Low cal formula?

That rice cereal in the bottle must be some magical stuff. Abigail gained a whole pound in the last 2 weeks. I thought her carseat carrier was getting heavier . It could be that he is just going through a growth spurt and the weight gain will level off again, especially as he becomes more active, which I am sure he is being 5 months old. I kind of gave up on the so-called “amount” of formula a baby “should” be taking each day as I am sure it varies so much from child to child. Unfortunately, our sweetie has decided that she wants to eat around 1:30/2:00 in the morning again the last 2 nights (woke up hysterically crying and hard to get settled back down – this is how I feel today after being up during the night I had gotten so used to sleeping good at night but we must be having a little setback. The doctor figures it is just a growth spurt so we will have to see what happens. Her ears, lungs, throat and tummy all sounded good so it must just be growing pains. I have thought about trialing a little higher amount of Zegerid in the evening just in case it could be related to reflux. Gotta keep the fingers crossed for tonight.

I really have never heard of any lower calorie formula, I suppose the only way would be to put in more water (if you use powder) but I don’t think that would be a good idea either. Hope someone else has some ideas

Robin

Myles was over 15 lbs at 4 months. My husband and I are both heavy, so I was concerned, too. Now, he’s 9 months old and only 20lbs, 4 ounces….45th percentile! So, I wouldn’t worry too much at this point. All three of my kids were at their chubbiest between 4 – 6 months and. Liza was a meatball, too…(over 15 lbs at 4 months) and she is very thin now. Ellie, my most likely to become chubby child, was also a chubby baby from about 4 -6 months, but now is average in height and weight.

I’d only be concerned if he is a comfort eater. Babies are born with a natural ability to know when they are full and stop eating. They rarely over-eat to the point of becoming over-weight unless they are serious comfort eaters. Is he a serious comfort eater?? If not, I wouldn’t worry about right now. I’ve done lots of reading about what to do and not do to prevent obesity in my own children. In infancy the most important thing is to let the baby determine when and how much to eat.

You could maybe try gradually reducing the amt of cereal in his bottle. I started doing that with Myles (not because of his weight) but because he has low motility and all the bulk is too much for his bowels). Myles adjusted gradually to thinner and thinner milk and now I only thicken one bottle (his bedtime bottle) per day. Does he need the cereal to keep it down, or because he chokes?

Do you weigh your little “meatball” and his sister at home? Or do you have a doctor’s appointment recently? I’m asking because I used to weigh my kids all the time, worried they were getting fat, or sometimes too skinny. I’ve learned to put the scale away and just rely on check ups and very occassional weigh-ins at home. Otherwise, I just give myself one more thing to worry myself sick about.

Oh, I forgot….simply thick has a website. I think it’s simplythick.com.