Formula Fridays 7/17

[dreemkin]

Hey howdy hey! It's that time of the week again. Let's talk about our formula eating monsters.

Age:

Amt/bottle & bottles/day:

Solids section:

Share section (comments/concerns):

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom?

[toadandbuggie]

Age: 6 Months in a week

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: I am still 'weaning' per-say, but he is mostly FF. I give him 6oz bottles but most of the time he only takes in 4-5oz and it's about 4-5 times a day. BF at night

Solids section: I've been not consistent with giving him solids at all. But he's had a bunch of solids such as sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, oatmeal. Now I am not working I am going to come up with a better schedule to be more consistent.

Share section (comments/concerns):

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? They are light pink from the previous owners. I hate it. We actually just bought a beautiful gray to paint but haven't painted yet. The previous owners of our house LOVED to paint EVERYTHING including trim the same color in each bedroom. So our bedroom is a hideous light pink everywhere with maroon carpet, and before we did LO's room, it was a light blue and dark blue carpet. They painted everything the same color... it was super frustrating painting the trim white again and the inside of the closet and door!

[missys]

Age: 5 months tomorrow!

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 7oz 5x a day

Solids section: he wasn't a big fan of peas last night but he is such a good eater! We all sit down at dinner and he has about 2 oz of food a day at this time. He loves carrots!

Share section (comments/concerns): is anyone's baby sleeping on their tummy? I know we aren't supposed to for the first year or so but LO has the past few nights. The Dr. Sears website says it is ok but, ya know, FTM worries.

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? Light blue. I love it!

[missys]

toadandbuggie they painted the inside of the closet? That seems like such a waste of time and paint!!

[toadandbuggie]

missys, YEAH! And inside the window trim and basically every single surface.

[miniwheat]

Age: I don't even know.. 23 weeks I think.

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 5 - 6oz bottles per day

Solids section: He is a solids tank. If I kept shovelling it in he would keep eating it. Right now he is at 3 tbsp of cereal and 3 tbsp of veggies. We have only had sweet potatoes and butternut squash.

Share section (comments/concerns):

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? Grey.

[WittyLittle]

Age: uhhhhh. 5 months and 5 days

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 4x 7oz bottles per day

Solids section: garbage disposal He'll eat pretty much anything but doesn't like anything with texture just yet. He'll still eat it though. Piggy :-P We feed him solds 1x per day

Share section (comments/concerns): for once, nothing! Waheyyy!

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? Grey.
Off white. We move a lot, and I was so darn tired of having to paint the walls white again every time that we just kept them as they are.

[GeekBeagle]

Age: 19.5 weeks (~4.5 months)

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 2 x 6oz, 3x 5oz

Solids section: None until 6 months.

Share section (comments/concerns): What nipple flow speed are you all using? We're on level 2, but I wonder if I should move him to a 3.

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? Also grey.

[taberbtb]

Age: 5.5 months/23w

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 5x 6oz

Solids: We are doing a combo of BLW & purees. Usually 1/4 of a banana and a bit of toast in the am and oatmeal with prunes at dinner. She loves texture and spits back out anything pureed, but will gobble down as much "real food" I give her.

Share section: as our babies approach 6 months, is anybody considering moving to stage 2 formula? I am going to ask at our 6m appt in 2 weeks, but the enfamil A+2 is lower iron and I'm hoping it will help her constipation.

GTKY: A light gray/blue shade. It was hideous plaster & wallpaper when we moved in but we finally changed it when we did a full reno upstairs a couple of years ago.

[taberbtb]

toadandbuggie who paints like that? First off, it's hideous, second, who has that kind of time?!

miniwheat yay for your DS being a good little eater!
missys B has slept on her tummy since we took her out of the Merlin suit and she put herself there. Is was definitely nerve-wracking at first but now I am better with it. She just started the last 2 weeks sleeping on her tummy with her bum in the air. So cute!

@massybaby how is it going with just the 4 bottles?

GeekBeagle how is the eating strike going?

[GeekBeagle]

taberbtb Better. He's been finishing the entire bottle again, so that's good. But sometimes he'll play with the bottle and not really eat until we try again later.

[mrsclark731]

Age: 20 weeks

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 6oz x 4 a day and 8oz x 1 day

Solids section: she eats her oatmeal mixed with fruit (bananas, apple or pear she surprisingly hates peaches) once a day and we've been trying different kinds of baby food every couple days. So far, she LOVES sweet potatoes and is just ok with squash. We are going to try carrots next.

Share section (comments/concerns): I'm finding it harder and harder to burp her. anyone else?

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? The walls and ceiling are a light blue grey. We have a large tray ceiling and the inside walls are painted black and the ceiling inside the tray is red. We had the BEST painter and the bedroom paint was his recommendation. It is badass and everyone who sees it says something about the cool paint.

