Formula Fridays 10/23

[dreemkin]

Coming to you from Sunny AZ. Let's talk about our little formula monsters.

Age:

Form amt:

Solids:

Concerns/comments:

NBR GTKY:
_____ is over rated.

_____ is under rated.

[dreemkin]

Age: 8 months

Form amt: 5-6 bottles at 6oz

Solids: we give solids three times a day now. We didn't do anything new this week since we were on vacation. Next on the list is legumes and potatoes and beef maybe. Idk, we'll see.

Concerns/comments: I can't wait to get past the high allergic reaction foods. Eggs are good with her. I'm going to wait to ask pedi at 9 month appointment about trying nuts and seafood/shell fish.

NBR GTKY:
Halloween is over rated. I feel like it's all this hype (the stores go up, the ads for haunted houses...) and on the actual day, it's nbd. At least by me the weather is always crappy and trick or treating is over at like 7pm. I remember it being an all night thing when I was younger.

Sleep is under rated.

Eta: I totally agree about bacon being overrated.

[tortor4]

Age: almost 9 months
Formula amount: still at 6 ounces 4 or 5 times a day
Solids: nothing new. I'm still only doing solids for dinner though. I'm thinking I should start for breakfast and/or lunch too.
Concerns/comments: I get the emails from the bump with weekly baby updates. This week for 37 weeks it said something like if your baby is formula fed they should be at 16-24 ounces a day. 16 sounds like not enough to me, but maybe that's because I should be giving her solids 3 times a day. Thoughts?
GTKY I put off doing this yesterday because I cannot for the life of me think of anything. I'm going to blame the sleep deprivation.

ETA bacon is overrated! Why is bacon on everything a thing now?!

[abseptember]

Oct 24, 2015 14:55:37 GMT -5 tortor4 said:

Age: almost 9 months
Formula amount: still at 6 ounces 4 or 5 times a day
Solids: nothing new. I'm still only doing solids for dinner though. I'm thinking I should start for breakfast and/or lunch too.
Concerns/comments: I get the emails from the bump with weekly baby updates. This week for 37 weeks it said something like if your baby is formula fed they should be at 16-24 ounces a day. 16 sounds like not enough to me, but maybe that's because I should be giving her solids 3 times a day. Thoughts?
GTKY I put off doing this yesterday because I cannot for the life of me think of anything. I'm going to blame the sleep deprivation.

At 9 mths, the recommended amount does go down to 16-24oz. It's also recommended to be doing 3 meals a day at 9 mths. Personally, I would add the second meal now and go to 3 meals by 10 mths. Once at 3 meals, I'd try to keep formula at 20-24 oz. I think at a year the recommendation is 12-20oz milk/formula.... but don't quote me bc I'm going by memory.

[abseptember]

Age- 8 mths
Bottles- about 24-26oz a day.
Solids- 3 meals a day, mix of finger foods and purees
Comments- I am so ready for the spitting up to stop.... I guess I got blessed with 2 very avid spitters... good times...
Under rated- sleep
Over rated- the Cubs until this week

[abseptember]

Oct 24, 2015 11:49:36 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Age: 8 months

Form amt: 5-6 bottles at 6oz

Solids: we give solids three times a day now. We didn't do anything new this week since we were on vacation. Next on the list is legumes and potatoes and beef maybe. Idk, we'll see.

Concerns/comments: I can't wait to get past the high allergic reaction foods. Eggs are good with her. I'm going to wait to ask pedi at 9 month appointment about trying nuts and seafood/shell fish.

NBR GTKY:
_____ is over rated (I'll come back to this one).

Sleep is under rated.

I still haven't tried shellfish with my 3 yo... no reason for not trying, just havent. I want to say that the recommendation is 1 year for both those foods though.

[tortor4]

abseptember ah thank you! I feel stupid for not knowing these things.

[abseptember]

Oct 24, 2015 15:31:40 GMT -5 tortor4 said:

abseptember ah thank you! I feel stupid for not knowing these things.

Don't feel that way! I only know bc these are #2 and 3. And don't worry... I'm sure these recommendations will be different in like 5 yrs anyways

[taberbtb]

Age 8.75m

Bottles: Anywhere from 16-20oz. 4 bottles with 4-5oz

Solids: We are doing 2 meals a day but I hesitate to add in lunch for fear of her taking even less formula?

Comments: I wish I could worry less about DD's intake. I remember at around 4-5m she was taking almost 40oz and I was worried she was over eating. Now I think she's under eating? Sigh.

Under rated - another vote for sleep

Over rated - Trick or treating for littles. I mean come on. DD isn't going to eat any of her candy, and she will never remember. Maybe I'm lazy but I don't want to take her out this year.

[abseptember]

Oct 25, 2015 10:07:51 GMT -5 taberbtb said:

Age 8.75m

Bottles: Anywhere from 16-20oz. 4 bottles with 4-5oz

Solids: We are doing 2 meals a day but I hesitate to add in lunch for fear of her taking even less formula?

Comments: I wish I could worry less about DD's intake. I remember at around 4-5m she was taking almost 40oz and I was worried she was over eating. Now I think she's under eating? Sigh.

Under rated - another vote for sleep

Over rated - Trick or treating for littles. I mean come on. DD isn't going to eat any of her candy, and she will never remember. Maybe I'm lazy but I don't want to take her out this year.

So... I totally love trick or treat for the littles. So cute to see them dressed up.