Mommies of 5 month olds!

Hopeful2008 · April 2009

Just a few random questions!

Have you started solids yet? - yes
If so, what kind? bananas, carrots, rice cereal
How has baby handled them? constipation so I've slowed down
How many oz does baby eat and how often? 5+ oz every 3 hours
Are they STTN? No, getting up usually once or twice to eat
How much do they weigh? 17 lbs
What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - probaby napping - he will take a random 20 minute cat nap and that's it!

Karen_77 · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - yes started at 5 months
If so, what kind? rice cereal for ~2 weeks just started oatmeal cereal last night
How has baby handled them? no problems
How many oz does baby eat and how often? 7 oz every 3 hours 5x a day
Are they STTN? yes, goes down around 8:30 up at 7:00 am
How much do they weigh? 18 lbs
What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - skin problems: had yeast rash, then bad case of excezma, now impetigo, which is the worst!!

Andrewsgal · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - yes
If so, what kind? We have done all stage ones
How has baby handled them? Everything is great except for carrots, he throws those up, so weird...DD always threw up squash.
How many oz does baby eat and how often? He is BFd so every 2-3 hours during the day and a 8 oz bottle of formula before bed.
Are they STTN? No he wakes up at 12:00 and 4:00 to eat then up at 7:00 for the day
How much do they weigh? 14 lbs 5 ounces
What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - He was diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months and it seems to be affecting everything about his development muscle wise.

Mjmksb04 · April 2009

Just a few random questions! Have you started solids yet? - yes

If so, what kind? rice cereal

How has baby handled them? Fine, he is pretty hit or miss on whether he wants to eat it.

How many oz does baby eat and how often? 5-7 ounces every 3 hours.

Are they STTN? Usually yes, sometimes up once to eat.

How much do they weigh? 17 lbs

What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - Excema!

actgrl22 · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - yes
If so, what kind? Rice cereal and oatmeal and will add a veggie in the next week or so
How has baby handled them? she is maybe a little constipated but nothing too bad
How many oz does baby eat and how often? 5+ oz every 3-4 hours and nursed in the am an pm
Are they STTN? yes 8:15pm to 4:30am (but trying to break her of this habit since I don't really think she needs to eat) and then back down until woken for daycare
How much do they weigh? not quite 14 pounds as of last weeks pedi appt.
What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - nothing major except maybe napping. She will take one good nap at daycare but if she wakes up from that at noon or so she won't nap again something and we have a very cranky baby come 7pm!

CelticWife · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - yesIf so, what kind? rice cereal, oatmealHow has baby handled them? no problems so far!How many oz does baby eat and how often? he is mainly BF, so I'm not sure. When he takes a bottle, it is about 4 oz.?Are they STTN? Medically, yes and has since 2 months. He will sleep about 6.5 hours, then wake up to eat, sleep for another hour and a half, eat, sleep for another hour or two. The pedi says I can eliminate his first feeding... but I'm not sure how.How much do they weigh? 16 lbsWhat has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - going to bed earlier. He goes to bed every night at 1am. Even if we wake him up incredibly early, and don't really let him nap, he still goes to sleep at 1am.

ahoward124 · April 2009

Not quite 5 months yet, but almost!

Have you started solids yet? - yesIf so, what kind? rice and oatmeal cereal, will start stage ones at 5 monthsHow has baby handled them? good so far, some days he isn't cooperative thoughHow many oz does baby eat and how often? 8 oz every 4 hours, only 4-5 bottles a dayAre they STTN? Yes, ever since 6 weeks old has slept 10-12 hours a nightHow much do they weigh? 17 lbsWhat has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? napping, he sometimes only takes a few 30 minute naps a day, but since he sleeps so much at night it isn't that big of a deal, he's a power napper!

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djandkellen · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - nope, not yet, might start in a week or two just to see what he does with itIf so, what kind? - will probably start with oatmealHow has baby handled them? - I hope he does okay!How many oz does baby eat and how often? - not sure on the amount b/c I'm still EBF - he eats every 3-4 hrs now, depending on how long he sleepsAre they STTN? Technically, yes - he slept from 7:30 - 2:20 last night (ate and right back to sleep), then up at 4:20 (ate then right back to sleep) then up for the day at 7:20.How much do they weigh? probably close to 17 lbsWhat has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - I'd say napping until the last day or two...keeping my fingers crossed!

MEJ2008 · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - not yet If so, what kind? - How has baby handled them? - How many oz does baby eat and how often? - 5 oz every 3 hours, 8 oz in the AM and PM. Are they STTN? some nights. How much do they weigh? at her four month, she was not yet 14 lbs. I'd say she's probably around 15? What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - waking up some nights five or six times for her nuk, or she's on her belly and can't roll back over. (she can roll back to belly, but has trouble with belly to back)

jillybean222 · April 2009

Have you started solids yet?

Yes

If so, what kind? All stage one fruits and veggies and oatmeal cereal

How has baby handled them? Constipation from time to time but nothing a container of bananas won't take care of

How many oz does baby eat and how often? BF every 3 hours (on average...eats about 7 times per day)

Are they STTN? Most of the time but only very recently. Still gets up once and thinks she wants to eat. Sometimes a pacifier does the trick, other times I have to feed her.

How much do they weigh? 14 pounds, 8 ounces

What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? Larygomalacia that required surgery at 7 weeks. Since then, very healthy. We had a nap issues most of the week, but she was totally normal today.

cocadoll · April 2009

Have you started solids yet? - not yet
If so, what kind?
How has baby handled them?
How many oz does baby eat and how often? I BF but when given a bottle he eats anywhere between 4-6 oz every 3-4 hours
Are they STTN? yes, goes down around 8-8:30 up at 6:00 am
How much do they weigh? 15 lbs
What has been your biggest challenge with baby in general? - over active yeast...double ear infections that we just can't get rid of. I think they are going away now...I hope!

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