how much formula is enough?

first off, how old is your baby? breastmilk.formula should be the main source of nutrition in the first year. babies dont “need” solids at all in the first year…they are more for practice.

it really doensnt have to be so complicated and planned out. basically, i feed my son when he is hungry. have you ever heard about the baby led approach to solids? babies benefit a lot from self feeding, they can control the amount of food that they take in. babies know how to self regulate food intake.

you could skip baby jars all together and it’ll be less stress on you well it was for me anyway

http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/ rapley_guidelines.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9646449/

here is a good discussion about all this:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=683121 &highlight=solids

That sounds like a reasoable amount to me. My babies never took more than 25 ounces a day, and they averaged about 20 ounces per day plus a small amount of solids like you are giving. He’ll let you know if it’s not enough. And if his weight gain is adequate he’s getting enough, so try not to worry. I know it’s hard. I used to write down every ounce my babies drank and fret over whether it was enough or not.

I think that sounds like a good amount to me…as long as he is wetting diapers and gaining weight, I wouldn’t worry too much.