Formula Fridays (6/26)

[dreemkin]

Formula feeding, supplimenting, thinking about moving to formula?? Come play!!

Age:

Formula amt per bottle & day:

Solids section:

Comments:

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)?
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)?

[dacora]

Age: 4.5 months

Formula amt per bottle & day: 6oz 5-6x a day

Solids section: We tried pureed apples a few days ago but I don't think she's lost her newborn tongue reflex. We'll try again when she's 5 months.

Comments: DD has been having a nap strike in the afternoons. Been thinking about sleep training her around 5 months just for naps. She does great at night.

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? Underwear and either an oversized t-shirt or tank top depending on temperature.
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)? King-sized tempur-pedic

[sugahcookie01]

Age- 18w

Formula - 30-34 oz per day over four daytime bottles (6-8oz) and one nighttime bottle (2-4oz)

Solids- starting tomorrow with cereal! Ahhhh! Pedi told us based on his size and motor skills she thinks he's ready. Once he's okay with how to swallow from the spoon we will move to actual foods. I plan to make my own because formula is expensive enough!

Comments- H has been sleeping better with the Merlin. I think I still need to sleep train though, esp re:daytime naps. He sleeps all night in his crib but naps? Refuses the crib for the Rock n Play. Ugh. I'm thinking of starting when he's 5m (July 16th).

GTKY: I sleep in yoga pants and a tank top. We have a queen sized bed.

[miniwheat]

Age: 20 weeks

Formula amt per bottle & day: Its going down now. About 28oz a day.

Solids section: 2 to 3 Tbsp of rice cereal

Comments: DS has been eating less, still more than enough but a bit less. With my first this would mean I was sailing into a growth spurt which I think I am too worn out to deal with right now!

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? Pajamas, tank top and shorts. They have to be a matching set too or I will feel annoyed.
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)? It's a queen and its too small. Both DD and DS end up in around 5am most mornings. Poor DH gets kicked out so that is when he has to start his day.

[mmarie]

Age: 20 weeks I think

Formula amt per bottle & day: 5 oz bottles 5-6 times a day. Usually every 2-3 hours during the day and has been sleeping 7pm-6am pretty consistently for a few weeks.

Solids section: 2 tbsp baby oatmeal in the morning between her 1st and 2nd bottle if the day and a small amount of veggies before her last bottle. So far just green beans. She didn't like them at first but now she loves them!

Comments:

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)?clothes depends on the weather. Right now, t shirt and shorts. Winter is sweat pants and t shirt. Our bed is a king with the most glorious pillow top thing that I got on sale at bed bath and beyond. It has like a 4 inch memory foam and them 2 inches of fluffy goodness.

[missys]

Age: 18 weeks 2 days

Formula amt per bottle & day: 6.5 oz 5 or 6 times a day

Solids section: we did rice cereal a few times and just moved on to solids (doing one ingredient foods 4 days in a row 1x a day). He liked sweet potatoes and we tried apples tonight. He didn't seem like a fan so we didn't feed much of that.

Comments: Going to switch to target's generic once we finish the similac gentle. 60% more and costs less? Please let this work out! Lol

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? Usually a shirt and maternity leggings...guys I'm addicted to those still.
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)? I LOVE my bed. It's a king size and my husband bought me a leach co full wraparound pregnancy pillow that I still use. My bed is glorious. Once we put O in his crib (my goal is by August) I will have my entire room back and I'm so excited!

[GeekBeagle]

Age: 16.5 weeks

Formula amt per bottle & day: 3 x 5oz, 2 x 6oz (sometimes one is 7oz) = 27 or 28oz

Solids section: none

Comments: nada

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? boxer shorts and t-shirt
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)? Queen bed. We need a bigger bed, the dogs take up too much space.

[seamonster]

Age: 19 weeks tomorrow (almost 4.5 months)

Formula amt per bottle & day: 2 7oz bottles a day at daycare. A few days he's had a 3rd. Otherwise bf and a 6-8oz bottle of bm at daycare

Solids section: not until 6 months. He likes to sit with us and play with his plastic baby spoon

Comments:

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? Cami and Panama pants
Bonus: what do you sleep in (bed wise)? Queensize with a memory foam mattress topper

[WittyLittle]

Age: 19 weeks? I think? Yes? No?

Formula amt per bottle & day: been told to go to 200ml (almost 7oz?) 4x per day

Solids section: tried peas, carrot, broccoli, rice flour, banana and fruit purree so far. He gets one 'meal' per day.

Comments: I'm finding the switch to 4x per day difficult. If DS doesn't eat much of his 'meal' at 5pm he's hungry and fussing till his last bottle at 8pm

NBR GTKY: what do you sleep in (clothes wise)? H&M's nursing spaghetti strap top (though I stopped breastfeeding weeks ago) because it's really comfy, and some light cotton pj shorts. And this is our bed

[dreemkin]

Age: 4 months and some weeks

Formula amt per bottle & day: about 5 a day now (one or two of those MOTN). 25-30oz.

Solids section: cereal once or twice a day (if I'm not lazy).

Comments: I wish she drops her MOTN feedings soon!

NBR GTKY:
Clothes: ON guys sleep pants (sooo comfy) and big t-shirts

Bed: a really old king bed that we will be replacing soon!! Can't wait for new, adult (aka not mismatched hand-me-downs from college) bedroom furniture! A new mattress is desperately needed too.

[taberbtb]

Age: 21 weeks, 5 months on Wednesday!

Formula amt per bottle & day: 6 x 5oz plus a "top off" bottle at bed. Usually just a few oz

Solids section: Oat & prune cereal once a day. We are feeding about 2 tbsp. How much is everyone else feeding?

Comments: I tried peaches today to try to keep things moving for her and she spent the afternoon throwing up. Not sure if it was the peaches or her awful cold…

GTKY: …nothing! I have a light house coat I throw on if I get up in the night for B. We have a big king size bed and I love it!

[mmarie]

taberbtb we do about 1 tablespoon twice a day. I might up though because she always gets mad when it's gone. Sometimes it's more because I use BM to mix with it and sometimes it comes out of the bag too fast so then I have to put more cereal. The cereal we have been giving her hasn't affected the amount of milk she gets and right now, thats really all her dr cares about.

[taberbtb]

mmarie I was wondering how much I should be giving her? I can never tell because she is one of those babies who will just eat forever. After 2 tbsp she still is opening her mouth for more? She would also suck down 8oz bottles if I let her.

[mmarie]

taberbtb I have an eater too. She just loves it. I saw in another post that you were thinking of waiting but your LO just loves it so much. That's us too. I wanted to do BLW but she was just so interested in what we were eating that I thought we would just do some experimenting. Now I don't think she would let me stop. I swear as soon as she sees me coming with her bowl, she laughs and smiles and gets all excited.

[taberbtb]

Jun 28, 2015 19:59:01 GMT -5 mmarie said:

taberbtb I have an eater too. She just loves it. I saw in another post that you were thinking of waiting but your LO just loves it so much. That's us too. I wanted to do BLW but she was just so interested in what we were eating that I thought we would just do some experimenting. Now I don't think she would let me stop. I swear as soon as she sees me coming with her bowl, she laughs and smiles and gets all excited.

Yep that's us. I really wanted to wait but she loves it! She opens her mouth so eagerly it's like feeding a baby bird.