Formula Friday (7/10)

[miniwheat]

I am going to post this for dreemkin this week!

Age:

Formula amount/bottles a day:

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving):

Comment section:

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

[mrsclark731]

I think I get to go here now

19 weeks (born 2/24)

3-4 6oz bottles a day, 2 7oz bottles

About 2+ (I stopped measuring after the first week) tablespoons of oatmeal once per day. Last week we started mixing in a single fruit. Last week bananas, this week pear.

I wanted to be a doctor. Too bad you have to be good at science for that

[miniwheat]

Age: 22 weeks

Formula amount/bottles a day: We are going down. 4 or 5 6oz bottles a day. Somewhere between 24 and 30oz

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): Once for dinner, 3 tbsp of cereal and 1 tbsp of veggies. Right now only sweet potato or prunes if be is a big backed up.

Comment section: Nah.

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a stay home mom. Not a stay home mom full time, but I do get to take a year off per baby so I do get to experience it.

[jensoprano82]

Age: 24 weeks

Formula/oz/day: 5 oz 6 times a day. Lately he's been trying to drop his last evening feed so I may need to switch to 6oz 5x instead

Solids: Little man wants ALL the solids. He gets once a day. We've done oatmeal, sweet potato, cherries, green beans, carrots (his new fav) I also got one of those netted pacifier looking things where you can put melon in and let them chew. Haven't tried it yet though but if we're at a restaurant with cantaloupe I let him gum it and he loves it

Comments: how long do we keep burping them?

GTKY: I was absolutely sure I was going to be a large animal veterinarian. (Nope!)

[taberbtb]

Age: 22 weeks

Formula amount/bottles a day: 5 x 6oz, one of those is still MOTN. She has a hard time finishing 6oz so I am hesitant to cut out the night bottle incase she doesn't make it up during the day.

Solids: This week we have done 1/4 banana or some dry toast crusts for breakfast and 2 tbsp of cereal at dinner.

Comment section: B has really dropped off her daytime feeds. I think she was just trying to space them out a bit more but for awhile it seemed like she was on an eating strike. I think we have things figured out now though.

GTKY: I also wanted to be a SAHM. Once B was born I started realizing I may now be cut out for it. I am back to work 2 days a week and think that's a good balance for me right now.

[WittyLittle]

I am going to post this for dreemkin this week!

Age: 5 months the day after tomorrow! Sniff!

Formula amount/bottles a day: 4x 7oz per day (last bottle is with rice cereal)

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): 150-200g of veggies. If he doesn't like the taste I let him eat some fruit.

Comment section: He just doesn't seem satisfied with the veggie portions even if he's eaten all of it. Andplusalso where are you guys feeding? DS started hating eating in his swing, btu he throws up when I put him in the bumbo. I've put him in that cheap ikea highchair that they have at restaurants and he loves it, but he gets tired after about 10 mins.

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
It changed every week! Dancer, archeologist, pilot, doctor.

[missys]

Age: 4 1/2 months

Formula amount/bottles a day: 6.5oz 5x a day. One is MOTN and just like taberbtb I hesitate to drop it because he's not making it up during the day. Anyone else have insight here?

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): about 1 oz at dinner time. We've done sweet potatoes, squash, apples, green beans, and carrots which he loves too jensoprano82 ! We also got the netted food thing...do you think if I froze baby food in an ice cube tray and put it in there it would work? I'm afraid it will melt all over him and I should stick to the melon idea mentioned.

Comment section: those doing solids, are your LOs more gassy? O has been a tooting machine and getting uncomfortable sometimes where we've needed gas drops it seems at least once a day.

I've continued to burp after the bottle but like I've mentioned he seems more gassy.

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher. I forced my little sister to play school with me. I love what I do.

[miniwheat]

jensoprano82, I have stopped for about 6 weeks now? He can clear his own burps now pretty well so I backed off.
taberbtb, You are in Canada right? <--You don't have to answer that! 

