Formula amt per bottle/day: 6oz bottles. 5 times a day.
Solids share section: Annie does not like the sweet potato puree I made. Going to try banana and avocado (if these foods are too sweet compared to her bitter formula).
Comment corner: nothing really except that she's been such a distracted bottle feeder lately. She even tries to sit up mid feeding...she has serious FOMO.
NBR GTKY: this GTKY was spurred on by a weird compliment I got today. They said my skin was flawless, like a porcelain doll. I've heard this before but I always get really self conscious after hearing it lol.
Formula amt per bottle/day: six 6oz (sometimes the last bottle is only 4 or 5 oz, depending on her last nap and bed time)
Solids share section: none yet
Comment corner: I tried 7oz yesterday to see if she would go a little longer between feeds and it was a disaster. Spit up everywhere and upset tummy with crying. She is still wanting her bottles every 2.5 hours or even 2 hours sometimes. Does anyone else have a baby that eats this frequently? She is staying at about 35oz a day, which our pedi said was fine, but I feel like I'm always giving her a bottle,
NBR GTKY: do you ever get any unusual compliments and what was it about? I don't think it's that unusual, but I get compliments on my skin and my lips a lot. When I was younger the lip complements were definitely creepy at times.
Solids share section: We are doing a combo of purees/BLW. She loves all food! I want to ask at her 6m appt next week about scrambled eggs. I have heard conflicting advice about starting them early. She wants mine so badly in the mornings!
Comments: We have switched to the stage 2 formula and it had made all the difference. We have had a whole week of pooping without tears, and our first poopsplosion yesterday!
GTKY: I got nothing.
emilyz320 no advice. B goes 4-ish hrs between bottles but she did that on her own. We never tried to change her schedule, she just started refusing bottles any more frequently.
emilyz320 I have to push her to go about 4 hours between bottles or she would over eat. A lot of the times holding her and walking around will keep her distracted enough. It's even working at night. We have been at one feeding for the last couple nights (2-3 fussy wake ups though - paci and walking/shushing required).
ETA: if your pedi is okay with it, I wouldn't worry. My pedi said (at her 4 month appointment) he likes to see them go more like 3-4 hour intervals.
Post by toadandbuggie on Jul 31, 2015 14:40:49 GMT -5
DS was breastfed for the first 6 months so I'm new to the formula thing but it seems like he's eating a lot less? He only does 4oz (sometimes even less) every 3-4 hours. I always put 6oz in to see if he would take it and nope. I bought 2nd stage nipples today & hopefully a faster flow means he will eat more. But when I did the math it he was barely reaching 20oz during the day.
Post by toadandbuggie on Jul 31, 2015 14:41:15 GMT -5
^ Just jealous of everybody that has good eaters because mine seems like he could take it or leave it and only remembers he wants a bottle when I put it in his face!
Post by abseptember on Jul 31, 2015 14:49:00 GMT -5
Age- 5 mth, 3 weeks
Bottles- 4-5oz, about 35 oz/day
Solids- Just at dinner, they've liked everything except prunes so far.
Comments- I mentioned a few weeks back about the boys possibly needing helmets. For now, E is looking pretty good so we are going to watch him. G will be getting one. His head is improving but still super flat due to overriding plates from lack of space while inside. I'm ok with it, I'd prefer not to do it, but it is a sure way to get his head rounded out and I don't want him to have a funky head forever.
DS was breastfed for the first 6 months so I'm new to the formula thing but it seems like he's eating a lot less? He only does 4oz (sometimes even less) every 3-4 hours. I always put 6oz in to see if he would take it and nope. I bought 2nd stage nipples today & hopefully a faster flow means he will eat more. But when I did the math it he was barely reaching 20oz during the day.
My DD was like this. It was always a struggle to get enough food in her. I BF her for 3 mths, EP for an additional 6 mths, and then switched to formula for 3 mths. She was gaining fine but barely meeting the minimum requirements for food. That said she is totally normal sized and has been a great eater of real food since the beginning.... and she still isn't a big drinker of anything- milk, water, juice. So it's just her. As long as your guy is gaining,try not to stress!
Post by abseptember on Jul 31, 2015 14:57:10 GMT -5
Emilyz320 my guys also eat about 35 oz a day. They generally go about 3 hrs bt bottles. Sometimes 2.5 and sometimes 3.5 hrs during the day, just depends how the schedule falls for the day. If they are tired, but I know they will short nap bc they are hungry and due for a bottle mid-nap, I'll offer a smaller bottle before their nap. If she is hungry and not overeating, then just keep doing what you are doing, but it is ok to try to stretch out the time bt bottles too.
emilyz320 I have to push her to go about 4 hours between bottles or she would over eat. A lot of the times holding her and walking around will keep her distracted enough. It's even working at night. We have been at one feeding for the last couple nights (2-3 fussy wake ups though - paci and walking/shushing required).
ETA: if your pedi is okay with it, I wouldn't worry. My pedi said (at her 4 month appointment) he likes to see them go more like 3-4 hour intervals.
Ugh I wish I could push it! She gets hysterical. It's usually 2.5 hours in between... I can't even get her to go 3 most of the time.
Formula amt per bottle/day: offering 7 oz 5x a day but decreased eating from teething and a very distracted eater
Solids share section: 2oz at dinner. Moved up to the stage 2 foods and gerber still purees them so O is doing well!
Comment corner: his new thing is to shake his head back and forth while eating. When do they start holding their own bottles?
