https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:36:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1128107 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:20:34 +0000 mrskc 1128107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: have you tried mixing it with breastmilk? Maybe start out with 75% BM &amp; 25% cow's milk and slowly get her used to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127888 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:26:15 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1127888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: I guess a lot of mamas are dealing with this too! Phew. I'm going to ask the pedi at her 12 month appt about it. I was planning on weaning her by then but I think it's going to be tough to transition to whole milk since she is such a little boob monster. My nanny has tried everything to get her to drink milk. Feeding her with a spoon, using various cups, etc. LO refuses them all. Causing mama a lot of stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127362 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:24:51 +0000 mrsjyw 1127362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: i'm right there with you!! i'm really concerned about him not getting enough milk!! I think he gets probably 6-8 oz in our am session, 6-8 while i'm gone, and then probably 5 at bedtime? he eats a TON of solids, so i'm wondering if i should cut back and increase more milk? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127282 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:35:58 +0000 mrskc 1127282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: it varies at daycare. He has days of not eating or drinking much and days where he'll eat a ton but milk intake is still low. He eats a lot of cheese and bread. :/ and some meat and fruit and veggies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127216 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:58:16 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1127216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: well that makes me feel a little better! thanks :) i just cannot believe how stubborn she can be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127145 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:20:03 +0000 Beehive 1127145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: Maybe she's just transitioning to more of a solids-based diet, like we're "supposed" to do around 12 months anyway... I haven't spoken to my ped about it in great detail, but I think she mentioned something about 17oz of milk and the rest of his food from solids once they are a year. L is just being precocious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating/page/2#post-1127039 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:25:22 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1127039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katsupgirl: yeah, i nurse twice after i get home. once right away, then before bed. i figure she drinks 5 oz in the morning nurse...6 oz while i'm away...and then i hope 4 oz at each session in the evening. so almost 20 oz in the best case scenario? maybe 15 oz in the worst case? i have no idea.</p> <p>@mrskc: she definitely has upped her solid intake at lunch and dinner on the weekdays, and you're right, i nurse every 3-4 hours on the weekends and she is not as hungry for solids. is he eating hearty solids while you are away? like lots of meats and high fat dairy? or is it mostly veggies? </p> <p>i guess i am just stressed out by it, but my husband isn't worried at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126976 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:46:16 +0000 mrskc 1126976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: This is happening with my son too. He will only drink 6-8 ounces while I'm at work. But he does eat a lot more solids while there. Then on weekends he seems to nurse more and eat less solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126972 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:44:19 +0000 katsupgirl 1126972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: my LO takes about 8 oz. while I'm at work doesn't eat that much in the way of solids but nurses like crazy when it get home. I'm hoping she's getting enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126894 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:57:04 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1126894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: i'm actually glad to hear that someone else's LO is dropping a nurse. my nanny just started this week and LO REFUSES to take a bottle from her, so she doesn't get one until mid afternoon when my mom comes to visit and she gives it to her. i nurse in the morning, and then she only drinks 6 oz while i'm away at work and i'm freaking out that she is starving. the nanny feeds her a lot at breakfast and lunch, but i still feel nervous about it. every day i am examining her legs to see if they've gotten skinnier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126517 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:26:32 +0000 immabeetoo 1126517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I think I will keep offering, its not like it hurts anything I guess. I just found myself trying to force the issue earlier, which surprised me... because I've never really stressed about him nursing enough before and he makes himself quite clear when he isn't interested. It just seems so odd to think of him dropping to 3X in 24 hours :/ I'd rather he weaned on his own terms in general but.. eep!