Question for those who thicken bottles

I was wondering how do you add in spoon feedings and baby food. It just seems like a lot of food. I tried taking the rice out of DS bottle and it didn't work. Any suggestions on what to do? By the way, they are almost 4 months. Thanks.

Hollye

 

I was wondering how do you add in spoon feedings and baby food. It just seems like a lot of food. I tried taking the rice out of DS bottle and it didn't work. Any suggestions on what to do? By the way, they are almost 4 months. Thanks.

Hollye

 

Here are some schedules of other TSers with 4 month olds so you can see how they are fitting it in. I started around 4 months giving them runny cereal by spoon about an hour after their first bottle in the morning. Then they went down for their first nap.

 

When I started adding in spoon feedings I had to experiment with the best way to do it. I started off giving them veggies about 30 mins before the next feeding..so they weren't starving. Then we eventually went to giving a bottle first then veggies at noon, then at night we do bottle then cereal (spoon fed). I too was thicking bottles in the begining, but now I just give formula. So in other words..you just experiment and see what works best for you!

Good Luck...
Hope

 

Did you leave the rice out of the bottle? If I give them rice in their bottles for reflux should I still feed them rice by spoon or just feed fruits and veggies by spoon and forget the cereal. I am so confused about what to do. I don't want to over feed them and I'm afraid that they will not take enough formula if I try to spoon feed them cereal with it still in their bottles. I need help figuring this out. Has anyone else been in the same situation? What did you do?

 

Hope, I didn't see your reply until after I had posted again. I didn't want you to think that I wasn't listening. Thanks to you both for the replies. Anyone else out there have any suggestions?

 

Hi!

My twins get cereal in their bottles for reflux also. I started solids at 4 months, first with rice, then oatmeal, both of which they hated by themselves. I moved on to a veggie at night, thickened with a little cereal, then added breakfast of fruit and oatmeal, and then lunch of fruit and veggie, by 6 months, which is what my ped recommended. I give bottles first, then an hour later, do solids. At 4 months, the quantity is not really important, they are just learning how to spoon feed. We were on a 3 hour sched as far as bottles go, until 7 months, at which point they started eating more solids, and we then switched to a 4 hour sched with bottles. Hope this helps!!

BTW...I did try no cereal in the bottles, and we had major spit-up. But you could try it!

 

Thanks. That's help alot.