Too much formula?

My babies are 8 months, and they seem to still really need a lot of formula. When I have tried to drop a bottle and give them more solids, they are screaming in hunger in about an hour. I am not sure what to do with their feeding schedule.
Any ideas?

Here is their schedule:

630 am bottle 8oz
10:00 am bottle 8oz
12:30 lunch of about a jar of food each
3:00 bottle 8oz
430pm jar of food
630pm bottle 8oz
10:30pm bottle 8oz

 

My boys are also 8 months and this is our schedule....hope it helps

6:30 8oz bottle

9:00 baby cereal w/applesauce

11:30-12:00 casserole of some kind, fruit, cottage cheese or yogurt

3:00 8 oz bottle

5:00 casserole or sometimes scrambled eggs, fruit, cottage cheese or yogurt

8:00 8oz bottle and then BED!

*I also give them cheerios and cut up pancakes along with a meal to keep them busy while I am reheating/getting things ready

Maybe try giving them lunch earlier-mine are usually howling by 11:00?? We are doing table food w/hamburger in it-I think it keeps them fuller than baby food. Do you have a little food grinder?? I got mine from Target and use it a lot for big chunks of food.

Good luck

 

I usually give my girls a jar of food (4oz) and then a bottle an hour and a half later before their nap. They only take 6oz, but they're still little.
Have you tried putting some rice cereal in with the jar of food to give it a little more? I'm not sure, doesn't really sound to me like they are taking too much, maybe it's a growth spurt related thing?

Might want to give your pediatrician a ring?

 

I'd add a feeding of solids at breakfast and get rid of the 10pm bottle, see if it helps. It does seem like a lot of formula. Lots of babies eat more than one jar at a time too... Like, one jar of veggies then half a jar of fruit, plus some cereal. You could try that.

 

QUOTE(MommaK @ Oct 7 2008, 03:09 PM) [snapback]1016026[/snapback]
My babies are 8 months, and they seem to still really need a lot of formula. When I have tried to drop a bottle and give them more solids, they are screaming in hunger in about an hour. I am not sure what to do with their feeding schedule.
Any ideas?

Here is their schedule:

630 am bottle 8oz
10:00 am bottle 8oz
12:30 lunch of about a jar of food each
3:00 bottle 8oz
430pm jar of food
630pm bottle 8oz
10:30pm bottle 8oz


I would think add cereal to your 10am feed with some fruit and some cereal at your last meal-push the 6:30pm bottle to 7:30pm and bed at 8 pm they shouldnt need a 10 pm feed at 8 mos with an increase in solids--thats what i did for both my boys and added yougurt at 9 mos for morning snack with some fruit!
See if that helps thier appetites

 

I think that much formula is fine. Mine were big formula eaters too. But I might also try and do a solids meals about an hour after the morning bottle and work on dropping the 10:30 bottle at some point. GL!

 

Thanks for the advice. I will try your suggestions. I was hoping to drop that 1030 bottle soon...my husband thinks they need it to sleep (I think they just wake up because they are used to it)

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Oct 7 2008, 08:13 PM) [snapback]1016583[/snapback]
I think that much formula is fine. Mine were big formula eaters too. But I might also try and do a solids meals about an hour after the morning bottle and work on dropping the 10:30 bottle at some point. GL!


That's what I was going to say too. I wish I could get mine to take 8 ounces of formula at one time! My girls are almost a year and I'm lucky if I get them to take 6 ounces.

 

QUOTE(MommaK @ Oct 8 2008, 09:11 AM) [snapback]1017144[/snapback]
Thanks for the advice. I will try your suggestions. I was hoping to drop that 1030 bottle soon...my husband thinks they need it to sleep (I think they just wake up because they are used to it)

yeah its probably from habit now you can try to wean them off that last bottle GL!