Balancing bottles and solids?

Re: Balancing bottles and solids?

• kaf7 member

  December 2013

  That looks fine to me Penny. I don't offer more than 24 oz of formula a day. I never have since we started solids. He gets 5oz at 5am, some cereal and fruit for breakfast followed by whatever formula is left over from 4oz once I mix some in with the cereal. Lunch is some veggies, protein, and a bit of fruit followed by 3-4oz. He gets 5oz at 3pm and then dinner is cereal, protein, veggie, and a bit of fruit (probably totals 4-5oz of food) followed by 4oz formula. Then he gets 4oz at bedtime. He still eats frequently in the day....

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• LeoLauren member

  December 2013

  I don't even count how many ounces he takes since we started on solids. LO is 7.5 months and we feed him pretty much all the same stuff that everyone else here does. When he gets fussy not at meal times and when he's tired, I offer a bottle. My next hurdle is not panicking when he's eating something with a little more texture than a purée. I am so fearful of him choking. I just started giving him scrambled eggs with cheese and he loves it!

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  IVF #1 3/12 - 13 eggs, 9 fertilized,  2 transferred (1 grade 2 blast, 1 early blast), no frosties, 3/30/12 - 9dp5dt spotting, BFNs

  
  

  IVF #2. 7/12 - 18 days of stims, 3 mature eggs, 3 fertilized (ICSI), 3 transferred (9, 8, 7 cell) on day 3.  First beta - 8/21/12 = 105, beta #2 - 8/23/12 = 268, beta #3 - 8/30/12 = 2,352. 2nd u/s - 9/4/12. Baby Boy born 5/1/2013.

  
  

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• LeoLauren member

  December 2013

  Actually since we're on the topic of feeding - so curious...My kid seems to be a bottomless pit. He can eat and eat and eat and it doesn't seem like he's ever full. I thought babies would tell you when they're finished but I don't think I've seen it - I just say hey, I gave you enough cereal for a grown man. I think you're done. What are you guys experiencing???

  Me: 34 - low ovarian reserve

  DH: 40 - no issues  

  
  

  3 failed IUI's 

  
  

  IVF #1 3/12 - 13 eggs, 9 fertilized,  2 transferred (1 grade 2 blast, 1 early blast), no frosties, 3/30/12 - 9dp5dt spotting, BFNs

  
  

  IVF #2. 7/12 - 18 days of stims, 3 mature eggs, 3 fertilized (ICSI), 3 transferred (9, 8, 7 cell) on day 3.  First beta - 8/21/12 = 105, beta #2 - 8/23/12 = 268, beta #3 - 8/30/12 = 2,352. 2nd u/s - 9/4/12. Baby Boy born 5/1/2013.

  
  

  IVF #3 Now (12/13). AMH is very low - 0.19. ER (12/5) 12 eggs, 10 mature, 7 fertilized using ICSI. 3 transferred (8,8,8 cell - all grade 2) on day 3. First beta - 12/21/13 = 126, beta #2 - 12/23/13 = 400, beta #3 - na (office was closed for new year's). First sonogram - TWINS aka OMG! -  

  
  

  
    

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• PennyLane26 member

  December 2013

  Thanks girls! This makes me feel a whole lot better. 

  
  

  @leolauren G will gobble up ungodly amounts of food... as long as its something she likes! One time I gave her mashed potato and she wanted nothing to do with it. She would eat her weight in blueberries if I let her. I usually give her as much food that would fit into a jar of baby food (I think that's four ounces??) then I offer a bottle if she still seems hungry which, of course, she refuses.

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• Mrs.AmyDylan member

  December 2013

  LeoLauren said:

  Actually since we're on the topic of feeding - so curious...My kid seems to be a bottomless pit. He can eat and eat and eat and it doesn't seem like he's ever full. I thought babies would tell you when they're finished but I don't think I've seen it - I just say hey, I gave you enough cereal for a grown man. I think you're done. What are you guys experiencing???

  Hard to say, J and my sweet pooch are in cahoots. We do baby led weaning, so J eats real people food. Once she appears to be feeding more to the dog than herself we cleanup and quit. 

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• Dragonfly1226 member

  December 2013

  The only thing you might want to think about is separating the bottle from the meal. Mine are EBF but when DS was up to three meals a day around 7 months his schedule was something like:
  
  7:00 - nurse
  8:00 - breakfast
  10:30 - nurse
  11:30 - lunch
  1:30 - nurse
  4:30 - nurse
  5:30 - dinner
  7:00 - nurse
  
  So at the beginning he was still nursing every 3ish hours and had his BM before a meal. He loved his solids but still got full nursing sessions in before meals.

