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dvmmomma · January 2015

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poofwok · January 2015

Those who formula feed, how many oz a feeding does your LO take? How many feedings a day?

Dawn5481 · January 2015

4-6oz 5-6 times a day..... She doesn't eat at night though.

poofwok · January 2015

Mine eats 6 oz 4x/day and 8oz at bedtime.

He's recently been waking up once a night to eat.

I've introduced cereal but I'm wondering if I should up the oz during the day aswell.

Dawn5481 · January 2015

My pediatrician told me it was fine for us to go up to 7 ounces per feeding, but she spits up a lot. I like to try to space it out a little bit.

Dawn5481 · January 2015

Plus, I've started to introduce solids, so she gets a little of that as well.

poofwok · January 2015

@Dawn5481‌
I've started cereal once a day. He takes about a tablespoon so far.

How much is D taking?

Dawn5481 · January 2015

She'll only take a half a container of a fruit or vegetable a day really. She likes solids quite a bit, but formula is still her main source of food.

abnelsen22 · January 2015

6 oz, 5x's/day. He's done that since two months. No change!

alphaxi614 · January 2015

5 oz five times a day and 7 oz before bed. He wakes up once in the night to eat. We are also introducing cereal 1x a day. No idea how much he's getting because he wears most of it!!!

BeachM · January 2015

7oz 4-5 times a day. We just started oatmeal because of him eating more than 30oz. Trying banana tomorrow.

ekneipp · January 2015

We do 4 bottles @ 5.5 oz ( working our way up to 6 but he spits up at 6) during the day with a 3-4 oz bottle before bed and another before i go to bed, he wakes up once at night to feed but i am thinking of weaning that soon, once he can increase daily bottle sizes and now that we are starting solids, i wish he would drink 6-8 oz at a time!

reb84 · January 2015

I have a question: how do you keep the formula from clumping in the bottle? I've tried using warm water before mixing and stirring the bottles with a fork or spoon; neither of these seems to help. Thanks, ladies

mandyjimmy · January 2015

We do 7oz, 5 times a day. At his night bottle, we mix one oz of formula with oatmeal cereal and spoon feed it to him so he is technically drinking 6oz and eating the other oz with the cereal. But...I should add that he is 20lbs and in the 99% for both height and weight so he's a big boy!

reb84 · January 2015

@addysmama222 yes we do it that way, but I still get clumps. I was meaning that in addition to shaking it, I'd tried warming the water and stirring it. DH says they will disovle themselves as she drinks.

poofwok · January 2015

reb84 said:
@addysmama222 yes we do it that way, but I still get clumps. I was meaning that in addition to shaking it, I'd tried warming the water and stirring it. DH says they will disovle themselves as she drinks.

same thing happens with us. It does dissolve as LO drinks it but it drives me crazy when I see it lol

ekneipp · January 2015

reb84 said:

I have a question: how do you keep the formula from clumping in the bottle? I've tried using warm water before mixing and stirring the bottles with a fork or spoon; neither of these seems to help. Thanks, ladies

We use the Dr. Brown formula pitcher. I make enough for 24 hours and mix it, then I just pour out what i want to serve. We have two pitchers so I don't have to wash and immediately use again. By using the pitcher it dissolves a lot better. I love them.

poofwok · January 2015

addysmama222 said:
Hmmm. Must just be the kind we're on that doesn't clump. What is she on?

We use enfamil gentlease. What about you?

poofwok · January 2015

addysmama222 said:
@Justine2502‌ Alimentum.

That's not powder formula right?

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