NBR GTKY: supersonic sense of hearing. Being a teacher there are things I hear and answer and my kids look at me impressed and bewildered that I even heard them. It's a blessing and a curse, there are some things you can't unhear from high schoolers.
DS was breastfed for the first 6 months so I'm new to the formula thing but it seems like he's eating a lot less? He only does 4oz (sometimes even less) every 3-4 hours. I always put 6oz in to see if he would take it and nope. I bought 2nd stage nipples today & hopefully a faster flow means he will eat more. But when I did the math it he was barely reaching 20oz during the day.
My DD was like this. It was always a struggle to get enough food in her. I BF her for 3 mths, EP for an additional 6 mths, and then switched to formula for 3 mths. She was gaining fine but barely meeting the minimum requirements for food. That said she is totally normal sized and has been a great eater of real food since the beginning.... and she still isn't a big drinker of anything- milk, water, juice. So it's just her. As long as your guy is gaining,try not to stress!
He's gaining fine but he's always been on the smaller side (4th percentile). I think the stage 2 nipple really helped - maybe he was getting tired of having to put so much effort in to suck. He would normally fall asleep and I would have to keep moving the bottle around like a newborn to get him to drink. But since the stage 2 nipple he's pretty much finished all the 6oz bottles. Hooray!
missys, what kind of Gerber 2nd stage purees has DS tried? I'm thinking about going and picking A up some today.
Corn and sweet potatoes, banana plum and grape, and banana orange medley so far. They are also twice the size of stage ones so we divide them into a tiny plastic container for the next day. We're going to try these next!
Formula amt per bottle/day: 6 oz 5 times a day (+ or - a few ounces depending upon how much she liked her solids that day)
Solids share section: still doing a purée at lunch (loves prunes, sweet potatoes, carrots and squash), and fruit mixed into her oatmeal around dinner time (pears, apples, bananas, mango). She tried avacado, watermelon and cantelope this week too. I'm going to get her a mesh feeder and some level 2 purée this weekend.
Comment corner: love my new bibs that @holachica recommended!
NBR GTKY: do you ever get any unusual compliments and what was it about? I'm 6 feet tall.... So I always get--wow, your tall. Did you play ball?
missys B is more than capable of holding her own bottle now. She has done it twice but has since given up on trying. I have a friend who's 11 month old refuses to even try.
Age:5.5 months Formula amt per bottle/day:2 7oz bottles at daycare
Solids share section:2 more weeks to go, but will probably start a few days shy of 6 months. I've got lots of food prepared and in the freezer.
Comment corner: DS has figured out how to get the size 1 nipples to flow faster by grabbing onto the bottle and squirming down. DH was having trouble fighting to pacefeed him and now I can only imagine the trouble he gives while feeding at daycare.
NBR GTKY: do you ever get any unusual compliments and what was it about? My coworkers would always comment on how hands on and mechanically inclined I was for having a PhD. I guess not that many PhDs at my company had to MacGyver parts of their research equipment.
emilyz320 I have to push her to go about 4 hours between bottles or she would over eat. A lot of the times holding her and walking around will keep her distracted enough. It's even working at night. We have been at one feeding for the last couple nights (2-3 fussy wake ups though - paci and walking/shushing required).
ETA: if your pedi is okay with it, I wouldn't worry. My pedi said (at her 4 month appointment) he likes to see them go more like 3-4 hour intervals.
Ugh I wish I could push it! She gets hysterical. It's usually 2.5 hours in between... I can't even get her to go 3 most of the time.
DS eats every 2 to 3 hours during the day regardless of it being formula or breastmilk. If you're worried about overfeeding, you can reduce the bottle size and adopt pace feeding so she feels fuller on the smaller amount at the end of the feed. She'll still be hungry at the normal time. I think some kids are born snackers.
Post by abseptember on Aug 2, 2015 14:29:47 GMT -5
This has nothing to do with feeding but teething SUCKS! G has 3 teeth and is about to pop 3 more. E has 0 but is about to pop his first 2. Help me! Where's the wine?!?!
Ugh I wish I could push it! She gets hysterical. It's usually 2.5 hours in between... I can't even get her to go 3 most of the time.
DS eats every 2 to 3 hours during the day regardless of it being formula or breastmilk. If you're worried about overfeeding, you can reduce the bottle size and adopt pace feeding so she feels fuller on the smaller amount at the end of the feed. She'll still be hungry at the normal time. I think some kids are born snackers.
Yea I think this is just her! I have tried so many things to stretch out the feedings. We do (mostly) paced feeding and are using a level 1 nipple still. I'm guessing it will get better only when her tummy can handle bigger bottles. We were giving her 4oz, then 5oz , but she was finishing them and either crying for more, or getting hungry again an hour later.
Post by mrsclark731 on Aug 3, 2015 10:03:19 GMT -5
I'm an idiot and didn't see the nipple size question in the post above mine
I'm using Avent bottles and they say the size 3 nipple is for 3+ months and size 4 is for 6+ months. She isn't collapsing the size 3 yet, so I'll stick with it for a while longer I suppose.
I'm an idiot and didn't see the nipple size question in the post above mine
I'm using Avent bottles and they say the size 3 nipple is for 3+ months and size 4 is for 6+ months. She isn't collapsing the size 3 yet, so I'll stick with it for a while longer I suppose.
Does collapsing mean they need a bigger size? DS does it all the time but I thought it was the way he sucked the bottle.
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