Oz/bottle & bottles/day: 6 6oz bottles a day. I hope this is a growth spurt cause 36oz a day is a lot!
Comments/thoughts/questions: I am really happy with how DS is eating. He is big and happy and well fed. He is really snotty though. My mom keeps saying its a milk allergy... but I don't know. Anyone else have a LO producing a ton of snot?
NBR GTKY: A. I load the dishwasher silverware down - I don't want anyone getting poked or stabbed reaching into the dishwasher.
Oz/bottle & bottles/day: 5oz 5x, 6oz 1x before bed
Comments/thoughts/questions: Just now starting to offer more formula before bed. She's been pretty consistent on actually draining her bottles instead of leaving an ounce or so behind.
NBR GTKY: B. I load the dishwasher silverware up --That's what my brand new dishwasher instructions say to do. The basket has a little flip top with dividers to keep the silverware separated from each other.
miniwheat DD has been a little boogery the past few days, but nothing that's been bothering her. It annoys me more than her.
dreemkin our little old ladies! B will be 16w on Sunday.
@miniwheat I agree with PP I don't think a milk allergy causes more snot. I could be wrong but a MPI causes digestive issues and causes runny poops (among other things)
dacora I never thought to read the instructions for my dishwasher. Duh.
Age: 15 weeks
Oz/bottle & bottles/day: I haven't really been tracking this the past week and just trusting B to eat what she needs but am going to start again.
Comments/thoughts/questions: I started using the gentlease liquid instead or powder and it's much thicker, darker, and stinkier than the powder. She doesn't refuse it but I noticed she leaves more behind and spits up more. I also tried upping what age eats during the day in hopes she would wake less to feed at night but no such luck.
GTKY: Silverware goes handle down. My dishwasher has small baskets on the door with tiny holes and I think they wouldn't get washed properly the other way around.
Post by WittyLittle on May 22, 2015 17:43:38 GMT -5
Age: 14 weeks
Oz/bottle & bottles/day: 5oz 5x per day (though he just woke up at midnight for a 6th bottle... maybe because he's left about 7oz behind in total today).
Comments/thoughts/questions: DS harshly ever finishes his bottle but when I offer less and more frequently he refuses the lady bottle all together. His weight gain is ok but someone suggested switching to another brand of formula. Do you think it would make a difference?
NBR GTKY: B. Only the teaspoons go the other way around because otherwise they fall through a bit and stop the blade from turning.
WittyLittle if his weight gain is okay and he mostly finishes the bottle, I'm not sure if switching formula would make a difference. But you could always discuss it with your pediatrician.
Post by GeekBeagle on May 22, 2015 18:39:11 GMT -5
Age: 11.5 weeks
Oz/bottle & bottles/day: 4-5 oz 6x a day.
Comments/thoughts/questions: The nurse at the GI doc called and said she got a fax that my insurance approved my formula. Yay! Now I need to find out how to get it reimbursed...
Questions: Do you ladies make each bottle as needed, or make a big batch and pour from it? Do you follow the "rule" I've read of multiplying your baby's weight by 2.5 to figure the ounces needed per day?
Oz/bottle & bottles/day: 6 6oz bottles a day. I hope this is a growth spurt cause 36oz a day is a lot!
Comments/thoughts/questions: I am really happy with how DS is eating. He is big and happy and well fed. He is really snotty though. My mom keeps saying its a milk allergy... but I don't know. Anyone else have a LO producing a ton of snot?
NBR GTKY: A. I load the dishwasher silverware down - I don't want anyone getting poked or stabbed reaching into the dishwasher.
My LO has been clogged up since day 1. We are snot sucking every day and she's had a few nose bleeds (not running or dripping out). We discussed it at the 2 month visit bc I was thinking a possible allergy. We are going to revisit at the 4 month in a couple of weeks. Now I find that she has really sticky boogers and it's hard to even get them out. Not sure what to do at this point
Post by jensoprano82 on May 22, 2015 19:00:16 GMT -5
Age: 17 weeks
Oz/bottles: 4.5 oz 6x a day
Comments/thoughts/questions: 4 month appt and shots today, LO is growing well but still in the 2nd percentile. I asked if I should be upping the formula intake more but apparently the super broken-down hypoallergenic formulas get so well absorbed that less ounceage is necessary. It also makes them poop less because they are absorbing so much there is very little waste. Fascinating stuff...
GTKY: silverware faces eating-end up.... I've just always done it that way.
Comments/thoughts/questions: 4 month appt and shots today, LO is growing well but still in the 2nd percentile. I asked if I should be upping the formula intake more but apparently the super broken-down hypoallergenic formulas get so well absorbed that less ounceage is necessary. It also makes them poop less because they are absorbing so much there is very little waste. Fascinating stuff...
