Formula

Tricky one Emma cause if they were bf no one would have a clue how much they were drinking and it wouldn't be as big a deal . But are they still eating really light? Oh no not another doc apmt

so when are you giving them water? just with their meals?

(maybe you could put more milk on their weetbix )

busymum wrote: Tricky one Emma cause if they were bf no one would have a clue how much they were drinking and it wouldn't be as big a deal

Good point about the BF.

That has gotta be the biggest 'snap' I have ever seen on OB!!!!!

Hey Deb we even snapped on the joke haha ROFL

*puts hand up* my wee man is the nov boy with the milk strike. although he had a wee bit more than the girls, he had about 50mls for breakfast, about 60mls for lunch, but got better as the day went on 150mls at 4pm and 200mls at bed time,although bit later bedtime today at 8pm. totally of 460mls (wait it was only 410mls all day oh well too late to correct myself)
Hes been funny the past couple of days and i wonder if its his teeth as he is happy to eat his solids. I don't give any fluids but milk... hes not consipated either (huge explotion today)
Sorry no quick fix or real advise just letting you know their not the only ones on a milk strike. (I am hating throwing away made up formula too)
Oh heres some advise found he would drink better in a dream feed... could try that before you head off to bed.

The only thing I can think of is spacing their bottles out more - OK so Erin is 1yr but her feeds have been roughly as follows for a while now: 8-8:30am, 12:30-1pm, 7pm. They seem fairly confident with their sippy cups, so leave those nearby for them to use as they please in between formula feeds? As for the constipation I have no idea - we have never really had that problem (quite the opposite in fact). Are they allowed prune juice, or coloxyl?

Thanks for all the advice Another thing I am contemplating is switching their bottle/breakfast again so they have milk first then breakfast, they might be hungrier and drink more.
I pretty much leave their sippy cups wherever they are around the house during the day. I'm reluctant with the whole juice thing coz I want them to drink water, and I remember the dietician telling me with Maya that filling her up on juice would just make her eat less food (when we were trying to make her grow).
They're still not eaing a huge amount of food either, but I'm not so worried about that, I'm only worried about the milk with the constipation thing. If they don't go properly today I am going to give them some brown sugar in water. I'm tempted to give them fruit for every meal today
For what it's worth, I've tried a bit of really diluted juice in their sippy cups this morning and they aren't any more interested than they were in water.

i like what james said...could be something in that.

also i would perhaps do the fruit all day thing for the constipation. certainly couldnt hurt and maybe give them pieces of apple to suck/chew on - lots of liquid int here too.

hhmmm, maybe not apples tho - the pectin in them can help stop diarrhoea so we dont want it to do that to the girls too...

Maya wrote: Thanks for all the advice Another thing I am contemplating is switching their bottle/breakfast again so they have milk first then breakfast, they might be hungrier and drink more. .

I found it didn't make a difference with Rhyley if he fed first or not as tried him this morning.

What i did have to do though was give him a bottle at 5am as he would not settle (he is so easy to settle so knew something was up) he drank 100mls (as i only made 100mls) and was looking for more.

oh the upside of him having that bottle he didn't wake again till 9am so i got a sleep in

if they are still sleeping good I wouldn't bother with the dream feed anyhow, its just that he woke so I fed or else would of left him as well.