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Dec 13, 2015 21:08:35 GMT -5 @wwprestige said:

Dec 13, 2015 19:54:31 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

How many times a day are your LO's eating solids? And how much are they eating at a time?

We're on week 2 and only feeding a solid 1x per day. We've only tried bananas, avocado, and sweet potato. She seems to be experiencing more digestive issues with solids, so we will go slow and steady until we're over that hump.

. We are only doing once-twice a day. Ali is still mostly just playing with the food and she still pushes a lot of it out with her tongue.

[carolyngrace]

Dec 13, 2015 21:18:06 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

We're also giving solids once per day, usually half an ounce worth. So far I made sweet potato myself and avocado, but we gave the organic jarred food when offering peas, carrots, apple, and pears.

Does anyone else give jar baby food? I feel like it's anothe mommy fail, like giving formula instead of breastfeeding. Just ordered the baby beaba steamer/blender to make our own purees.

I'm doing jars and I don't even work full-time

DB seems to like them better, and I have enough other shit to worry about! haha

[holliberry28]

Glad to know I'm not alone on this one!

I also just ordered another sleep book. I think, obsessed . Lol.

[holliberry28]

Dec 13, 2015 21:29:42 GMT -5 budders said:

I have a formula question. I have been struggling to produce enough BM when pumping recently and plan to begin supplementing with formula. I had MIL give formula when H and I went out tonight, and she ended up giving him 6 oz in a sitting. This is a huge amount for BM, but is it a big deal for formula? If I am supplementing one bottle a day, how many oz of formula should I give?

Right now we give M 6 oz per bottle, 5 bottles per day. So I think that's fine.

[carolyngrace]

Dec 13, 2015 21:29:42 GMT -5 budders said:

I have a formula question. I have been struggling to produce enough BM when pumping recently and plan to begin supplementing with formula. I had MIL give formula when H and I went out tonight, and she ended up giving him 6 oz in a sitting. This is a huge amount for BM, but is it a big deal for formula? If I am supplementing one bottle a day, how many oz of formula should I give?

The whole "too much" breast milk is still a total mind fuck for me. I remember when DB was 4 months and the babysitter was giving him 6oz at a time and people said that was a ton. But guess what? He still gets that much, if not more, in a sitting, and he doesn't appear to have any negative effects... no tummy aches, spitting up, unusual weight gain... 

ANYWAY.. I supplement with formula one or two bottles a day and we do 4 or 6oz depending on how long it's been since he ate last. Also, since formula is so quick to mix up, you could always do 4 and then make more if he still seems hungry. 

TLDR: I don't think 6oz is too much.

[carolyngrace]

Dec 13, 2015 21:31:27 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

Glad to know I'm not alone on this one!

I also just ordered another sleep book. I think, obsessed . Lol.

Is it not getting better?? I don't want to piss off the sleep gods, but Oscar is finally waking up 1-2 times/night more than he's waking up 3-4 times/night... I was hoping others were improving as well!

[holliberry28]

Dec 13, 2015 21:35:01 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Dec 13, 2015 21:31:27 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

Glad to know I'm not alone on this one!

I also just ordered another sleep book. I think, obsessed . Lol.

Is it not getting better?? I don't want to piss off the sleep gods, but Oscar is finally waking up 1-2 times/night more than he's waking up 3-4 times/night... I was hoping others were improving as well!

We went back to Ferber and have been back to 7-5 for last week or so. Naps and early mornings are another story though, but I'm not complaining.

[silv3rlining]

So far feeding solids 1x/day usually 2-2.5 oz of either veggie or fruit puree ("jarred" if you will). I've let her try a few foods (a la BLW style) but she has a harder time with it than DS did. She is very quick to snatched the spoon from me though so I don't see purees lasting very long. She is 6 months but we just started the week before she turned 6 months. I know the ped for DS said 3 meals at that point gut I think you just do what you're comfortable with. We may add a 2nd "meal" soon since LO loves food. But I'm trying to let her digestive system figure it out.