</p> <p>@Tidybee: thanks, that is helpful!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126215 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:38:37 +0000 Tidybee 1126215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: around this time I dropped the midmorning bottle and it seemed to make absolutely no difference to her. She doesn't even seem hungry at that time and she is definitely more active than she was then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1126201 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:34:45 +0000 hilsy85 1126201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: I personally would just keep offering 4x a day for another month at least...you might find that he'll take the other side during a growth spurt or whatever, and I was always paranoid about making sure I offered breastmilk as many times as he would take it in order to make sure he was getting enough (since I only nursed as well and have no idea of ounces). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-1125899 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:15:03 +0000 immabeetoo 1125899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to ask here too since y'all are a month ahead-</p> <p>He's ten months and I nurse so I have no clue how much he is taking in in ounces.</p> <p>LO nurses 6:30 11 3:30 and 6:30 with three solids meals and lately had been refusing one side at the 11 am nurse session. I don't know if I should try to push it back/try to condense the 11 &amp; 3 into one? Or just keep offering 4x a day until he is 12 m? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-956010 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:54:27 +0000 Tidybee 956010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe it's a growth spurt, but my little DD is a freakin vacuum cleaner. I feel like she's eating too much but she is hungry and lunging for food! Maybe she is kind of over the purees? DD still isn't crawling yet but loves to pull up and stand. Here is a typical schedule for her:<br /> 5:30 - nurse<br /> 7ish - egg yolk and toast and blueberries<br /> 9am - 4 oz fruit + 1 oz oatmeal<br /> 10:30 - 6-7 oz bottle<br /> 12:30 - 4 oz jar of food<br /> 2:30 - 6-7 oz bottle<br /> 4:30 - 4 oz jar of fod<br /> 6:30ish - pieces of our dinner: usually meat, mashed veg, and some fruit in her mesh feeder<br /> 7:30 - nurse </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-888121 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:16:44 +0000 mrskc 888121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: he's just so cute! The look of disgust on his face! lol </p> <p>@MrsF: I'm going to try the oatmeal fingers! Thanks! </p> <p>I still love watching AJ eat new foods. We gave him some peach last night for the first time. Every time he tries something new he's unsure of, he gives this funny face and then shakes his head in disgust. lol He dropped the peach and went for the apple. This kid is obsessed with apples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-887784 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:21:16 +0000 LuLu Mom 887784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is our schedule, I need to be better about variety I think! </p> <p>6:00 - Wake up 6 oz bottle<br /> 7:15: handful of Cherrios or Puffs while I get ready<br /> 9:00: Pouch of food or oatmeal with fruit &amp; 4-6 oz bottle<br /> Morning Nap<br /> 12: Lunch: veggie and pieces of whatever serving &amp; 4 oz bottle<br /> Nap<br /> 3: bottle 8 oz.<br /> 6: Dinner - pouch of food, pieces of what we are having, puffs/cheerios<br /> 7: Nighttime bottle 8 oz. </p> <p>She still has a lot of formula per doctor's orders due to her stomach/weight issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-887730 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:56:57 +0000 hilsy85 887730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: our schedule looks like this:<br /> wake up at 6:30 ish, nurse<br /> solids around 7:30<br /> nurse around 8:00/8:30<br /> nurse around 11:00<br /> solids around 11:30/12:00<br /> nurse around 1:00<br /> nurse around 3:00<br /> nurse around 5:00<br /> solids around 530/6:00<br /> nurse around 7:00/715 for bed</p> <p>I worried that eating solids around 6 wouldn't leave him hungry enough for nursing again at 7, but he still will, plus take another 1.5-2oz from a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-887362 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:09:03 +0000 Beehive 887362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You guys are all so great with the solids! I think we need to work on it more... </p> <p>We have only been doing 2 meals a day of solids, a breakfast of 2oz fruit puree (sometimes mixed with yogurt) and lunch of 4oz vegetables or 2oz vegetables with some chicken "puree". He still has 5 feedings of breastmilk a day (morning and before bed from me, and 3 bottles during the day of 6-7oz or so each). </p> <p>We haven't started doing dinner solids yet - his last two breastmilk feedings are kind of close together - 5:30 and 7:30 - so I don't see how we can fit solids in there. I'm worried if he has solids he won't have as much milk at his last feeding? Today he left a few oz in his 5:30 bottle - maybe that feeding should be 4oz milk followed by some solids? How do you guys space out milk and solids? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-885032 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:35:18 +0000 MrsRcCar 885032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: usually he naps for like 30-45 minutes at some point in the afternoon. It is never at the same time. