Formula Fridays

[dreemkin]

Hi guys. Another week has passed! How are our little formula junkies doing?

Age:

Oz & bottles a day:

Comments/concerns/questions:

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)?

[miniwheat]

Age: 12 weeks!

Oz & bottles a day: Right now we are 30oz per day but its a growth spurt. Usually about 24oz per day.

Comments/concerns/questions: Nothing much... Are you still sterilizing your bottles?

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)?
Girl would be Naomi and a boy would be Alexander. DH would have nothing to do with those names though.

[dacora]

Age: 2 months 2 weeks 4 days

Oz & bottles a day: 5oz 6 times a day

Comments/concerns/questions: Nothing much here either. DD is doing good.

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)? Our boy name before we knew we were having a girl was Garrett. No idea what we'd do for a second girl.

miniwheat I only sterilized them when I first washed them.

[abseptember]

Age- 12 wks
bottles- 4.5 oz 7-8x/day
comments- Grant is doing well after his injury... although he was ridiculously grouchy tonight. Evan caught a cold and is coughing
I only sterilized when we first bought and re-sterilized before using with the boys after using with DD.
QOTW- Im no fun... after having 1 DD and twin boys, I seriously can't even think about this! My mind is on how soon H can get a vasectomy....

[dreemkin]

miniwheat no, I usually just rinse them after use and stick them in the dishwasher every couple days.

[jensoprano82]

Age: 14 weeks oh my God!

Bottles/oz/day: 4oz 6x a day is still working nicely

Questions/concerns: I've never been a sterilizer... Hot hot water and soap

QOTW: Girl name was Miranda and our backup boy name was Bennedict so those will probably go to baby #2

[anchovies]

11 weeks today!

Trying to figure out the oz currently. I think he had an early growth spurt this week bc he was ravenous and super sleepy. Somewhere around 4-5oZ 6-7 times a day. I've been offering him 5-6 at bedtime to see if that helps him to sleep.

I've never sterilized either. Is that wrong? Just super hot water and soap.

QOTW: I have no idea. I like Penelope for a girl but DH isn't crazy about it. Plus, there's a good chance he will be our only one.

[dreemkin]

I guess I should answer my own post.

Age: 13 weeks (had to recount that)

Oz & bottles a day: 4oz, 7x a day.

Comments/concerns/questions: I'm starting to think I should try an extra oz a night time. I'm getting sick of this waking up so much.

GTKY:
Natalie May
Caleb Samuel

Sadly I think we're two and through (I want one more but my husband doesn't). Maybe these will be future pet names

[miniwheat]

May 3, 2015 7:41:29 GMT -5 anchovies said:

QOTW: I have no idea. I like Penelope for a girl but DH isn't crazy about it. Plus, there's a good chance he will be our only one.

This is my favourite name. I have a special little lady who goes by it. 

[miniwheat]

I also do not sterilize anymore. I did for the first 6 weeks. Now I just use hot soapy water and air dry. If the timing works out they go through the dishwasher.

[sugahcookie01]

May 1, 2015 16:27:07 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Age: 11 weeks tomorrow

Oz & bottles a day: approx 30/day. Typically he has 6-7 oz four times during the day and then 2-3oz at his one night feeding. 

Comments/concerns/questions: Henry has done really well since switching to gentlease! I'm glad we decided on it. 

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)? We may be one and done. If not though we will have either Nathan James or Evelyn Lettie. James and Lettie would both honor a grandparent of mine since Henry's middle name is George for DH's grandfather. 

[sugahcookie01]

Oh and I sterilize when I get we bottles or nipples. Otherwise just hot water and soap. I every now and again I run the, through the dishwasher and click the sanitizing rimse option because why not?

[cutiebug]

11 weeks tomorrow !!! Time is going so quickly!

7-8 oz, 4-5 times a day! He is still a very sleepy baby! is anyone else experiencing a very sleepy baby!?

Not sure about the name, as I had enough trouble picking a name this time around - he was "baby bob" for 2 days before Hubby and I agreed on a name!

[xoxolicia]

Age: 10 weeks

Oz & bottles a day: Is it bad that I'm not tracking yet? She has several 4 oz bottles a day.

