Tell me how to feed my kid

[isabel]

DS is 10 months. He hasn't wanted bottles the last couple of days. He loves to eat real food. I can get formula into him easily by mixing it into a pouch.

I feel sort of lost about how to make sure he's getting adequate nutrition since he doesn't seem to want bottles. I can do pouches for meals and mix in formula, but I don't really want to just feed him purees. On the flip side, I don't know how much he needs to eat if I'm giving finger foods. And what's the right mix of foods to give him? 

I don't think I'm a fan of this in between stage with food.

[countthestars]

have you tried offering the formula before the real food so he will take it when he is really hungry? And use the food as "dessert"?

Formula in a sippy?

[isabel]

Feb 16, 2016 19:08:57 GMT -5 countthestars said:

have you tried offering the formula before the real food so he will take it when he is really hungry? And use the food as "dessert"?

Formula in a sippy?

He hasn't really gotten the hang of sippy cups yet. We're working on it.

Today, he refused to take a bottle even though it had been about 4 hours since he had last eaten. I tried a sippy as well, no dice. I ended up giving him a pouch of sweet potato with 2.5 scoops of formula and some oatmeal mixed in. He gulped it down along with a ton of puffs.

I do think he would have taken it eventually, but he was so cranky and hungry that I didn't want to try to wait him out.

[namasteak]

Straw cup?

[usuallylurking]

Feb 16, 2016 19:52:28 GMT -5 namasteak said:

Straw cup?

This would be my recommendation as well. My kids, as smart as they are, never got sippy cups. But they were pros with a straw cup!

[krystee]

We are in a similar stage. We pretty much have a bottle at the ready at all times and he drinks an ounce at a time every 10 minutes or so over the course of an hour. He rarely drinks a whole one in one sitting any more.

I am giving him more yogurt and cheese to supplement the lost dairy.