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884964 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:13:22 +0000 hilsy85 884964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRcCar: wow is he only on one nap!? So advanced! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884865 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 05:32:50 +0000 SleepyMonkey 884865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think L is a little behind on her solids compared to your babies! she gets about 2 oz of purees or yogurt 3x/day, and a little bit of water but she doesn't like water all that much. we try to feed her bits of what we are eating but she isn't terribly interested in chunks of food yet, i don't think. she nurses 6x a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884539 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:30:14 +0000 MrsRcCar 884539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N's updated schedule;<br /> 0800: 2ounces of rice cereal made with soy formula<br /> 0900: 6 ounce bottle of formula<br /> 1030-1230: Nap<br /> 1330: 8 ounce bottle<br /> 1730: 4-6 ounces of purees<br /> 2000: 8.5 ounces of formula</p> <p>Somewhere in there he gets finger food and he gets offered his sippy cup and water throughout the day. We have tried to change his routine around but it really doesn't go very well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884526 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:22:40 +0000 Kemma 884526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A isn't a big eater of purées or spoon foods but she goes to town on finger food and will shove as much food in her mouth as she can! She's still nursing at least five times a day (usually between six and eight sessions) but we do three meals and a snack each day.</p> <p>We do porridge and fruit for breakfast but usually only four or five small spoonfuls, her and I share a finger food lunch (scrambled eggs, sandwiches, fruit, cheese, crackers, leftovers etc) and then she eats whatever we're eating for tea which is most often some sort of meat and vegetables. We've also just started doing an afternoon snack of crackers and fruit.</p> <p>Plenty of food still ends up on the floor (we have a very lucky and well fed dog!) but she's definitely eating some food based on what comes out again :-0 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884316 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:47:16 +0000 MrsF 884316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was too lazy to clean up after M's dinner tonight (see above post about throwing everything on the floor) so I gave her a whole bunch of fruit while she was playing in her baby pool. She was already naked so I just stood her up and dumped a pitcher of water on her to get the juice off when she was done. She loved it and I think she ate more than she would have in her highchair. Play, dinner and bath in one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884294 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:39:13 +0000 katsupgirl 884294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I'm with you. Little Miss Miss is going to be 9 months next week. I'm so slack with solids. </p> <p>She gets about 11-12 ounces of BM while I'm at work. Sometimes up to 16 if she's fussy. </p> <p>I give her solids randomly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884249 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:14:18 +0000 MrsF 884249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Everything inedible and most things edible are on the floor here! Even if she likes it she'll take a bite, throw it, I'll pick it up, wash it off, she takes another bite... Is she old enough to be manipulating me? If I didn't give it back I don't think she'd eat anything. Ugh. </p> <p>@TurtleDoves: So cute by the way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884242 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:10:23 +0000 Tidybee 884242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is a typical day for us. DD LOVES her purees but still gags a lot on actual solid food. She has just graduated to some soft fruits (melon, blueberries, and banana) so hopefully she'll get the hang of it soon. She'll be 8 months on Friday (born 10/28).<br /> 7am - wake up and nurse<br /> 9:00am - 1 oz. oatmeal with a 4 oz jar of fruit mixed in.<br /> 11:00 am - 6-7oz bottle of breastmilk<br /> 2:30 pm - 6-7 oz bottle of breastmilk<br /> 4:00 pm - 4 oz of baby food, either a jar of earth's best (she loves the chicken and sweet potato) or some ice cubes of veggies I made myself.<br /> 6:00ish - a chunk of fruit or a mummum<br /> 7:00pm - nurse </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884226 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:00:22 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 884226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: @sorrycharlie: we haven't gotten to the dramatic plate/cup toss yet. That will be fun; i'm sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2012-how-much-are-your-babies-eating#post-884098 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:02:23 +0000 sorrycharlie 884098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: LOL!! Olivia loves her prune juice but hates avocado. I can't stop laughing at the disappointed/disgusted look on his face. </p> <p>@MrsF: seriously - everything that isn't edible hits the deck at our house. well, it usually hits the dog, who's hovering around the high chair. Olivia likes to fling her sippy across the room dramatically after every sip!! </p>