[carolyngrace]

Dec 13, 2015 21:55:46 GMT -5 budders said:

Dec 13, 2015 21:33:38 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

The whole "too much" breast milk is still a total mind fuck for me. I remember when DB was 4 months and the babysitter was giving him 6oz at a time and people said that was a ton. But guess what? He still gets that much, if not more, in a sitting, and he doesn't appear to have any negative effects... no tummy aches, spitting up, unusual weight gain... 

ANYWAY.. I supplement with formula one or two bottles a day and we do 4 or 6oz depending on how long it's been since he ate last. Also, since formula is so quick to mix up, you could always do 4 and then make more if he still seems hungry. 

TLDR: I don't think 6oz is too much.

To me, 6 oz of BM is too much because I have to produce it. It's more than half of what I pump in a day. I can produce about 3 oz per pump on a good day, which is supposed to replace a feeding for him, so if he's eating more than that in a sitting I can't keep up.

He'll be getting the formula at daycare, so I'll tell her to start with 4 oz and go from there.

Ah, yeah, I haven't been able to pump close to what he drinks during the day in a LONG time. I pump about 6oz at work and he has about 3 times that much. Hence why we started adding formula a while back. But my "stash" from the first couple months lasted quite a while!

Also, I found a lot of pressure was relieved when I started supplementing formula. It made me feel less anxious about pumping/producing. Hope it goes well for you too.

[musicfrk2002]

Dec 13, 2015 21:27:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Dec 13, 2015 21:18:06 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

We're also giving solids once per day, usually half an ounce worth. So far I made sweet potato myself and avocado, but we gave the organic jarred food when offering peas, carrots, apple, and pears.

Does anyone else give jar baby food? I feel like it's anothe mommy fail, like giving formula instead of breastfeeding. Just ordered the baby beaba steamer/blender to make our own purees.

I'm doing jars and I don't even work full-time

DB seems to like them better, and I have enough other shit to worry about! haha

+1

[musicfrk2002]

We are very inconsistent with J eating solids, mostly because I'm at work in the evenings and H won't feed him purees alone due to the mess.

So when you feed them in the morning with oatmeal/cereal, are you feeding that as their first meal? Or after they have a bottle/nurse? When we feed J we have been feeding about an hour before bedtime, so he eats, goes straight into the bath, then by the time he is dried off and dressed, he eats a bottle, then goes to bed about half an hour later.

[stinybean]

musicfrk2002 we feed in the morning right in the middle of the first 2 bottles, that way she's not too full from the first bottle and will still take the second. So if her first bottle is at 9, then we give her food at 1030-11, then her next bottle is at 12.

@holliberry we're using jarred food too. I didn't see the point in making food if I didn't know if she'd like it or if she was allergic to it. Over my Christmas break I think I'll start making some.

[erbear]

So far we're feeding once a day, although we might throw in a second morning feeding. She'll get oatmeal in the AM and her veggie/fruit at night. She's only eating an ounce right now and maybe 2 teaspoons of oatmeal, and we feed her after I nurse her.

I have jarred food/pouches and I make food. So far, veggies are easy to make, but fruits will be difficult since I hate peeling things and really, who wants to peel and boil and then mash apples/pears? Meh. Gimme a jar!

[silv3rlining]

musicfrk2002 at this point you should be offering solids after BM/formula. I usually try to do it an hour after. But they're still supposed to get their main calories/nutrition from BM/formula so giving bottles first helps maintain that. As they reach closer to 1 year it will flip flop and they'll eat before getting BM/formula and their intake of that will decrease

[Widget123]

Dec 14, 2015 8:53:03 GMT -5 carrots said:

On the topic of the 3 day rule...how long are we supposed to follow this? This is clearly not possible once we move beyond purees/single ingredient foods so is it really necessary?