[amy2383]

mrsclark731 hiring a painter is the way to go! It saved my husband and I from a lot of fights.

[emilyz320]

Age: 4.5 months

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 6 5oz bottles plus 1oz prune juice/1oz water every morning . She is doing well with the 5 as long as we give prune juice to help with her constipation. Might try 6oz next week

Solids section: none yet. Gave her a fingerful of avocado yesterday for fun and she pushed it out with her tongue

Share section (comments/concerns):
@missys dd sleeps on her belly sometimes. She puts herself there. I think it's ok but I still check her breathing.
GeekBeagle dd is still on level 1. We tried level 2 and she was too gassy.
mrsclark731 yes it is faking longer for us to get burps and sometimes she doesn't burp

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? White with dark blue trim. We rent so we just left what was there

[abseptember]

Age-5 mths, 1 week
Bottles- 5oz ?×/day yep I'm a failure, I don't pay attention anymore.
Solids- Just at dinner. They've loved everything so far except regular potatoes. It's kinda funny but the one not being fed cries when it's the other ones turn. Total food envy... hahaha!
Comments- We use stage 2 nipples. They are doing good with it so I'm not planning on switching to next level up until there's an issue.
Both boys sleep on their stomachs.... so cute!
Anyone still have a spitter? I am so ready for this to end!
Not food related, but anyone else's LO being considered for a helmet? I have to take both boys to the head shape program on the 28th and see what they think. I think one will be fine now that he rolls and sleeps on tummy. The other was born with overriding plates that aren't resolving very quickly and I think the problem started in utero.... out of space

gtky- medium blue/gray... love it

[emilyz320]

abseptember dd is a spitter too. I am so done with it.

[dreemkin]

Age: 5 month and some change

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: about 5 6oz bottles.

Solids section: oatmeal 2 (or one if I'm lazy) times a day.

Share section (comments/concerns): Anna is still waking up 2 times to eat at night. So you think I should start weening/CIO down to 1? Even if we feed her (early) right before bed, it's like clockwork: 12-1 and 5ish.

NBR GTKY: we haven't painted since we moved in yet so they are a boring tan color. We are thinking of doing an earthy grey. Can't wait to start looking at colors!

[dreemkin]

Jul 17, 2015 8:18:15 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

Age: 19.5 weeks (~4.5 months)

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: 2 x 6oz, 3x 5oz

Solids section: None until 6 months.

Share section (comments/concerns): What nipple flow speed are you all using? We're on level 2, but I wonder if I should move him to a 3.

NBR GTKY: What color walls do you have in your bedroom? Also grey.

We're on size two nipples but she's getting a little distracted now. I wonder if I should go up too...

[dreemkin]

abseptember no experience with a helmet but good luck! Hopefully there is still time to correct itself.

[dreemkin]

mrsclark731 I can only get a burp about 50% of the time now. If she doesn't, then I hear her fart it out later.

[emilyz320]

dreemkin dd had the exact same wake times. I started offering the paci the first time and eventually she started taking it. Now she only wakes up at 5.

[abseptember]

Jul 18, 2015 8:46:13 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Age: 5 month and some change

Amt/bottle & bottles/day: about 5 6oz bottles.

Solids section: oatmeal 2 (or one if I'm lazy) times a day.

Share section (comments/concerns): Anna is still waking up 2 times to eat at night. So you think I should start weening/CIO down to 1? Even if we feed her (early) right before bed, it's like clockwork: 12-1 and 5ish.

NBR GTKY: we haven't painted since we moved in yet so they are a boring tan color. We are thinking of doing an earthy grey. Can't wait to start looking at colors!

We are dealing with wake up issues too. The boys pedi said at least 6 hrs bt feedings for the 1st sleep cycle. I've been sticking with that and several nights I have to leave them to whine/fuss it out. They were making it till 7-9 hrs so I do think these earlier wake ups are becoming habits. No advice... just I know it sucks!

[missys]

dreemkin I'm still getting up to let him eat because I don't think he's getting enough during the day. He will range from 4-5 6oz bottles during the day depending on when he wakes up and if I cut one out I feel like then he's not eating the recommended amount. But then again I'm only doing one MOTN feeding, not 2.

To anyone who can answer- Are we still supposed to go by the 2.5 oz per pound ruling? I'm just afraid he's not getting enough

[mrsclark731]

missys, that's a good question. I told the pedi at her 4 month appointment that she was getting between 27-30 oz a day and she said the minimum would be 20? She weighed 18 lbs at that appointment. I wasn't concerned with it at the time but I'd like to know what's suggested and why.

Also--DD collapsed a nipple twice this morning on me. Anyone buy size 3 nipples yet?