How much are your LOs eating?

ForeverNewlyWeds · April 2014

DS is finally eating again!!! Between being stuffy, getting an ear infection, and popping not one but two teeth he has been eating almost nothing for about two weeks(as in one or maybe two super short nursing sessions and 10 oz of milk total per day (in bottles and mixed with solids).

Now he is ravenous! He eats whole containers of purée at a time, is back up to about 16-18 oz of milk from a bottle and is nursing for 15-20 minute stretches at a time (often in the middle of the night).

I know we're in wonder week category but can't believe the change! I feel like I missed a growth spurt during his fussy period and now he needs three times as much food as before.

How much are your LOs eating now? Was there a recent increase?

[Deleted User] · April 2014

DD has around 30 ozs of formula a day.

gutsymama · April 2014

Mostly I'm curious to see what others are doing - and how colds and fevers affect other babies' appetite, because I've got to gave a frame of reference for normal if I'm going to try to convince Dr. Gut that Luke can handle pulling the line. @ForeverNewlyWeds‌, do you know if your DS lost any weight in those 2 weeks?

But here's us, when he's feeling good:

5x 5 oz bottles (4oz BM + 1oz Pedialyte)

2-3 whole pouches (breakfast, lunch, and dinner, somewhere between a half and a whole pouch at each)

Intermittent puffs, yogis, etc throughout the day.

+ 340 calories from TPN at night. So he's shooting for 900 cal/day, but likely not absorbing all of it.

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bobcee · April 2014

DS eats 15 oz BM and two solid meals (one fruit, one veggie) at daycare. Each solid meal is a couple tbsps. - maybe 1/4 c? Then he nurses about 3-4 times a day on top of that, with maybe another snack of solids while we're eating dinner. He eats a lot! Daycare says they can't feed other kids without him trying to steal their food or getting angry, so they usually give him a cracker during those times to appease him.

Lelo2006 · April 2014

Today he ate about 24 oz of milk.

His solids meals:

Breakfast: 2 oz formula with about 3 oz oatmeal, some yogurt and a whole egg yolk

Lunch: 1/4 avocado and probably an oz of chopped chicken, puffs and yogurt drops

Dinner was a doozy. An entire 4 oz pouch of spinach and raspberry Greek yogurt, 1/4 avocado, an oz of chicken, 1/2 pizza crust, more yogurt, a tiny bite of pizza, and some tomato.

Kid eats more than my 2 year old nephew.

chiboo9 · April 2014

LO drinks 28-32oz of milk each day. It's broken out in 4 feedings of 7-8oz bottles. She has solids and snacks in between.

For breakfast, she has either 1 tbsp of yogurt with 1 cube of fruit purée. Or half of a pancake. Or about 1 tbsp of scrambled eggs.

For lunch, she used to do 2 cubes of veggie purees. But I'm starting to offer more table food. So usually 1-2 tbsp of whatever food we're eating, but mushed up with a spoon. She usually has puffs in between.

Dinner is about the same portion for lunch.

jackson290721 · April 2014

MissConstrued said:
Is my kid still the only one on the anti-food bandwagon?

DD nurses about 6 times a day and I have no idea how much she drinks. I try to offer food at least once a day, but usually she's just not into it. We're lucky if she even takes a few bites.

DD is in this same boat. She will taste food. But no actual swallowing happens. Any food that she accidentally gets in her mouth while playing with it is promptly spit out.

I've bought a lot if food the last two weeks just for the dog to eat it up off the floor.

gutsymama · April 2014

@casey78‌ One thing I've been told several times is that doctors tend to forget that SBS kids will eat less when they're sick, just like anybody else, and that we should allow that (although fewer calories and less fluids can turn into weight loss and dehydration quicker than in a kid with a normal gut, so we do have to be extra careful).

So my point is that if they are concerned about weight gain but she's been sick repeatedly, don't let them worry you if you're not already worried about it. A sick adult won't have a good appetite and might lose weight, and babies will do the same (or just not gain a lot instead of losing).

gutsymama · April 2014

@Lelo2006‌ what kind of yogurt pouches are you using? Spinach and raspberry sounds delish

mandyrator79 · April 2014

MissConstrued said:

Is my kid still the only one on the anti-food bandwagon? DD nurses about 6 times a day and I have no idea how much she drinks. I try to offer food at least once a day, but usually she's just not into it. We're lucky if she even takes a few bites.

