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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #30 on: August 30, 2011, 01:09:09 am »
I am in Canada.  Sorry the Nutramigen is about $22 for a 400gm tin vs $24-26 for a 730gm tin of Enfamil regular/soy/AR etc.  It was the Neocate that is soooo expensive.  It is $50 for a 400gm tin.  When she was on Neocate I was spending over $700/month on it.  Considering I get $806 every two weeks from EI the formula was costing half of what I was earning per month.  Just crazy.

I tried the soy because my numerous appeals to my benefits plan failed and my pead said that based on the type of intolerance she has 80% of infants with that type of intolerance can handle soy.  I guess the difference is if there are antibodies in the blood.  I can't remember exactly off the top of my head but she didn't have the antibodies in her blood so it wasn't an allergy issue but just an intolerance to the protein.  To be honest I think she will be able to tolerate dairy.  I'm just not sure I want to switch to a full dairy formula yet until I get her sleeping/teething sorted.  I know I'm almost at the point where she should be drinking milk so I'm not really sure what to do.  That is one of the things I'm going to discuss with the pead tomorrow.  I'm thinking I may try a gradual switch over like I did with the soy.  I changed her from the Neocate to soy over a period of a month.

She has made so many improvements over the past couple of months that I'm afraid to push too much but with her going to daycare in 2 weeks I really have to try.  I would love to get her off of formula and just onto milk and there is no way I want to be giving her soy milk to drink.  I really don't want her having that much soy.

On a bright note, she had some beans today.  The beans in tomato sauce.  Way more sugar in it than she has ever had so it's no wonder she loved them.  But the really big hit of the day was garlic and chive cream cheese sandwiches.  She love, love, loved it.  She ate half a sandwich and still wanted more  :)
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2011, 04:11:55 am »
If she is doing well with solids, you could ask the pead if it would be best to just get her off of formula a bit early... she is almost 11 months now and would only be on it for a month or two anyways :)

Neocate is brutal expensive!  $700 a month would almost convince me to relactate ;)
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #32 on: August 30, 2011, 11:46:48 am »
That's nuts! I'm going to try the nutramigen for my DD. The formula we get is $14/900g so the jump between those is bad enough! My $540 ei doesn't go far lol.
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #33 on: August 30, 2011, 11:48:45 am »
Ha.  It's funny you say that.  I actually tried but after a month on Domperidone I was only up to 3oz per day.  Since she is still drinking 24-30oz per day there is no way that was going to work.  :)

I'm going to talk to the pead about what our options are.  I'm still working on getting rid of the overnight bottle so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get her off of formula and if I can what the heck do I give her.   :-\  Oh well, hopefully I'll get some answers today.
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #34 on: August 30, 2011, 17:31:44 pm »
She still has a NF?  Is her daily intake really low? 
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« Reply #35 on: August 30, 2011, 20:03:34 pm »
Not really.  Just a hungry baby.  She is also a big baby.  She was just weighed and is 23 pounds 4 ounces at not quite 11 months old.  I'm working on getting rid of the night feed but with all the teething she wasn't eating much so was needing it for sure.  Also when teething she doesn't eat as much solids.

So the pead said that I could try her with a little straight milk in a cup once she is a year old.  Just give a little bit each day for three days and if no reaction then to increase.  He said if she has a reaction then to keep her on the soy formula until she is two.  :o
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #36 on: August 30, 2011, 23:09:19 pm »
Two?? Wow! Not even just soy milk??

I have a big DD too. Just weighed at 22 lbs10 oz at eight months. Since teething started full fledged (she has four), daytime food and formula can be touch and go. She's also grown 3 inches in 2 months. So there are definitely times we still NF. It happens!
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« Reply #37 on: August 30, 2011, 23:21:55 pm »
Yep.  2.  That's what I thought.  I'm hoping she can have the milk.  I'm going to start her with just a little bit at a time.  She is now having little bits of cheese, cream cheese on bread, some yogurt although she doesn't seem to like it.  I guess something with butter is the next test and then it will be onto milk.  I don't think it will be too big an issue.

I'm not really concerned with one NF.  If she just wakes once to eat and then back to sleep I'm not really bothered.  DD1 had two NFs until after a year.  Both were big girls.  Actually one NW/NF would be heaven compared to the multiple NWs we've had for months and months and months.   ::)
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #38 on: August 31, 2011, 16:29:42 pm »
Everything is a matter of context :) I slept much better when C did like 8-3(feed)-7. Now it's like....6:30- anywhere from 3:30 to 6:30, sometimes feed sometimes not, sometimes back to sleep sometimes unsettled for an hour....oye.
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #39 on: August 31, 2011, 16:52:13 pm »
I agree Kat.  I slept so much better when A would do 7pm BT with zero fuss, sleep until around 2-3am, wake for a quick feed and back to sleep until ~7am.  I had no problem falling back to sleep after feeding her and no issue staying asleep before she woke either... now if I wake up during the night, I live in fear of her waking up!
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« Reply #40 on: August 31, 2011, 17:30:31 pm »
I have the same thing.  We had a wonderful few days before the last tooth started to come when she slept from 7:45 until between 4 and 5 for a feed and back to sleep until about 7:15-7:30.  Now there are tons of NWs again.  I think it is the 2-1 but I don't know if I can realistically say that since she was been having tons of NWs for months and months and I never really know what is causing it  :-\

Yesterday evening and today she is back to not wanting to eat much and drinking lots of formula.  Must be another tooth.  I'm so tired of these teeth already and she only has three.  Just 17 more to go.
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #41 on: August 31, 2011, 21:58:18 pm »
Lol that's my theory. Every time she cuts  one, yay, one less to go!
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #42 on: August 31, 2011, 22:39:24 pm »
Yup!  My theory too - one down, XX to go :)  Funny enough, I think her first top one is starting to cut today :(
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #43 on: September 01, 2011, 01:20:33 am »
Her first top one came through last week and it is way to far over.  I'm almost wondering if it could be the one beside the front tooth.  Does that happen often?
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Re: Need finger food ideas for 10mo refusing to be spoonfed
« Reply #44 on: September 01, 2011, 03:36:46 am »
It can happen for sure, but baby teeth often come in funky/crooked and seem to resolve as they get more teeth :)
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