https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:51:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237731 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:12:51 +0000 wonderstruck 1237731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: This is totally my MIL. Every single freaking time he gets crabby because h's tired she assumes he's hungry. The time before last she was like, "I ended up having to feed him two bottles in a row because he was so hungry! And then one more before you got home!" That's 18 ounces in THREE HOURS. He was 5 months old and typically drank SIX ounces every 3 hours.</p> <p>OP, I would start giving grandma very specific instructions. My nice-ish way of doing it is, "He should eat X ounces every 3 hours. Lately he's been a bit tricky and acting hungry when really he's just tired, and if I offer him an extra bottle he'll eat it but then later he gets an upset stomach, so I would write down the last time he ate or something just to make sure the bottles aren't spaced too close together."</p> <p>I've considered only leaving enough formula for the amount of time I'll be gone, but then I worry I'll run late or he will truly be hungry for more. I wish I could just let her follow her instincts about when he's truly still hungry, but it's been made extremely clear that I can't do that, she majorly overfeeds him every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237690 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:35:54 +0000 jetsa 1237690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237658 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:08:21 +0000 birdofafeather 1237658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: holy moly! that's a lot!</p> <p>yeah, i would say he's tired and they're feeding him instead! i would go for a schedule since he's on one with daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237484 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:29:56 +0000 danda 1237484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grandmas are over feeding. A baby should drink 1-1.25 ounces of breastmilk per hour of separation from mom according to Kellymom. 12 ounces sounds perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237471 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:22:14 +0000 Sapphiresun 1237471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would venture a guess that grandmas are over feeding.</p> <p>I left our 2.5 month old with them while we went out to dinner, expecting to be gone one feeding. I left a 3oz bottle with a 2oz bottle on the side just in case she was extra hungry, and then an extra 4.5oz bottle just in case we got delayed somehow and they had to give her bedtime bottle as well. They texted me halfway through dinner to say that they'd fed her ALL 9.5oz in one sitting and she was still fussing for more and were going to dip into my freezer stash. Ummm, no.. a two month old doesn't need to eat 10+ ounces in one sitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237386 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:41:25 +0000 Revel 1237386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the opposite problem and blame it on sleep. She naps for her grandmas, but barely naps at daycare. She takes one to three more ounces on daycare days. Can you ask your moms to just feed your LO on the schedule? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1237341 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:26:37 +0000 jetsa 1237341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the naps! He took a long afternoon nap and only took 1 other bottle. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236695 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:37:16 +0000 jetsa 1236695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He doesn't sleep much for us or the grandparents and he doesn't spit up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236610 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:16:43 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1236610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much does he eat in total? I had the exact opposite problem this week. D would eat almost nothing with the grandparents. I have the exact opposite of an over-eater for sure! I would decide based on total ounces rather than the fact that it's more than daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236602 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:13:06 +0000 MamaMoose 1236602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like grandmas are seriously over feeding! 5 bottles in the span of one work day is too much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236597 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:11:48 +0000 swurlygurl 1236597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would venture to guess that they're overfeeding him.</p> <p>@cmomma17: DH is this way. ANYTIME she fusses - "She's hungry!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236590 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:10:45 +0000 Sammyfab 1236590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is his napping situation with grandmas compared to daycare? Perhaps they're confusing his sleepy / overtired cues for hunger and feeding him when he actually wants to sleep? </p> <p>I know people say that you can't overfeed a baby, but my son would always nurse whenever I offered whether he was actually hungry or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236576 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:08:20 +0000 cmomma17 1236576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: yep, Grandma and Nana both overfed in our case. He'd fuss for two seconds, or be over tired from not getting a nap and they'd freak. "He's STARVING!!!!"</p> <p>Drove me crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236566 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:07:04 +0000 dagret 1236566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: what's his spit up like compared to the 2 days? If he's spitting up lots more when grandmas are watching him, I'd say they're definitely over feeding him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-eating-way-more-for-grandparents#post-1236557 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:05:29 +0000 jetsa 1236557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL watches J on Mondays and my mom does on some Fridays. They both watch him in our home.</p> <p>He goes to daycare Tues-Thurs. At daycare he eats 3-4oz bottles normally at 10, 1, and 4. When the grandma's watch him, he's normally finished these bottles around noon and will have 2 more in the afternoon. Anyone else experienced this?</p> <p>He also normally takes two 2-3 hour naps at daycare at home, we're lucky if he takes two 1 hour naps.</p> <p>I pump but can only get 12 oz a day so the last 2 end up being formula.</p> <p>Is this because he's more comfortable at home or are they just over-feeding him? ;) </p>