This is good to know! Also, the poop on this stuff is gross.
Questions: Do you ladies make each bottle as needed, or make a big batch and pour from it? Do you follow the "rule" I've read of multiplying your baby's weight by 2.5 to figure the ounces needed per day?
I make each bottle as needed. I don't warm them either. DS has always had formula at room temp. I don't. As long as DS seems content I follow his lead right now.
4.5oz 6x per day and 6oz offered at bedtime, but he often falls asleep before he can finish
Other than bedtime, the kid will almost always eat all of his bottle. I just think more would be too much. I haven't weighed him in a few weeks but he looks to be very healthy. So, I'm hesitant on upping his oz.
No questions this week
B mostly. Except, knives face down. I don't want anyone or any dogs getting harmed.
GeekBeagle I make up all of his bottles ahead of time. I used to make 2 or 3 at a time in the beginning, but now with work and daycare, it's the only way I can manage.
DH uses a pitcher to mix. I make 2 bottles at a time with a plastic Tupperware cup. He tried to tell me his way was easier. I told him everyone has their own way of doing things.
GeekBeagle I do both. During the daytime I make them as we go, but make up a blender bottle with about 16oz for overnights. DD isn't STTN and I am wasting zero precious minutes mixing formula at 3am. Also, I don't trust my half-asleep self to measure properly.
I just use up what's left in the a.m. then mix as we go.
ETA: I don't worry about the 2.5x "rule" either. Right now she is gaining well so I trust her to drink what she needs.
Post by jensoprano82 on May 22, 2015 23:56:59 GMT -5
I make 4-6 bottles at a time. Between the powdered formula, powdered meds added once a day, and rice cereal, it's all too much to not just make a bunch at once. I used to mix and refrigerate but now I just line them all up dry on the counter and add the water and shake right before giving it to him. He too drinks cold/room temp no problem. Now my one overnight bottle sits on my nightstand with a bottle of water so I don't have to do stairs overnight.
I make 4-6 bottles at a time. Between the powdered formula, powdered meds added once a day, and rice cereal, it's all too much to not just make a bunch at once. I used to mix and refrigerate but now I just line them all up dry on the counter and add the water and shake right before giving it to him. He too drinks cold/room temp no problem. Now my one overnight bottle sits on my nightstand with a bottle of water so I don't have to do stairs overnight.
Ha! I keep overnight bottles on the dresser - one with powder measured and one for water.
I make 4-6 bottles at a time. Between the powdered formula, powdered meds added once a day, and rice cereal, it's all too much to not just make a bunch at once. I used to mix and refrigerate but now I just line them all up dry on the counter and add the water and shake right before giving it to him. He too drinks cold/room temp no problem. Now my one overnight bottle sits on my nightstand with a bottle of water so I don't have to do stairs overnight.
Ha! I keep overnight bottles on the dresser - one with powder measured and one for water.
Post by WittyLittle on May 23, 2015 1:08:06 GMT -5
This discussion got me thinking. On our boxes here it says not to pre-mix or reheat formula and that it must be served within 1 hour... I'm thinking of doing it anyway because making up bottles in the middle of the night is really annoying. Does it say not to pre-mix on your boxes? Or does the US/Canada have a different system than us which makes it safe to do so?
This discussion got me thinking. On our boxes here it says not to pre-mix or reheat formula and that it must be served within 1 hour... I'm thinking of doing it anyway because making up bottles in the middle of the night is really annoying. Does it say not to pre-mix on your boxes? Or does the US/Canada have a different system than us which makes it safe to do so?
Ours say the same at room temperature but that refrigerated they can be mixed for 24 hours. At least enfamil and my rx stuff. This is why I leave mine dry till I mix the water in.
Post by abseptember on May 24, 2015 8:50:50 GMT -5
Age- 15 wks? I think. Bottles- 4.5 oz 7x/day and 5oz 7x/day comments- Nothing this week, all is good. We mix as needed. Gtky- a and b. I really don't pay much attention.
This discussion got me thinking. On our boxes here it says not to pre-mix or reheat formula and that it must be served within 1 hour... I'm thinking of doing it anyway because making up bottles in the middle of the night is really annoying. Does it say not to pre-mix on your boxes? Or does the US/Canada have a different system than us which makes it safe to do so?
Ours say the same at room temperature but that refrigerated they can be mixed for 24 hours. At least enfamil and my rx stuff. This is why I leave mine dry till I mix the water in.
I'm thread crashing because formula containers here say the same as WittyLittle but our daycare requires that except for special formulas the bottles of formula come premixed.
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