[emilyz320]

Age: almost 4.5 months

Formula amount/bottles a day: we were doing 7-8 4oz bottles, playing around with switching to some 5oz and 6oz bottles

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): none yet

Comment section: how often are your babies eating, and when did you start giving more oz? We always did 4oz (Started formula around 2mo) bottles because dd is the spit up queen. But, I am getting really tired of feeding her every 2-2.5 hours. Sometimes it hasn't even been 2 hours and she wants more. I have done some 5oz bottles and some 6oz bottles but any time I've done it consistently she gets constipated. My pedi said 4oz bottles was fine but I would love for her to go longer stretches. Some days the spit up is better and some days it's awful.



I still burp but dd is pretty gassy.

GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? An artist or a writer.

[abseptember]

Age 5 mths

bottles- I have to admit I'm getting bad at paying attention. 4-6oz bottles, ? ×/day. The smaller bottles are before naps when it hasn't been 3 hrs but I don't want them to short nap me bc of hunger. 6oz is before bed if the timing works out that they are due for a bigger bottle.

Solids- a few tbsp at dinner- haven't tried much. E spit up his carrots all over my rug which was amazing thankfully it came out. Both seem to like food but I'm sticking with light colors!

Gtky- a vet or a nurse

[abseptember]

Jul 10, 2015 15:22:30 GMT -5 emilyz320 said:

Age: almost 4.5 months

Formula amount/bottles a day: we were doing 7-8 4oz bottles, playing around with switching to some 5oz and 6oz bottles

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): none yet

Comment section: how often are your babies eating, and when did you start giving more oz? We always did 4oz (Started formula around 2mo) bottles because dd is the spit up queen. But, I am getting really tired of feeding her every 2-2.5 hours. Sometimes it hasn't even been 2 hours and she wants more. I have done some 5oz bottles and some 6oz bottles but any time I've done it consistently she gets constipated. My pedi said 4oz bottles was fine but I would love for her to go longer stretches. Some days the spit up is better and some days it's awful.



I still burp but dd is pretty gassy.

GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? An artist or a writer.

My boys are huge spitters too. Doesn't matter how much they are fed. Some days are worse here too.... Im so ready for this stage to end!

[mmarie]

Age:5 months and 6 Days

Formula amount/bottles a day:3 6oz bottles and 2 5 oz bottles

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving):she gets about 2 tbsp of baby oatmeal in the morning and a veggie at supper. We have done green beans, squash and peas so far. Squash is her favorite!

Comments:nope

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when grew up?: I have always wanted to be a nurse or a teacher.

[mmarie]

Jul 10, 2015 14:37:24 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

Age: 24 weeks

Formula/oz/day: 5 oz 6 times a day. Lately he's been trying to drop his last evening feed so I may need to switch to 6oz 5x instead

Solids: Little man wants ALL the solids. He gets once a day. We've done oatmeal, sweet potato, cherries, green beans, carrots (his new fav) I also got one of those netted pacifier looking things where you can put melon in and let them chew. Haven't tried it yet though but if we're at a restaurant with cantaloupe I let him gum it and he loves it

Comments: how long do we keep burping them?

GTKY: I was absolutely sure I was going to be a large animal veterinarian. (Nope!)

I want to get one of those mesh things for DD to play with!

As far as burping goes, we have always burped her sitting up kinda bent over. Now all I have to do is bend her over and she generally gets her burp out that way. Otherwise I do still burp her because if she doesn't, she gets spitty.

[mmarie]

Jul 10, 2015 14:51:27 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

I am going to post this for dreemkin this week!

Age: 5 months the day after tomorrow! Sniff!

Formula amount/bottles a day: 4x 7oz per day (last bottle is with rice cereal)

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): 150-200g of veggies. If he doesn't like the taste I let him eat some fruit.

Comment section: He just doesn't seem satisfied with the veggie portions even if he's eaten all of it. Andplusalso where are you guys feeding? DS started hating eating in his swing, btu he throws up when I put him in the bumbo. I've put him in that cheap ikea highchair that they have at restaurants and he loves it, but he gets tired after about 10 mins.

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
It changed every week! Dancer, archeologist, pilot, doctor.

DD loves her highchair. She will just sit in it and play sometimes.she likes seeing the world up high! She also always wants more food! She just loves it. When it's gone I get the saddest little pouty face.