Comments/concerns/questions: What's the best app for tracking? We started formula a couple of weeks ago and are still trying to figure out which formula is best for her. I think we'll be switching after this container. She's still spitting up/vomitting more than I think she should be.

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)? Unfortunately, it is not recommended I have more children. We had names picked for 4 kids before we got married. We have Jackson Jude, David James, and Ella Joy left on our list.

[jensoprano82]

Xoxolicia - I use the baby connect app and love it. I believe it's a $$ app though, three or four bucks

[xoxolicia]

May 4, 2015 2:22:56 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

Xoxolicia - I use the baby connect app and love it. I believe it's a $$ app though, three or four bucks

I'll check it out. I need to start getting on top of things.

[abseptember]

May 4, 2015 1:35:14 GMT -5 xoxolicia said:

Age: 10 weeks

Oz & bottles a day: Is it bad that I'm not tracking yet? She has several 4 oz bottles a day.

Comments/concerns/questions: What's the best app for tracking? We started formula a couple of weeks ago and are still trying to figure out which formula is best for her. I think we'll be switching after this container. She's still spitting up/vomitting more than I think she should be.

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)? Unfortunately, it is not recommended I have more children. We had names picked for 4 kids before we got married. We have Jackson Jude, David James, and Ella Joy left on our list.

I really don't track... just an estimate. My doc said as long as growing well no need to track.

Is this LO your only kiddo or do you have older kids?

What kind of formula have you tried and what issues is LO having?

[xoxolicia]

May 4, 2015 17:55:10 GMT -5 abseptember said:

May 4, 2015 1:35:14 GMT -5 xoxolicia said:

Age: 10 weeks

Oz & bottles a day: Is it bad that I'm not tracking yet? She has several 4 oz bottles a day.

Comments/concerns/questions: What's the best app for tracking? We started formula a couple of weeks ago and are still trying to figure out which formula is best for her. I think we'll be switching after this container. She's still spitting up/vomitting more than I think she should be.

GTKY: if you were to have another kid what would his/her name be (include boy and girl options)? Unfortunately, it is not recommended I have more children. We had names picked for 4 kids before we got married. We have Jackson Jude, David James, and Ella Joy left on our list.

I really don't track... just an estimate. My doc said as long as growing well no need to track.

Is this LO your only kiddo or do you have older kids?

What kind of formula have you tried and what issues is LO having?

She's the only one. We've tried Enfamil newborn and gentlease and similar advanced and are currently using sensitive. She was doing fine with the sensitive until this week. She's spitting up like crazy again. I don't know how she's not starving all the time. It looks to me like she spits up everything she's eaten.

[abseptember]

May 5, 2015 0:38:37 GMT -5 xoxolicia said:

May 4, 2015 17:55:10 GMT -5 abseptember said:

I really don't track... just an estimate. My doc said as long as growing well no need to track.

Is this LO your only kiddo or do you have older kids?

What kind of formula have you tried and what issues is LO having?

She's the only one. We've tried Enfamil newborn and gentlease and similar advanced and are currently using sensitive. She was doing fine with the sensitive until this week. She's spitting up like crazy again. I don't know how she's not starving all the time. It looks to me like she spits up everything she's eaten.

About 2-3 weeks ago both boys were a
spitting up a lot again for no apparent reason and their reflux meds had just been adjusted. The spitting up has since slowed down in one twin a lot aND a bit in the other. The pedi said it tends to peak while they are learning to move more but not yet sitting on their own. Does your LO seem to be in any pain when spitting? I've read that the max spit up is 20% of the feed and it always seems like more than it is but I swear it sometimes seems like the whole bottle. I'd call and see what the pedi thinks.

[jensoprano82]

May 5, 2015 6:03:12 GMT -5 abseptember said:

May 5, 2015 0:38:37 GMT -5 xoxolicia said:

She's the only one. We've tried Enfamil newborn and gentlease and similar advanced and are currently using sensitive. She was doing fine with the sensitive until this week. She's spitting up like crazy again. I don't know how she's not starving all the time. It looks to me like she spits up everything she's eaten.

