Hi all,
DD started solids at 5 months, she's now 5 months and 3 weeks. She only gets solids in the morning and BARELY swallows any of it. I know it is more of just playing around at this stage. Some days, she'll actually eat it all, others and most days it's put in the mouth hangs out there and either is spit back out or swallowed. Anyway, since she is actually ingesting so little at this point, I'm surprised to see just a drop in her formula intake. At 7am, I give her 4 ounces of her 7 ounce bottle. (I found that giving her whole bottle makes her not interested in solids, and giving the bottle after solids, she refuses the bottle entirely, so this is a happy medium). At 8am, I give her solids (i offer 2 ice cubes of veggies, she probably ingests actually half an ice cube, but is crazily wanting more, it just never makes it in her tummy). After the solids, I offer the last 3 ounces of her 7 ounce bottle which most of the time she takes at least 2 ounces. I don't fret if she doesn't want any of it. But, her 11 and 3 bottles she only ends up taking 4.5-5 ounces of these bottles and not the full 7 ounces. I know Tracy says in her book that these two bottles will be lower in amount they ingest, but is this too little for how much she is actually eating for her one solid meal a day? Her 6:30 bottle (bed time) she takes the full 7 ounces. Any insight would much be appreciated. Thank you.
