Final Formula Friday (12/18)

[dreemkin]

This is the last formula Friday I will be posting *tear*. It's the end of an era! Very few people participate in it making the thread kind of useless which is okay bc it means we are pretty comfortable in our formula usage. Seeing as we are pretty close to being done with formula anyway (three cheers) this is a good thing!

Age:

Formula Amnt:

Solids share:

Comments/concerns:

GTKY: how are you preparing for the big switch to whole milk? And share your feels: are you excited, nervous, sad?

[tortor4]

Age: 10 and a half months-ish I think

Formula amount: 4 6 ounce bottles a day, give or take

Solids: anything and everything!

Comments/concerns: none

GTKY: knock on wood but I think the switch will be easy. Celia doesn't seem to have too much attachment to her bottle and will drink water or formula out of anything- cup, sippy, whatever. Switching doesn't bother me, I just can't believe our little tiny babies aren't little tiny babies anymore! This has gone way too fast.

[WittyLittle]

I'll play one last time! :')

Age! 10 months

Formula amount: 3x 7oz bottles per day (leaves an oz or so)

1x fruit 1x bread 1x meal. He still doesn't like rice much but will eat most other things!

Comments: j still won't touch any other drink than formula. We do offer different drinks every day but it's not gotten any better. I think the transition away from formula will be really difficult

Gtky: already kinda answered that. I'll be happy to switch because we have formula supply problems here due to people exporting it en masse to China. I can only buy one package at a time and even then the racks are often empty. But as J refuses to drink anything hut formula this shift is gonna be tough!!!

[lilyelayne]

Dec 18, 2015 14:42:24 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

already kinda answered that. I'll be happy to switch because we have formula supply problems here due to people exporting it en masse to China. I can only buy one package at a time and even then the racks are often empty. But as J refuses to drink anything hut formula this shift is gonna be tough!!!

um, what? to the bolded above.

[taberbtb]

Age: 10.5m

Formula amt: Down to 3x4oz most days. Sometimes I can squeeze in a fourth but not often.

Solids share: I'm starting to think her recent solids refusal is a flavour thing and she's just not into bland food. She doesn't eat scrambled eggs anymore, but spinach quiche? No problem. No steamed veggies, but put them in a casserole she gobbles them up.

Comments: See above

GTKY: B is down to very little formula these days anyways but does great with her straw cup so I think the switch will be fine. I am looking forward to not buying formula anymore, or worrying about running out! She will be 1 year in 6 more weeks so I can probably stop buying formula in another month and have enough to get us through to her birthday/1 year doctors appt. Yay!

[taberbtb]

Dec 18, 2015 20:08:52 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Dec 18, 2015 14:42:24 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

already kinda answered that. I'll be happy to switch because we have formula supply problems here due to people exporting it en masse to China. I can only buy one package at a time and even then the racks are often empty. But as J refuses to drink anything hut formula this shift is gonna be tough!!!

um, what? to the bolded above.

Agreed-what?! I thought everything was cheaper in China, how is it economical to buy in Europe and ship it there?

[WittyLittle]

lilyelayne & taberbtb there was a scandal in China about the terrible quality of baby formula with chemicals and bacteria etc. Since then the wealthier families try to import better brands and an illegal trade formed. Nutrilon for us (called Aptamil in some other countries) is particularly wanted... but because one of their factories burned down the supply is now already limited. There's even commercials on tv about how you can best order the stuff! Most vendors restrict purchases and deface the box to try and prevent resale. It makes thibgs a bit more difficult seeing as jake refuses other brands (posh boy)!

[dreemkin]

taberbtb that's funny that your LO already cares about flavor/blandness.

@massybaby I'm sorry that formula is not easy to obtain for you. That must be tough. Thank goodness we're nearing the end. But I hope he likes milk when we get there.

[dreemkin]

Age: 10 months

Formula Amnt: 4-5 6ozers

Solids share: pretty much everything. No purees to be had!

Comments/concerns: I'm worried about motn feedings she still wants once in a while, when we switch to milk. Do I give that or just cut them out cold turkey? Didn't have this with DD1; she was already off night bottles by 1 year old.

GTKY: see above. Otherwise, I think she'll be okay bottle wise. Soft sippy cups are similar now. And she never wants to lie down for feedings anymore. I just worry about her milk sensitivity (she's on hypoallergenic formula due to this). DD1 had this too and she did fine with cow's milk but every kid is different. I can't tell you enough how happy I am to be done buying this expensive formula and take our bottle station off our kitchen counter. It's going to be so much easier. Sad she's growing up though

[taberbtb]

dreemkin omg yes! Bye bye bottle station! No more washing bottles every night! What on earth will I do with all my spare time?

[lilyelayne]

WittyLittle that's a rough situation all around.

dreemkin one piece of advice I've heard for night weaning BF babies after a year is to give them a fairly high calorie snack shortly before bed to see if that helps make up for the nighttime calories, and then offer nothing or water MOTN. Another method is giving less at each MOTN feeding until you're not giving anything at all. No first hand experience here.

[seamonster]

Dec 19, 2015 7:40:15 GMT -5 taberbtb said:

dreemkin omg yes! Bye bye bottle station! No more washing bottles every night! What on earth will I do with all my spare time?

I'm so glad our daycare washes and sterilizes our bottles. Saves so much time.

WittyLittle Sorry it's hard to find the formula he likes. Aptamil is easy to find here, but that's probably a population difference. There are restrictions on how much you can buy at once though. The organic HIPP brand is the only one I see sold out all the time so I never switched to that one like I wanted to.

[seamonster]

dreemkin I've been given the advice to give only water MOTN to discourage wake-ups, but I haven't tried it. DS is still legitimately hungry MOTN, but has started to consolidate wake-ups. I'll try the water when we start weaning in February. A friend leaves her 14 month old with a bottle of water at night, which she drinks some of and goes back to sleep.