of me.
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