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Offline liamsladybug

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Is he getting enough?
« on: April 21, 2006, 16:30:40 pm »
Hi! My LO is 7 months now, was stricktly bf upto 6 months, at which point I started him on solids and weened him slowly to formula.  He now has formula through the day and I still nurse at night.  He has always been a snacker, nursing for short periods of time, now that he drinks formula, he drinks between 2 and (if we're lucky) 4 oz of formula every 2 hours roughly and sometimes, hardly any at all.  How do I get him to increase his formula intake during the day, so he drinks more, but less often?  He also wakes alot during the night, could this be because he doesn't get enough during the day?  PLEASE HELP! Thank you!
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Re: Is he getting enough?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2006, 18:59:41 pm »
Hi

Ultimately you are looking to get him in a 4hr EASY for his age, however you may need to start at 3 and build up in 15 min increments over a period of a couple of weeks or more.  See plan attached....

Is it possible for you to post your current routine and include anoutns of formula and solids and then I can look at it further for you.

thanks 
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 20:12:42 pm »
Hi Lauren, thank you for the chart.  I'll start tomorrow.  Here is some more info:

E: 7:00 (3oz formula) activity in between 8:00 (1TB fruit, 1TB rice cereal mixed with 1/2oz formula)
A: 8:15-9:00 (3-4oz formula@9:00)
S: 9:15-10:30
E: 11:00 (2-3 oz formula) 12:00 (2 TB fruit/veg, 2TB cereal with 1/2os formula)
A: 12:15-1:00 (3-4oz formula@1:00)
S: 1:10-2:30
E: 3:00 (3-4 oz formula)
A: 3:15-4:30 (2 oz formula@4:30)
    4:45-5:45
E: 5:45 (2TB veg, 1TB fruit, 1TB cereal w/ 1/2oz formula)
A: 6:00-7:15 (quiet playtime, bath and a book) 7:15 2-3oz formula)
S:7:30
dream feed: between 10 and 10:30
then up at various times in the night, between 3 and 6 times per night, nurses about 10-15 minutes each time.

Thanks again!  Melanie :)
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Re: Is he getting enough?
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2006, 01:41:22 am »
It does look like your LO is a snacker! The problem with snacking is that they get used to eating so often and then they wake in the night, as you are seeing. Then you feed in the night and they are not hungry during the day for full feedings. Do you have Tracy's second book? If so, on pages 120-121 Tracy talks about snackers and how to get them on a better feeding schedule. If you do not have the book, let me know and I will type in what is says. Other good pages on snacking are 124 and 97-98.
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Re: Is he getting enough?
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2006, 03:29:47 am »
Hi again!  No, I don't have the second book yet.   Thanks for all your help! 
Melanie  :)
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