[GeekBeagle]

Age: 18.5 weeks (4 months, 1 week)

Formula amount/bottles a day: 5oz x 3, 6oz x 2 = 27oz

Solids (amount, times a day, what you're giving): None until 6 months

Comments: We've been on the same amount for a long time now, but lately DS is having a hard time finishing bottles. Daycare has even mentioned it. Like he only took 3oz from a bottle yesterday. And he's going extra long between his first and second feeds, sometimes 5-6 hours. Oh, and daycare said it's sometimes taking him 30 min to finish a bottle, which usually takes 10. Is this similar to your eating strike taberbtb?

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when grew up?: A veterinarian, but then I decided medical stuff grosses me out and I didn't want to deal with dying animals.

[taberbtb]

jensoprano82 like PP I just sit B up after her bottle and she seems to burp herself

WittyLittle we always feed in her high chair at the table

missys B is sometimes gassy but I know lots of times it's from what she's eating.

miniwheat yes I am in Ontario

emilyz320 I started giving B more when she would drain the bottle and whine for more. She has also battled constipation since switching her to formula at 2m. I was ok'd by her Dr to offer diluted prune juice as needed and it seemed to help but now she's started solids I try to feed one of the "P" foods when I notice her crying and straining to poop.

[taberbtb]

I am going to put this in a second post because it was getting quite lengthy.

GeekBeagle that sounds very similar. DD was also screaming if I tried to force the bottle after the first 2-3oz. I fought with her for a week, had her ears checked, but everything was fine. I ended up switching from the slow flow nipples up to medium, and just quit trying to feed her unless she was actually wanted it. The first couple days she went 5-6hrs a few times and still only took 4oz but she regulated herself out to every 4hrs and 6oz most feeds. I offer 6 and in the afternoons she will leave 1 or 1.5 but otherwise she's pretty regular now. Does he still feed MOTN or STTN?

[missys]

emilyz320 my O eats every 3 hours like clockwork. Our pedi said at his 2 month appointment we could bump him up to 5-6 oz in hopes of less feedings at night. At his 4 month appointment she said we could go up to 7 oz. Each time we bump up his amounts we go up only 1/2 an ounce at a time. When he takes it down well and consistently drinks it all without problems for a week we can then bump it up that final 1/2 ounce. We are still doing 6.5 now but I have a feeling we will try 7 oz next week as he's eating 6.5 like a champ.

[GeekBeagle]

taberbtb He STTN.

[taberbtb]

Jul 10, 2015 20:05:48 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

taberbtb He STTN.

I was just curious if night feeds were screwing up his schedule but obviously not.

[dacora]

Age: 5 months today!

Formula amount/bottles a day: 6oz 4x 7oz 1x (before bed)

Solids (amount, times a day, what your giving): none yet, I think we're going to try again soon though. Last time we tried a few weeks ago she just didn't seem interested.

Comment section: Nothing much to say.

NBR GTKY: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Paleontologist, Zoo Keeper, and then Writer. I'm still sort of working on that last one.

[anchovies]

Age: 4.75 months or something close to that

Formula: finally dropped a full bottle! Most days it's dropped by 2 bottles but we had two MOTN feeds this week to make 6. So mostly four 6oz bottles and one 8oz at bedtime. We had to run out and buy pampers baby dry diapers for bedtime Bc the first 8oz bottle caused a MOTN pee fest all over him.

Solids: he hasn't had any this week. He was sick with a bad cold and didn't want solids. I backed off and will try again today or tomorrow. So far he loves when I mix formula, rice cereal and sweet potatoes! I call it his sweet potato porridge. We grid carrots but he didn't like the first trial, but again he wasn't feeling well. I made and froze more sweet potatoes, carrots and beets.

Comment: we went up to level 2 Dr Brown nipples. I'm annoyed Bc target only had 3 packs and I went back 5 or 6 days later and they still didn't have anymore. Stupid, but it's annoying nonetheless.

GTKY: I wanted to be a vet also! And before I decided on being a pharmacist, I was dead set on studying abroad and teaching secondary French education. Life would've been so different!