Re: baby eating problems


"newmama" <angel_baybee_18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

> Well I was at the mall the other day and saw a kid that was at least 3
> years oldsucking a bottle of milk, and it just didnt look right at all.
> I guess I dont want him to be like that!

*Huge* amount of time between 10 months and three years old. You've got
plenty of time to work on it.

Anyways,
> He is still drinking quite abit of formula a day, probubly between
> 18-24 oz from the time he wakes up until bedtime.

There's a reason for that then. He's hungry and wants the formula. Most
breastfed babies nurse way more than they eat solids at that age only we
don't know exactly how much they are getting. Don't worry about the ounces
so much and follow his lead.

> For breakfast he has cheerios or yogurt or scrambled eggs and toast or
> even fruit....Sometimes he eats alot, sometimes none and only a bottle.

That sounds like a lot of food, actually.
At 10 months I always counted on just one big "meal" a day. It's all either
of mine would do.

> I try to give him snacks like baby cookies, yogurt, cheese, cheerios,
> ect.
> For lunch he usually has soup with crackers or grilled cheese fingers
> or tuna or cooked veggies and fruit....
> For supper he usually has what we have like meat and potatoes and
> veggies, stufflike that.

<eyes popping!> That's a LOT of food!! Really, what are you concerned about?

<snip>

> I guess the reason I am so worried is because he is very small for his
> age and all my friends have like 6-7 mo old babies who are way bigger
> than him... He was only 5lbs8oz when he was born, but has grown to
> about 18-19 lbs now.

You think an 18-19lb ten month old is small? That sounds like a good sized
baby. Stop comparing and follow your baby's lead when it comes to what he
eats. You are doing just fine.

At ten months my dd was 16 pounds born 8lb3oz. The ped was never worried.
She's now over 20lbs at 14 months. What I'm trying to say is that they all
have spurts at different times.

And also, I read that at 9 months old, you are
> supposed to be feeding solids before bottle, and that they have
> already gotten the nutrition they need from formula, so solids are more
> important now.anyways, let me know what u think,
> thanks

Don't really know the bottle recommendations other than they should have
breastmilk/formula as a primary source of nutrition for the first year. Try
not to worry about it. It sounds like you have a thriving baby on your
hands.

JennP.


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