https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:05:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-966855 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:31:26 +0000 lemong 966855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How big is his bottle at day care? And what solids does he eat? How has his weight gain been in general?</p> <p>My LO is 11 months old as well but still nurses 5/6 times a day - once in the morning before I leave for work, 2 or 3 bottles at daycare, and usually nurses twice before bed. She also gets 3 meals a day plus a snack. She's on the small size, but always has been. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-966704 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:55:14 +0000 Bluebonnet 966704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does LO eat a lot of solids? Getting up 5 times a night at 11 months is a lot. Are you sure LO is hungry and not just comfort nursing?</p> <p>When I weaned LO, she did not like cows milk mixed with breastmilk, but she took cows milk fine by itself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-966477 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:58:02 +0000 aprk 966477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: have you tried feeding him more often during the day in the hopes that he won't need it at night as much?</p> <p>Could you breastfeed for half a feeding and then give him the bottle to finish as a way to transition? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-966455 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:51:52 +0000 matador84 966455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>well, i want to gradually give him formula and not just put some in a bottle and be like "here you go." he gets the boob morning/night and bottle at daycare 1x/day when he's there, otherwise boob at home 3x/day when he's home with me all day.</p> <p>i just don't know how to gradually enter in the formula since i'm not really able to even pump a lot of bm and i have no freezer stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-966070 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:27:18 +0000 edelweiss 966070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>just to clarify, do you mean that you think he may not be getting enough from nursing? </p> <p>i think it depends on how you feel--if you wanted to continue with some nursing and supplement with bottled formula (or primarily feed formula and supplement with nursing), that could be a good way to transition. or you could go cold turkey to formula.</p> <p>sorry i'm not much help--we're only 6 months in so haven't deal with weaning yet. you must be so tired today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-help-with-feeding#post-965892 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 07:35:03 +0000 matador84 965892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds was up at least 5 times last night. I'm 99% sure it's because he's hungry and I've always nursed him at night more than during the day. I totally cannot do it anymore. We're about to go to the store and I'm going to pick up some formula and feed him that for about a month and then switch to cow's milk.</p> <p>The only time he's ever had formula was when he was about 3/4 months I tried switching from BF but he kept vomiting the formula so I said screw it and kept bf'ing. Now, at 11 months old, should I totally switch to trying to bottle feed and wean? Drop nursing entirely? When I pump, I only get about 2-3 oz max, once a day. I don't really know where to start to transition him. </p>