I think a lot of people aren't following this as much now.  I may wait until certain ages to wait to introduce certain foods, but I have no family history of allergies to kinds of things that are generally found in purees so I'm not too worried about them

[Widget123]

Dec 14, 2015 8:51:44 GMT -5 carrots said:

Widget123 , we had a long discussion with our pediatrician about this at W's 4 mo appt. She said that yes the research is indicating that early exposure is good, the research showing to start peanut butter at 4 months relates to giving a baby the exact same amount of PB on a very consistent schedule and that any missteps could negate the effort. Based on that, we decided it's not worth the effort and will add PB to his diet around 8-9 months.

Yeah, there is no way I am going to feed peanut butter on a consistent schedule.  I've previously heard about early exposure to pet dander on a regular basis to prevent future pet allergies and that one seems more practical.

[billyhorrible]

Dec 14, 2015 8:53:03 GMT -5 carrots said:

On the topic of the 3 day rule...how long are we supposed to follow this? This is clearly not possible once we move beyond purees/single ingredient foods so is it really necessary?

This is only prior to 6 months.  Before that, the digestive system isn't developed.  That's why they can only have purees up until that point and you have to wait 3 days.  We don't even do 3 minutes between new foods - in one meal he'll have 3-4 different foods.  Last night for dinner we had salad, so he had bell peppers, artichoke, tomatoes, broccoli, and mozzarella. (The bell peppers and artichoke were new, he's had tomatoes, broccoli, and mozzarella before)


We're the outlier with how often we do solids also, because of BLW.  So he eats every meal we eat together.  M-F he has solids twice a day because he has breakfast and dinner with the family.  On weekends he eats 3 meals a day.  As soon as his DCP is comfortable, I've also given her the okay to start giving him lunch there too.

[hannahl201477]

As bad as Malcolms eczema is I'm super paranoid about food allergies. I want to try fun stuff like mashed potatoes and just normal food. But way too scared for that!! We are sticking to jars for now! He is just eating 1 time a day but once he has tried most foods I plan on going to 2.

[carolyngrace]

Has anyone successfully night weaned their DB or previous LOs?? If so would you share your process? We were already considering this, and got encouragement at our appointment today...

[silv3rlining]

Dec 14, 2015 16:06:08 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Has anyone successfully night weaned their DB or previous LOs?? If so would you share your process? We were already considering this, and got encouragement at our appointment today...

It's going to look different for each baby/family. I know around 9 months is when waking ti eat is a "habit." With DS he would periodically wake until about 10 months when he was walking consistently. As far as actual night weaning what I did was try to stretch his time between eating out. So for instance if he woke before (12 or 1 or whatever time you choose) I'd try to get him back to sleep without nursing. After that worked a while I stretched the time again and then again. Most people I know who have night weaned have stressed the importance of father involvement. Meaning if you aren't going to nurse then the dad goes in so baby can't smell mom/milk.

[carolyngrace]

Dec 14, 2015 16:24:12 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

Dec 14, 2015 16:06:08 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Has anyone successfully night weaned their DB or previous LOs?? If so would you share your process? We were already considering this, and got encouragement at our appointment today...

It's going to look different for each baby/family. I know around 9 months is when waking ti eat is a "habit." With DS he would periodically wake until about 10 months when he was walking consistently. As far as actual night weaning what I did was try to stretch his time between eating out. So for instance if he woke before (12 or 1 or whatever time you choose) I'd try to get him back to sleep without nursing. After that worked a while I stretched the time again and then again. Most people I know who have night weaned have stressed the importance of father involvement. Meaning if you aren't going to nurse then the dad goes in so baby can't smell mom/milk.

Makes sense. Most nights his first wake up is 1-3 hours after falling asleep and I'm fairly confident he's not hungry. Other nights his first stretch is 5-7 hours. So maybe I'll start with 5 hours. Anything before that he doesn't get fed.

The occasional 5am wake up seems like the hardest. Because I don't know if he'd actually go back down without eating. So I guess I'd have to accept that as wake up time

[erbear]

Dec 14, 2015 15:11:41 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Am I the only one whose kid hasn't had solids yet?

I just started!

