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Re: Amount of Formula/Bottles/BFs when having Solids
« on: May 22, 2006, 21:27:44 pm »
HI THERE

HAVE READ YOUR POST ABOUT MILK INTAKE AND SOLIDS.
I AM AT MY WITS END WITH MY LITTLE 6 MONTH OLD
SHE WILL NOT TAKE HER MILK AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THIS IS THE REASON I STARTED HER ON SOLIDS AT 18WEEKS.
SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE ANGEL IN EVERYWAY APART FROM TAKING FLUIDS!
ALL SHE SEEMS TO WANT IS HER FOOD.
I HAVE OFFERED WATER/MILK/OJ ALL BEFORE SOLIDS AND AFTER AND SHE STILL REFUSES TO DRINK.
SHE JUST TURNS HER WHOLE BODY AWAY AND PUSHES THE TEAT OR SPOUT OUT OF HER MOUTH.
WE HAVE TRIED FEEDING HER IN OUR ARMS AND LAY IN HER PRAM OR ON A CUSHION SHE JUST WILL NOT TAKE IT!!! I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH SHE REFUSES TO TAKE IT.
HERE IS HER ROUTINE

7 AM   SOLIDS

10.30 AM  TRY TO GIVE MILK USUALLY ONLY TAKE 1 OZ IF I AM LUCKY

12.30PM  LUNCH WITH PUDDING
TRY TO OFFER JUICE OR WATER BUT WONT HAVE IT
4.30PM  TEA WITH PUDDING TRY TO OFFER WATER OR JUICE BUT REFUSES IT

6.45PM BATH

7.15PM  BED WITH A BOTTLE SOMETIMES TAKES 4OZ  SOMETIMES TAKES 8OZ !!!

10.30PM GIVE A DREAMFEED OF 4OZ  SLEEPS STRAIGHT THROUGH UNTIL MORNING ALWAYS HAS DONE HAVE NEVER HAD A SLEEPLESS NIGHT!!!!   ARENT I LUCKY!!!


THE ONLY THING IS THAT NOW SHE IS ON 3 MEALS A DAY AND TAKING TO IT LIKE A TROOPER I REALLY WANT TO DROP THE DREAMFEED!!!

I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO SAY THAT MILK SHOULD BE HER MAIN SOURCE FOR THE FIRST 12 MONTHS BUT NOT EVERY BABY FOLLOWS THIS UNWRITTEN RULE. SHE REALLY DOES SEEM TO PREFER HER SOLIDS THAN TO HER MILK OR ANY FLUIDS. PLEASE DONT SUGGEST THAT I DROP THE AMOUNT OF SOLIDS I GIVE TO MAKE HER WANT HER MILK MORE BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT HELP AS I HAVE TRIED IT. THE HEALTH VISITOR IS HAPPY WITH HER WEIGHT GAIN ( SHE WAS A BIG BABY AND WEIGHED 10 LBS 2OZ AT BIRTH)
I JUST NEED TO DROP THE DREAMFEED AS I AM FINDING IT HARD TO STAY UP LATE AND KEEP GIVING IT. IT SAYS TO DROP THIS FEED WHEN SOLIDS ARE FULLY ESTABLISHED AND I DO BELEIVE THAT THEY ARE AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CONTENTED LITTLE BABY.

ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY RECEIVED.

THANKS IN ADVANCE
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Re: Amount of Formula/Bottles/BFs when having Solids
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2006, 03:15:02 am »
I'm not sure what you're looking for here, but I'll give it a shot...

Yes, formula should be her main source of nutrition. If cutting back on solids hasn't worked, have you tried adjusting her routine? It may take several days to see the effects of any changes, but it may help to switch things around a bit. Offering a bottle before solids can often make a big difference, especially if you offer a bottle when she first wakes instead of solids. You might also find that when you drop the dreamfeed, she's hungrier in the morning and may be more likely to take more of a bottle. She might not be a big formula drinker by nature, and that's fine, but I do think that it's always worth a shot to try and get intakes up. Hungry babies eat...so if she refuses a bottle to hold out for solids, and you skip the solids meal that usually follows it, she might be pretty mad at you but could be more receptive to a bottle when you offer it again. She may even prefer to drink from a sippy that you offer like a bottle...some babies even do well with an open topped cup that you hold.

If all else fails, you can always mix formula into just about anything she eats. Those extra ounces count!
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Re: Amount of Formula/Bottles/BFs when having Solids
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2006, 10:35:27 am »
 hi
 thanks for your suggestions
i have for the last two days been offering her a bottle first thing before her breakfast and she has managed to take about 3-4oz so thats a start. i also do as you suggest and add formula to all her solids so she probly is getting just about all that she needs as she really does love her solids. i suppose i am just a bit of a worrier that when i stop the dreamfeed she is going to start waking at night !!
last night i took her to bed with an 8oz bottle but she only took 2oz and was totally out of it!!! then tried to give dreamfeed and she only took 1oz !!! but she slept all night and only stirred when she rolled over and got stuck!!! so i suppose i should be happy that i ahve such a happy and contented lo who can sleep through the night with that little amount of milk.
thanks ever so much you have managed to stop me worrying and stressing so much
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