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Offline chesterella

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5mo wants more more more
« on: March 25, 2012, 14:56:50 pm »
Hello
DS is 5mo and has been eating solids for 5 weeks now. I am not sure how to space out his bottles and his solids at this point because even though he is eating a whole lot of fruits/veggies/grains at each meal, he still screams for more. I was doing this:
6am wake 5oz bottle
6:30-8:30 sleep
9 solids (4.5oz fruits and 2 tbspns oatmeal but now wants more!)
10:30-11:30 sleep
12 5oz bottle
1:30-3:30 sleep
4 solids (4.5oz veggies and 2 tbspns oatmeal but screams for more!)
5:30-5:45 catnap
8:00 bottle and bed

Now he wants this!:
6am wake 5oz bottle
9 solids and bottle
12 bottle
4 bottle
6:30-7 solids
8:30-9 bottle

????
What do I do?

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Re: 5mo wants more more more
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 01:47:26 am »
Hi,

At this age, the milk is still most important.  What you describe as him wanting, is great for this age.  At 5 months, that's a lot of solids and the milk has way more nutritional value than the solids.  You can probably scale back on the solids too and replace with milk.


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Re: 5mo wants more more more
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2012, 11:56:00 am »
So should he always have a bottle after each solid? Thank you for your feedback :)

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Re: 5mo wants more more more
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2012, 12:44:53 pm »
I think right now as he is still showing hunger, a bottle with the solids is best.


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Re: 5mo wants more more more
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2012, 18:48:56 pm »
Hi, I agree with Rachel. Milk has more calories than fruit and veg  :)