About 2-3 weeks ago both boys were a
spitting up a lot again for no apparent reason and their reflux meds had just been adjusted. The spitting up has since slowed down in one twin a lot aND a bit in the other. The pedi said it tends to peak while they are learning to move more but not yet sitting on their own. Does your LO seem to be in any pain when spitting? I've read that the max spit up is 20% of the feed and it always seems like more than it is but I swear it sometimes seems like the whole bottle. I'd call and see what the pedi thinks.

All of this...

Also, my GI pedi suggested if we REALLY think he's spitting up such a significant amount (because there were days where I gotta tell you...!) we should a) weigh a large bath towel. b) feed DS with the towel as a burp cloth/ drop cloth, then c) re weigh
the towel.

IF your boo is really spitting up over 70% of their food there is a severe medical condition that manifests around 6 - 12 weeks and is an emergency surgery type of condition called pyloric stenosis .... But I reckon you're just experiencing what a lot of us do.... It looks like a whole lot when it's coming at you at 100 mph and covering your poor infant.

[lilyelayne]

xoxolicia another vote for BabyConnect. I track sleep & meds & growth/dr appt with it too. And diapers but that's overkill at this point.

[sugahcookie01]

xoxolicia,I use total baby and really like it.

[xoxolicia]

She doesn't seem to be in pain. It seems like so much. She spits up several times after eating. We burp her a few times and keep her upright for at least 20 minutes afterwards. I guess if she's not in pain, I shouldn't be worried.

[abseptember]

May 5, 2015 19:07:56 GMT -5 xoxolicia said:

She doesn't seem to be in pain. It seems like so much. She spits up several times after eating. We burp her a few times and keep her upright for at least 20 minutes afterwards. I guess if she's not in pain, I shouldn't be worried.

One of the twins often spits up multiple times after a feeding. Did u try offering less per feeding to see if that helps? For us it didn't but it is worth a try. I'd try the weighed towel idea from other poster and see what it tells you. Hopefully it will put your mind at ease that it isn't as much spit up as it seems.

[dreemkin]

My DD spits up a lot too. But she's gaining the weight so my Pedi isn't concerned. My DD is also on hypoallergenic formula because of milk protein sensitivity so it is like the most gentile formula you could get (before rx). She also still farts like an old man and it's very potent.

[abseptember]

May 5, 2015 20:03:48 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

My DD spits up a lot too. But she's gaining the weight so my Pedi isn't concerned. My DD is also on hypoallergenic formula because of milk protein sensitivity so it is like the most gentile formula you could get (before rx). She also still farts like an old man and it's very potent.

I so don't miss the hypoallergenic formula... DD was on it. Smells terrible, tastes gross, and crazy expensive.... however totally worth a happier baby who doesn't poop her brains a million times a day! I'm thankful that the boys are ok on gentle formula so far (knock on wood!). Hope your gal outgrows the sensitivity early!

[jensoprano82]

May 5, 2015 20:03:48 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

My DD spits up a lot too. But she's gaining the weight so my Pedi isn't concerned. My DD is also on hypoallergenic formula because of milk protein sensitivity so it is like the most gentile formula you could get (before rx). She also still farts like an old man and it's very potent.

Which hypoallergenic are you on? Were on neocate (rx) and it's like $350 a month. Worth it, but I may try an OTC hypoallergenic when he gets a little older and bigger

[jensoprano82]

I KNOW.... He's my million dollar baby. Presumably insurance may cover it but they're taking their sweet a$$ time deciding ?

[xoxolicia]

She's in the 34th percentile for weight. The pedi wasn't worried about it. She seems fine today and hasn't spit-up much.

[GeekBeagle]

May 5, 2015 21:22:40 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

May 5, 2015 20:03:48 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

My DD spits up a lot too. But she's gaining the weight so my Pedi isn't concerned. My DD is also on hypoallergenic formula because of milk protein sensitivity so it is like the most gentile formula you could get (before rx). She also still farts like an old man and it's very potent.

Which hypoallergenic are you on? Were on neocate (rx) and it's like $350 a month. Worth it, but I may try an OTC hypoallergenic when he gets a little older and bigger

I just picked up some EleCare today and was shocked at the price...$45 for a 14oz can. I thought Nutramigen was expensive at $27 for 12.6 oz, but it's not working for us. We have to meet with a GI doc in the morning to hopefully figure some stuff out.