Formula Friday 12/4

[dreemkin]

Hi there! How are our formula loving holiday bundles of joy? Let's chat. Come one, come all...

Age:

Formula amt:

Solids:

Comments:

NBR GTKY: What are your favorite sayings (for example, I like: "it's nothing to write home about")? What sayings make you cringe?

[dreemkin]

Age: 10 now

Formula amt: same at 4-5 6ozers

Solids: pretty much everything except fish, shellfish, nuts, and beef (just haven't tried this yet).

Comments: Annie is crawling like a champion now. She gets into everything. She's a stinker. What is your baby's temperament? I'd say mind's is: easy-going with a little bit of spunk.

NBR GTKY: Since I gave the example I don't know what to say now. I guess I like (and have to remind myself of this often) "it is pleasant to labor for those you love".

Cringe worthy: "it is what it is." I hate this bc you always have a choice and it feels like you are just giving in/up. Also, my FIL has started saying yagni (yag-knee), an acronym for You Ain't Gonna Need It. I think it sounds like gag me, so it gives me the willies.

[abseptember]

Age- 10 months tomorrow
Bottles- about 24 oz
Solids- they love everything
Comments- boys had nasty cold this week and my toddler was under the weather too. I can tell you something not fun... taking care of 3 sick, crabby kids that are 3 and under! I was covered in snot, tears, and drool.... trying to stay positive... at least it was vomit or poop too!
GTKY- my brain hurts after grading papers so I can't even think of any phrases right now... for hate, I'll say "there are no dumb questions" because seriously, we all know that there are.

[taberbtb]

Age: 10m

Formula amt: 16oz (4x4)

Solids: All the food! Except seafood and shellfish. Just haven't gotten there. Oh and she loves mommys smoothies. This morning I fed her breakfast and she still proceeded to crawl over during play time and drink half my breakfast!

Comments: I have said this before but I think B is going to be an early weaner. She just doesn't care about her bottles. If I didn't offer them she wouldn't bother and there's no way I can get her to take more.

NBR GTKY: I can't think of one I particularly love but I hate the term "Live and learn". It's usually someone's way of pointing out your mistake.

[anchovies]

Age: 9.5mo

Formula: two 6oz and two 4oz

Solids: all but shellfish and honey

Comments: taberbtb this is DS and idk what to do bc everything I'm reading says no whole cows milk before 12mo, but it's a battle to get him to drink any bottle minus his bedtime one. Daycare is able to get him to drink but DH, MIL and I struggle.

Any suggestions??

I hate: just sayin! It sounds so condescending.

I can't think of one I love

[abseptember]

Oh my gosh... I'd be so excited if the boys wanted to wean from bottles.

Will your babies take formula in a sippy? I'd try that before switching to cows milk. I have heard of Drs approving switching to cows milk at 11 mths so of you are concerned with intake, talk to the pedi and see what they think. A friend of mine BF baby weaned at 10 mths. Pedi wanted her to go to formula but baby won't take it so she does cows and cocount milk.

[taberbtb]

abseptember DD just isn't interested in formula. She will drink water from her sippy just fine but not formula. We only offer water besides her "milk". Otherwise she will drink my smoothies, and whatever else I allow her from my straw cup.

anchovies I read on the enfamil website the minimum intake for this age is 10oz. I figure we are above that, eats lots of solids, is gaining well, and gets enough other liquid that I have given up stressing over it. I know she's not going to take her bottles so now I just started to have her sippy with water available all day to prevent dehydration. She's never been a big drinker though and has never taken more than 6oz in one bottle.

We are planning on sticking with formula until 12m, she drinks so little I want to make sure she's getting all of the nutrition she needs. I try to make sure she has 1-2 extra servings of dairy every day to supplement what she's missing.

[dreemkin]

taberbtb you're lucky about the bottle disinterest. Mine DD1 was easy; we just stopped using them cold turkey and went to a soft spout sippy. I don't think we'll have it as easy with this one. She seems to shy away from a sippy. We have a good two months though.

ETA: okay I just finished reading and this seems to be more about formula than bottles. I still think it's okay to get a head start on dwindling down on formula (and bottles) if she eats a lot of solids...but I'm not an MD.

[dreemkin]

I forgot to add this week that I tried a straw and she didn't want anything to do with that. It amazes me when you say your LOs sip from your drink. Mine was not havin' it.

[taberbtb]

dreemkin I definitely started with juice boxes and similar boxes of silk dark chocolate almond milk. When she put the straw in her mouth I would squeeze and she quickly figured out there was good stuff in there and how to work the straw. Now she just gets water or maybe a little bit of what I am having, which is also usually water or a smoothie but she's really got the hang of it.

[abseptember]

Dec 7, 2015 7:48:52 GMT -5 taberbtb said:

abseptember DD just isn't interested in formula. She will drink water from her sippy just fine but not formula. We only offer water besides her "milk". Otherwise she will drink my smoothies, and whatever else I allow her from my straw cup.

anchovies I read on the enfamil website the minimum intake for this age is 10oz. I figure we are above that, eats lots of solids, is gaining well, and gets enough other liquid that I have given up stressing over it. I know she's not going to take her bottles so now I just started to have her sippy with water available all day to prevent dehydration. She's never been a big drinker though and has never taken more than 6oz in one bottle.

We are planning on sticking with formula until 12m, she drinks so little I want to make sure she's getting all of the nutrition she needs. I try to make sure she has 1-2 extra servings of dairy every day to supplement what she's missing.

My older DD was never a big drinker either.... she still isnt. Have you considered coconut milk in the sippy? We had to transition my daughter to coconut/almond milk vs. Cows milk bc of milk protein intolerance.