  
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• LeoLauren member

  December 2013

  @pennylane26 how do you give her blueberries, mashed up?

  Me: 34 - low ovarian reserve

  DH: 40 - no issues  

  
  

  3 failed IUI's 

  
  

  IVF #1 3/12 - 13 eggs, 9 fertilized,  2 transferred (1 grade 2 blast, 1 early blast), no frosties, 3/30/12 - 9dp5dt spotting, BFNs

  
  

  IVF #2. 7/12 - 18 days of stims, 3 mature eggs, 3 fertilized (ICSI), 3 transferred (9, 8, 7 cell) on day 3.  First beta - 8/21/12 = 105, beta #2 - 8/23/12 = 268, beta #3 - 8/30/12 = 2,352. 2nd u/s - 9/4/12. Baby Boy born 5/1/2013.

  
  

  IVF #3 Now (12/13). AMH is very low - 0.19. ER (12/5) 12 eggs, 10 mature, 7 fertilized using ICSI. 3 transferred (8,8,8 cell - all grade 2) on day 3. First beta - 12/21/13 = 126, beta #2 - 12/23/13 = 400, beta #3 - na (office was closed for new year's). First sonogram - TWINS aka OMG! -  

  
  

  
    

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• JBDamonM member

  December 2013

  Penny - I also agree that your schedule looks good. My LO gets 6 ounces in the AM - then 8 ounces late morning. Cereal and either yogurt or a veggie for lunch. Another 8 ounces late afternoon. Cereal and a fruit or veggie for dinner and then a bedtime bottle. Unlike G she still loves her bottles! She's very intrigued by real food but seems to gag easily and I too am way to worried about her choking
  
  She also snacks on puffs at daycare but doesn't eat them when I offer at home. Go figure.

  
  

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• PennyLane26 member

  December 2013

  @leolauren I just squish them a little with my fingers and give them to her like that. She eats them like candy! She doesn't have teeth but she gums them good.

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• LeoLauren member

  December 2013

  Mrs.AmyDylan said:

  LeoLauren said:

  Actually since we're on the topic of feeding - so curious...My kid seems to be a bottomless pit. He can eat and eat and eat and it doesn't seem like he's ever full. I thought babies would tell you when they're finished but I don't think I've seen it - I just say hey, I gave you enough cereal for a grown man. I think you're done. What are you guys experiencing???

  Hard to say, J and my sweet pooch are in cahoots. We do baby led weaning, so J eats real people food. Once she appears to be feeding more to the dog than herself we cleanup and quit. 

  
  Hahaha!! I need a pooch!! Although I'm sure DS would not share!!

  Me: 34 - low ovarian reserve

  DH: 40 - no issues  

  
  

  3 failed IUI's 

  
  

  IVF #1 3/12 - 13 eggs, 9 fertilized,  2 transferred (1 grade 2 blast, 1 early blast), no frosties, 3/30/12 - 9dp5dt spotting, BFNs

  
  

  IVF #2. 7/12 - 18 days of stims, 3 mature eggs, 3 fertilized (ICSI), 3 transferred (9, 8, 7 cell) on day 3.  First beta - 8/21/12 = 105, beta #2 - 8/23/12 = 268, beta #3 - 8/30/12 = 2,352. 2nd u/s - 9/4/12. Baby Boy born 5/1/2013.

  
  

  IVF #3 Now (12/13). AMH is very low - 0.19. ER (12/5) 12 eggs, 10 mature, 7 fertilized using ICSI. 3 transferred (8,8,8 cell - all grade 2) on day 3. First beta - 12/21/13 = 126, beta #2 - 12/23/13 = 400, beta #3 - na (office was closed for new year's). First sonogram - TWINS aka OMG! -  

  
  

  
    

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• mcgeeva member

  December 2013

  Looks good to me as well. DS didn't drink that much milk. 16 - 20 ounces a day but ate a ton of food. As long as they are getting their nutrients it doesn't matter. If he wanted more food I would offer it. Eventually they will start to drop bottles anyways so maybe your lo just started sooner. I think your doing just fine!

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• kaf7 member

  December 2013

  For those texture ladies...my LO seemed to struggle with lumpy but then a month later is chowing down large chunks. Just keep offering more chunky every so often! It does seem to matter what it is though - Cheerios and chunks of avocado are ok. Chunks of cheese are not yet. Also, I was giving my blueberries mashed and stirred into his oatmeal but now I just stir them in whole and he likes that.

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