Am i giving too much?
Hello i have another question just a different subject. Jd is having 5 8oz bottles per day, tho he doesn't always finish it. Plus he's having two meals and i'm worried he's having too much
7am 6oz milk
11am 6/7oz milk and baby rice about 20 weaning spoonfuls
3pm 5/6oz milk and 2 cubes of veg
7pm 8oz milk
10.30pm 8oz milk
That was yesterday and sometimes he has bit more milk but thats the general gist. Does that look about right? He is a big baby nearly 20 pounds now
7am 6oz milk
11am 6/7oz milk and baby rice about 20 weaning spoonfuls
3pm 5/6oz milk and 2 cubes of veg
7pm 8oz milk
10.30pm 8oz milk
That was yesterday and sometimes he has bit more milk but thats the general gist. Does that look about right? He is a big baby nearly 20 pounds now
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However she's a big girl too last time i had her weighed a month or so ago, 27.5 lbs!! This is how much food she has
5-6am 10 ozs
breakfast 1/2 pear
midmorning 4ozs milk
lunch 10 cubes of various food folowed by 1/2 pear
tea 8 cubes follwed by 6ozs milk
bedtime 10ozs milk
amber has a limited diet which is why that list might seem strange but i just wanted to show that amber still has lots of milk plus quite a bit of food now!!
ambers consultant said that as long as she eats the food first then give her whatever milk she wants. I think in Jds case he's still young so if he's happily having all the milk then let him!
Cameron was never a great milk drinker until we switched him onto cows milk at a year, now i think he's got hollow legs as he can't get enough milk!!
Jd's only four months so milk is still really important, and like you said he's quite a big boy. I'd just keep going with what you're doing, it sounds like he's quite happy !!
that's great he loves his food!!
I thought that the twins were eating too much, as in more than half a small jar of food per meal plus half a big pot of pettit filu EACH. HV gave me a lecture on the virtues of home cooking etc, and I have managed to survive today without opening a jar. But their appetites go down when there is more flavour there (i hope). Milly was a big eater too, infact i think she had a snack too at 6 months.
JD will start to show you that he's had enough, he will lose interest in what you are giving him, or he will take less milk in favour of the food. Those signs are the most important thing for you to keep account of.
Sally re, home cooking. I would love to have the time, but must say that Luka has had alot of jars too. And he's fine. He happily switches between what we are having for dinner or if its something that he can't or shouldn't have I just give him a jar and I don't worry about it too much!
Listen to JD and go with what he wants. I was told that I was over feeding Bronwyn, however she was very hungry and a big girl being 11lb 12.5oz at birth. My HV has no idea that I started weaning at 12 weeks, she's a dragon and would probably breath fire is she knew!!!
lol. x