[silv3rlining]

Dec 14, 2015 16:51:28 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Dec 14, 2015 16:24:12 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

It's going to look different for each baby/family. I know around 9 months is when waking ti eat is a "habit." With DS he would periodically wake until about 10 months when he was walking consistently. As far as actual night weaning what I did was try to stretch his time between eating out. So for instance if he woke before (12 or 1 or whatever time you choose) I'd try to get him back to sleep without nursing. After that worked a while I stretched the time again and then again. Most people I know who have night weaned have stressed the importance of father involvement. Meaning if you aren't going to nurse then the dad goes in so baby can't smell mom/milk.

Makes sense. Most nights his first wake up is 1-3 hours after falling asleep and I'm fairly confident he's not hungry. Other nights his first stretch is 5-7 hours. So maybe I'll start with 5 hours. Anything before that he doesn't get fed.

The occasional 5am wake up seems like the hardest. Because I don't know if he'd actually go back down without eating. So I guess I'd have to accept that as wake up time

5 is a common time to have a first meal and go back to sleep. It's up to you whether you ultimately want to try to get rid of that or let it go. 6 ended up being DSs wake up for the day time. But he finally stretched to 7ish this past spring (he was 20 months or so)

[silv3rlining]

Kristykristyleelee I try the bink sometimes too depending on how long she's been asleep.

[billyhorrible]

Dec 14, 2015 15:11:41 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Am I the only one whose kid hasn't had solids yet?

I would be in the exact same position as you if BH was as young as your daughter.  We waited till 6 months and your girl isn't there yet!  I think we have a disproportionate early-month-babies on this board. 

[Bluedaisy]

Dec 14, 2015 15:11:41 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Am I the only one whose kid hasn't had solids yet?

I'm still in that club.  Little one is five months and a week though.

[sabrinaml]

Dec 13, 2015 21:27:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Dec 13, 2015 21:18:06 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

We're also giving solids once per day, usually half an ounce worth. So far I made sweet potato myself and avocado, but we gave the organic jarred food when offering peas, carrots, apple, and pears.

Does anyone else give jar baby food? I feel like it's anothe mommy fail, like giving formula instead of breastfeeding. Just ordered the baby beaba steamer/blender to make our own purees.

I'm doing jars and I don't even work full-time

DB seems to like them better, and I have enough other shit to worry about! haha

This!

[jessila]

kemdupuis gigi3126 mrsmonogrammed
Fellow mamas of super haired babies-any one battling cradle cap currently? I haven't tried the Mustela but everything else I've done makes his hair gross. Any kind of oil just soaks into it and tales multiple baths with multiple washes to come out.
It must bother him because he's always scratching. Anyone?

[jessila]

Dec 17, 2015 20:32:56 GMT -5 budders said:

Dec 17, 2015 20:26:28 GMT -5 jessila said:

kemdupuis gigi3126 mrsmonogrammed
Fellow mamas of super haired babies-any one battling cradle cap currently? I haven't tried the Mustela but everything else I've done makes his hair gross. Any kind of oil just soaks into it and tales multiple baths with multiple washes to come out.
It must bother him because he's always scratching. Anyone?

V had bad cradle cap a few months ago (he's got a full head of hair). I just used baby soap and scraped with a comb. I found the scraping part to be most effective. I did it everyday until it was gone (never very much or very long because I didn't want to irritate his scalp further) and we haven't had an issue since.

I must have missed V's head full of hair when I just skimmed HDBD.
O had it as a newborn and it recently popped back up. I think it came back because I started bathing him less. He's been getting 2 baths per week while before he was getting 3 or 4. Also the lighting in our bathtub is terrible so I can't see if the combing is working. Plus the dog is always trying to help.
Guess I'll step up my baby bath game.

[kemdupuis]

jessila- B had cradle cap a while ago. Per our peds suggestion, we used head and shoulders on him, as well as brushing his scalp with a soft bristle brush while his hair was still wet. After about 3 baths, it was completely gone. Good luck to you! Cradle cap suuuucks