We are right there with you. She's so bad that we have not even gotten very far at introducing many new solids (she has so many issues from food I eat, so I know I need to be careful) as she acts like food is poison. I just keep waiting for it to click one day, and she'll actually eat and not spit it out and gag

Lelo2006 · April 2014

mimi4347 said:
@Lelo2006‌ what kind of yogurt pouches are you using? Spinach and raspberry sounds delish

It is super tasty! It's the plum organic pouch. I like the happy baby ones, too.
Yum! Steal all the pouches!

cuterusaurus · April 2014

MissConstrued said:
Is my kid still the only one on the anti-food bandwagon?

DD nurses about 6 times a day and I have no idea how much she drinks. I try to offer food at least once a day, but usually she's just not into it. We're lucky if she even takes a few bites.

So much this. I've actually been nervous that he's just not getting enough food. He likes food but he gets bored quickly. He has NEVER finished one of those pouches.

summerchild · April 2014

MissConstrued said:
Is my kid still the only one on the anti-food bandwagon?

DD nurses about 6 times a day and I have no idea how much she drinks. I try to offer food at least once a day, but usually she's just not into it. We're lucky if she even takes a few bites.

We are about the same. I try to feed DS twice a day but usually I can get him to eat maybe an ounce before he's over it. He definitely eats more if I give him a pouch versus make my own purées.

fabk · April 2014

Ebf on demand. Usually 6-8 times a day. When he was sick he ate twice as much as usual.
He has solids 3 times a day. Barley cereal and whatever fruit puree I made that week. Usually a pouch or container of food at lunch. At dinner 2-3 cubes of puree (chicken, carrot or squash and broccoli or peas). Plus snacks through the day ( puffs, yogurt, cheese, half of my ritz cheese sandwhich cracker).
Kid likes to eat. I can't wait to weigh him tomorrow. I have a suspicion he has a high motabilism like my dad, sis and aunt. He seems to eat constantly but gain weight slowly considering he was so big at birth.

hollandmama · April 2014

I have no idea how much BM he has but it's around 7 feedings per day.

He eats like half a pouch 3 times a day, sometimes he finishes it. Plus BLW: snacks, fruit, bread, crackers, etc. through the day.

Some days he is a great eater, some days he joins the boob4life team.... I guess every baby is different and you just need to worry about his diapers and weight gain.

ForeverNewlyWeds · April 2014

@mimi4347 - I'm not sure if DS lost weight while sick (although with his eating I wouldn't be surprised - he definitely significantly decreased his soiled diaper output) but be didn't lose enough that it was outwardly noticeable to an already worried mom or the doctors office which probably saw him three times between cold/a not eating appt/and then an ear related thing.

Sorry I wasn't more help here.

lrichmond86 · April 2014

24-30 oz of formula a day plus one yobaby and two purees. And some finger foods in between but most of that ends up in the dogs belly

LauraB1016 · April 2014

We do about 32 oz of formula a day and one (maybe two) purées during the day. She eats great for daycare but I can't seem to get her to eat for beans but that is a whole different story.

NKF312 · April 2014

Between 25-30oz Pepsi a day, a snack of puffs, at daycare she usually has one full pouch( no idea how they do it, she refuses purees for me) since she's refusing purees I've been giving her diced finger foods for dinner, which she has way more interest in but probably eats 2 tablespoons of the food and the rest goes on the floor... Last night diced tofu and sweet potato dusted with wheat germ.

pgermain11 · April 2014

Typically 26-32 oz of milk and 3 meals a day with a snack inbetween somewhere. However, she has apparently gone on a puree strike and is refusing food unless it comes from my plate so right now she's mainly drinking milk with a couple of bites of my stuff when she feels like it.

Clyde013 · April 2014

E has 24-28oz of formula between 4 bottles. She also has oatmeal with a homemade fruit purée (2oz prob) then she has a grain and veggie purée for dinner (another 2 oz). Sometimes she has lunch other times she's asleep. I haven't given her any chicken or meat yet.

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