Formula amts and babysitter

mindingpandq

I often lurk, but thought I would take this frustrating moment to ask you all some advice. Our daughter is 3.5 months old. She is formula fed and when I am at work she is either with our neighbor or my mother in law. This week, LO has started to get a bit fussy so I upped her feedings to 6 oz bottles. Her normal pattern of eating is to eat a few ounces, break for a bit and then come back and finish within the next hour or hour and a half. Tuesday, I prepared 6 oz bottles for all of her feedings and she close to finished them. THEN, to my pleasure, she slept from 6:30 - 5 AM!!!! So, I of course asked my neighbor to also prepare 6 oz rather than 4 oz bottles. Basically she expressed discomfort about this and today told my partner that she researched on the internet and implied we are overfeeding the baby. I would appreciate any of your feedback by way of feeding information as well as ways you would address this issue if she was your childcare provider.

TIA.

rockvillebride

My son ate that amount - it's not too much and you know your baby better than her. If you feel like dealing with it directly, go for it and just be straight up with her that you do not need her opinion on this and she should just follow your directions. If you don't wnat to deal with her directly, just tell her that your pediatrician recommended feeding this much and blame it on him.

Mr.&MrsS

My DS is currently taking 6 ounce bottles and has been taking 6 ounces since about 2 months old. When DS1 was born I always asked the pedi how much he should be getting at a feeding and worried about how much he ate. It did nothing but stress me out, and he was hungry and fussy. This time around I dont ask, I just do what works for DS2 and our family. If she is happy with 6 ounces then you should feed her 6 ounces.

And I agree with pp, just tell her your pedi told you to do it. Most people wont question that, and if she does I would just let her know that this is your child and you make the decisions.

wheelenl

My DS just went from taking lots of 6 oz bottles to suddenly taking 3-4 oz bottles every two hours, but then he sleeps nine hours straight. Six ounces is fine for that age, unless she's tiny? If she's not spitting it back up, then it's not too much. Period.

Also, you're the mom. She can follow your rules or find another job.

 Sorry you have to deal with this.

newmama0208

Well...could you prepare the bottles ahead of time?  Then some comments/research might not be done....

 Sorry about this.....I just hate when people put their noses where they don't belong...ugh

mindingpandq

I like this!!! I liked all of your responses and appreciated them much! This just seems like such a "duh" solution. Why didn't I think of it??? THANKS!!!

Kelsey and Nick

Our babysitter has a grandson who is 1 month older than DD so she is constantly comparing, it's very frustrating. My advice is, tell her that you discussed this with your doctor (even if you didn't) and it is what the doctor advised you to do. Plus, it is proven that babies will not eat once they are full (unlike their pig-like moms!! ). My doctor said to ALWAYS offer my baby more formula per bottle than she is taking... that way she has the opportunity to eat until she is truly full.

 Good luck!!