solids vs formula?

I am confused and wanted to know if anyone had a similar porblem. I will be going to the docs office tom. but wanted to get some info from you girls first.

Antonio's feeding schedule is wacky. I feel like he is not getting enough formula or even eating enough food. He is 6 months old and this is his schedule.

6am 2-4 oz bottle
10am 3tbspns cereal 3 baby spoons fruit
2pm-only 2oz formula!
5pm-3 tablespoons cereal and 1 stage one veg
8pm-6 oz bottle

**2-4 am 2-4oz bottle

I try to give him mor formula during the day but he refuses.

here are my questions (after rambling on for an hour)

1-Do solids have the same nutritional value as formula?
2-Do your babies eat the solids excitedly all the time or with resistance?(antonio whines sometimes while eating)
3-Are 15oz of formula enough?

SO CONFUSED!!!

His GI said to start meats but I am afraid he will not take any formula then!

Re: solids vs formula?

I think he should be drinking more formula. He will get more vitamins from the formula. What does the Dr think?

Hayley's schedule:

wake up - 2 tbs cereal & 1/2 jar fruit then a 7oz bottle (usually finishes bottle, sometimes doesn't finish an ounce or two )

usually 4 hours later - 1/2 to full jar of vegies and same of fruit then a bottle 5-7 ounces (I am starting to wait about 1/2 hour to hour after giving vegies to give her the bottle)

then about every 4 - 4 1/2 hours a 7 oz bottle.

Now that she is on stage 2 foods & meats, I will start giving her some meat for lunch and vegies around dinnertime.

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I think he needs to be taking more formula. I think he should be drinking about 24-28 ounces of formula still. I am not 100% positive about it, but I think that is what Jake was doing at the time. Right now Jakeis 15 months old and still drinks about 20 ounces of milk a day and my dr. said that was great. Every doctor is different though.

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I think the doctor told me 18-20 but I am not sure. I have to ask tomorrow.

Saturday I tried replacing his dinner with a bottle bht he became so uncomfortable with large volume of liquid he was spitting up large amounts of formula all night.

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He should be getting 24-26oz of formula a day is what I am told.
I really have to push the bottles on Miranda and I'll skip a solid meal if I have to because the nutrition from BM or formula is more important to them now. Also he needs the hydration from the liquids.
Can you do 2oz before then after? We dont keep a schedule. I just try to offer her small bottles as often as I think she'll take them just to get it in then she gets a feeding at 11pm or so after she's gone to bed (she wakes for this).


ETA: Meats at 6 months sounds insane to me. I am not a doctor by any means but wow that seems early. A lot of babies don't start any solids until 6 months let alone meats.

Message edited 3/13/2006 5:11:22 PM.

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I have a few friends that their babies are a few weeks apart from Hayley. They all are on stage 2 foods and meats too. (we all use differents ped's too)

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Emily is taking about 20-22 oz of formula a day and the doctor said that is OK because she is gaining well. She does have 3 good solid meals a day.

Did he eat considerably more formula before introducing solids? Maybe you should cut back some on the solids and increase the formula?

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Message edited 3/14/2006 8:26:56 AM.