End of January Weekend Chatter

[psychobutthead]

I can't believe January is almost over and that it is almost a year since Danny has been born. I think my and the dh have baby fever bad because he's jumped on board with wanting a third child.

[kerrigrooves]

Jan 31, 2016 14:22:32 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

kerrigrooves we kinda did cold turkey with him. He used to get 3 bottles during the day and still a before bedtime bottle. We were on 100% formula.

During the day, I just transitioned to sippy cups. I would try and get him to drink most it while in his high chair but, I would bring it to his play area after his meal and let him finish it. I would do 50% cow milk and 50% water with less than a full scoop of formula. It worked but, he had a hard time with not having his night time bottle. So we kept that up for a while. Then, I started giving him a another cup of milk right after dinner to fill him up before bedtime so he wouldn't want one and it is still working. Thank goodness!

While at the 12 month appointment, the nurse said we don't need to give him the same amount of milk as formula as long as he is getting other milk products like yogurt or cottage cheese. Another big helper is increasing his food intake- bigger meals and more snacks. Also, it helped that I did this while I was on vacation from work. I don't think it would have worked with his daycare situation with my mom and the nanny.

That is awesome that LO is talking, it's such a fun stage.

ETA: I almost bought every single type of sippy cup imaginable for DS.... Right in the middle of teething. We had luck with the tommy tippee 9 month old sippy cups( they don't sell them on Amazon). He loved the tommy tippee bottles before we transitioned.

so how much milk would you say he's getting a day?  are you still mixing formula in?

[mommadozer]

Jan 31, 2016 20:36:52 GMT -5 kerrigrooves said:

Jan 31, 2016 14:22:32 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

kerrigrooves we kinda did cold turkey with him. He used to get 3 bottles during the day and still a before bedtime bottle. We were on 100% formula.

During the day, I just transitioned to sippy cups. I would try and get him to drink most it while in his high chair but, I would bring it to his play area after his meal and let him finish it. I would do 50% cow milk and 50% water with less than a full scoop of formula. It worked but, he had a hard time with not having his night time bottle. So we kept that up for a while. Then, I started giving him a another cup of milk right after dinner to fill him up before bedtime so he wouldn't want one and it is still working. Thank goodness!

While at the 12 month appointment, the nurse said we don't need to give him the same amount of milk as formula as long as he is getting other milk products like yogurt or cottage cheese. Another big helper is increasing his food intake- bigger meals and more snacks. Also, it helped that I did this while I was on vacation from work. I don't think it would have worked with his daycare situation with my mom and the nanny.

That is awesome that LO is talking, it's such a fun stage.

ETA: I almost bought every single type of sippy cup imaginable for DS.... Right in the middle of teething. We had luck with the tommy tippee 9 month old sippy cups( they don't sell them on Amazon). He loved the tommy tippee bottles before we transitioned.

so how much milk would you say he's getting a day?  are you still mixing formula in?

Hmmm... I think 4-6 oz each serving about 4 times a day. So, about 10 oz of milk and formula each. He drinks an entire gallon of milk in a week. He will drink 100% milk sometimes and as soon as I am out of formula, we are going 100% milk.

[mommadozer]

Jan 31, 2016 16:55:50 GMT -5 psychobutthead said:

I can't believe January is almost over and that it is almost a year since Danny has been born. I think my and the dh have baby fever bad because he's jumped on board with wanting a third child.

Same here. DH and I have baby #2 fever right now. We pulled the goalie and we will see what happens.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Jan 31, 2016 21:39:53 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

Jan 31, 2016 16:55:50 GMT -5 psychobutthead said:

I can't believe January is almost over and that it is almost a year since Danny has been born. I think my and the dh have baby fever bad because he's jumped on board with wanting a third child.

Same here. DH and I have baby #2 fever right now. We pulled the goalie and we will see what happens.

Us too but we just got back on insurance for iuis and we may have to switch to daycare so ... Gonna wait til July /aug to "try"

Also I want to drink on vaca #selfish

[kartish]

V slept through the night last night! For the first time in forever. I don't even know when. I did wake up a few times, but still!