Just hoping some BFing gurus can help me with this question as I read on here some advice offered to a Mum of a 10 month old was not to worry about weening when returing to work as the baby could just drink water and eat solids when at daycare.
At the moment I BF all feeds aside from 2 bottles of formula he gets at daycare 3 days a week.
He rarely finishes either bottle and the carers said the morning one is hardly touched.
At almost 8 months, does he need to be offered the formula milk feeds or can they just offer him water from the bottle/sippy?
I currently feed him a BF upon waking around 7am and then a reunion feed at 4:30pm - Koby also feeds overnight (sometimes more that I would like ).
He eats massive amounts of solids and at daycare they are given a fully cooked 3 course meal for lunch...LOL
His day looks like this:
breakfast: 1 weetbix with water with added fruit puree
Lunch: Veggies and yoghurt/fruit
Afternoon tea: fruit/yoghurt
Daycare will add farex to his fruit and/or veggies but he has started refusing anything with farex added...LOL
Anyway... Reason for my asking is, I think it's the formula giving him copious wind resulting in wakeful nights.
Yesterday I BF him all day and he slept through from 7pm - 4am without any resettles, however today he had one bottle around 1-2pm and I have already had to re-settle him 3 times and he is farting like a trooper!!
When I went back to work when DS was 8 months he just had water and solids at FDC and I BF him as soon as I picked him up which was about 3.15pm. I fed him at 8am before I left him too. We were lucky in that its a short day.
I think he'd be fine with only water and solids at CC, I'd just be prepared to BF a bit more when he's with you.
How many feeds is he having on the days hes not at daycare?
DS is 9 months and goes to daycare once a week.
I feed him morning and night, and he has two bottles of EBM or formula at daycare.
Maybe if Koby is not drinking a lot of either of his bottles, he might jst have one bottle at daycare? He may just be dropping a feed and its more obvious those days cos its in a bottle.
DS1 was 8 months when he started fdc and he did have formula in a cup during the day. But he seemed to be ok with it, it kind of sounds like your DS doesn't like it very much
DS2 was 11 months when he started at fdc and in the beginning i was giving him some EBM but was unable to keep up with having enough with storage. After asking a few questions myself i just include a little more dairy in the days he's in care. Cheese, yoghurt etc...
I too feed about 6:30am and then again at 4:30pm when i pick him up, we do this two days a week.
Also with the possibility of him wanting to drop a feed mentioned, it just made me think that formula is said to be more filling than bm so maybe he's not needing it as often as he would if it was a bf because it's filling him up longer. Just an idea
Does Koby *need* formula when at daycare??
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