MSE Parents Club Part 8

chopsticks

I think it was MoneyMaker who was asking the other day about how much milk babies should have.

I've just had an email from BabyCenter which has this link in it. If the figures are correct, Caitlin isn't having enough.

She's 13lb 9oz which means she should be having between 33.75 and 36.45 oz per day (I used 13.5 lbs in my calculation).

She has four 180ml bottles of formula a day. 180ml is 6.3oz, so that's 25.2oz. She is BF in the morning but I can't see her getting more than 6oz from me (and that's probably a generous guess), so that makes 31.2oz. However, she left 2oz of her bedtime bottle tonight, making her consumption today around 29.2oz.

So, if those figures are correct, she should be having another feed or another bottle each day.

I'm not going to give her any extra as I don't think she needs it. She certainly doesn't seem hungry in the day (if she wakes up in the night needing a feed like she did Sun, Mon and Tues I BF her so she'll have a bit extra then). She's just under the 25th percentile so is OK for weight too.

So, now I've posted that link, it's probably best to take it with a pinch of salt

Krystaltips

Choppy, if she was 100% breastfed then you wouldn't know how much she was getting... As long as she's happy, healthy, settled and growing then she's getting enough

cazscoob

searching_me wrote: »

caz talking to person or people outside of any situation is good as they can see it from all angles and make it easier for you to say everything coz they dont know your RL in a way .. sort of the reason i talk on here ...

i know what my problem is and when it started, it was when my nephew died and i cant get over it, i have talked to people and they just look at me when i talk about it so i have stopped?? i go to the cemetry twice a year on my own have a good cry then come away. there are other thing obviously but i know it all stems from this? talking on here is amazing you lot are fantastic but i need to get my head around all of this and am unsure how??

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Ok decision made all going to plan I will be in my new house on 22 December. Caz when is our first shopping trip going to be????

Oh Scruffy!!!! am so happy for you!!! esp as you moving closer to me:rotfl::rotfl:as of monday i will only work mon-wed so let me know! ill even stick on some manky clothes and help decorate oh we could do some sales shopping very MSE :money:

chopsticks

Krystaltips wrote: »

Choppy, if she was 100% breastfed then you wouldn't know how much she was getting... As long as she's happy, healthy, settled and growing then she's getting enough

Yeh, that's it and she is all of those (at at the moment anyway...I'm sure she'll be unsettled and not happy at some point tomorrow )

What's the goss with hubby's family?

elle_gee

Oh, speaking of weight, Rhys has lost 1.5oz since Monday Might have something to do with the rather full in all senses nappy about an hour before being weighed (he was lying on my knee as he filled it - not pleasant!) :rolleyes:

cazscoob

WOW! look at this!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20091112/tts-uk-canada-boneglue-ca02f96.html

Sami_Bee

just had random tea, an individual chicken pie ten some garlic mushrooms

Edgar is just filling his nappy with what sounds like a nasty poop - lovely!

redmel1621

Glamazon wrote: »

Mel - forgot to say last night, I'm in Warrington. I thought you knew that from the pg thread.

Ah yes, I did know that, sorry....pregnancy brain

Krystaltips wrote: »

Mel, the avent teats also fit into avent magic cups... There's no measurements on like a bottle, but you get much longer use out of them... I still have aimee's in the cupboard...

Ah right thanks for that...as it happens Morrisons had barely any baby section, so didn't manage to get them...will have to wait until i go to Asda!

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

The problem with dentinox for BF babies is that they have to have SO much of it - I used it once with Benjamin and passed it on! I melted the syringe in the steriliser too!!

Ah good point, it is a fairly big syringe full, some babies are fine with it though....I always just shoved it in the bottle:)

carlamagee

money_maker wrote: »

tia, I always let them nap in the sitting room, didnt see the point putting them in the cot

where? on the sofa? I cant do this with Christopher as Katie is always about, and loves her liuttle brother to bits, so know that she would be up on the top of him trying to give him hugs n kisssess!!! :rolleyes:
Pram is too huge for the living room (double in front of one another) and would get in the way of Katie playing? :cool:

Krystaltips wrote: »

If I'm home and Caitlyn needs a nap, I tend to take her and lie on the bed with her until she's asleep... Then I shuffle off and leave her (or relax with her for a while ) It's ok at the moment because she doesn't move at all when she's asleep... Don't know what I'm going to do when she starts shuffling round and rolling over...

ooohhh.....i remember days like that. I used to do it when I had Katie too. Life is soooooo much different with a toddler and a baby!!

cazscoob wrote: »

i know what my problem is and when it started, it was when my nephew died and i cant get over it, i have talked to people and they just look at me when i talk about it so i have stopped?? i go to the cemetry twice a year on my own have a good cry then come away. there are other thing obviously but i know it all stems from this? talking on here is amazing you lot are fantastic but i need to get my head around all of this and am unsure how??

wish i had words of wisdom for you caz! ((Hugs)) and hope you can get something sorted out to talk about it and stuff! You know that each of us are here to talk abut it. When my grandma died, I wrote, i suppose like a letter, and just put everything i was feeling and thinking in it and sent it to my friend and it helped me. I didnt want her to ask me about it, and actually we never talked about it, but it just made me feel a bit better knowing that someone else knew how I was feeling! Did any fo that make any sense!?

money_maker_3

carlamagee wrote: »

where? on the sofa? I cant do this with Christopher as Katie is always about, and loves her liuttle brother to bits, so know that she would be up on the top of him trying to give him hugs n kisssess!!! :rolleyes:
Pram is too huge for the living room (double in front of one another) and would get in the way of Katie playing? :cool:

In the bouncer seat or on me. Jasmine plays in the hall or in her room, so she knows to leave him alone when hes having a nap