help! are we feeding our 11 month old too much?

Question

we make four bottles of formula a day and she eats them all and has snack puffs for snack, one sip cup of juice and 1 or 2 jars of baby food is this too much formula?

I try to get my husband to feed her two bottles of milk a day and to give her two cups of juice and 2 or 3 jars of baby food and snack puffs for snack. but he can never remember to do it he is too used to giving her a bottle


8 oz bottle of half milk half water

Answer 1

It doesn't sound like enough to me...are you introducing solid foods yet?? By 11 months you should be giving your baby 3 meals a day with formula in between each meal and no more than 4 oz juice diluted with water. If you are still not sure check with the pediatrician.

Answer 2

I would think she would drink that much formula PLUS 4-5 jars of food. If she doesn't want it I wouldn't worry too much, but I would start getting hubby to give a little more food. No less than 16 oz of the formula, and 24 oz would be fine since she isn't a year old yet. (It is recommended to have 24 oz of formula till 12 months) I would stick with only 1 cup of juice (4 oz juice w/4 oz water) Since she isn't eating a lot of food I would cut out the puffs and let her snack of veggies or fruits, it could be from the jar or cut up bananas, cooked carrots, apples, whatever. I wouldn't rush the "table foods" they have salt, butter, lots of extras so tak that slow
It really isn't anything to really worry about, though, just try to start offering a little more food and a little less formula, but she still needs either 16 oz formula plus another dairy (maybe yogurt) or 24 oz of formula. I am not sure what you mean by "8 oz bottle half milk half water" Do you mean you give her the formula you mix with water or do you add extra water to the formula? If so, I wouldn't do that but I would give her sips of water throughout the day

Answer 3

wow, that's a lot of sugar. I feed mine baby food 3 times a day, solids (almost everything) and approx. 8 oz of formula (now whole milk). She also gets two snacks usually cheese or toast or fruit. I'd feed her mostly solids but she doesn't have enough teeth to eat a lot of solids so she needs the baby food to fill up. I don't give her any juice at all just fresh fruit a little with breakfast and lunch then a snack (or sometimes baby food fruit).

Answer 4

My daughter is 9 almost 10 months and our peditrician said that she should be getting nursed or bottle fed maximum 4 times a day. She should be eatting three meals and at least two snacks. He suggested feeding her infant cereal before bed to limit night wakings.
She is also on table foods, whatever I eat, she eats. It helps if you eat at the same time. If she doesn`t like the table food I give her, I give her some baby food ... 1|3 of veggies, or veggie & meat and 1|3 fruit and a cracker or baby cookie.

Answer 5

An 8-12 month old child should be eating:
4 servings of 3-4TB fruits and/or veggies
2 servings of 4-5TB infant cereal
2 servings of 4-5TB pureed meat

Generally speaking, they should have 5-6 meals per day with 3 of those being main meals, and 2-3 snacks - which could be 4oz juice diluted equally in water, gerber puffs, or cut-up bits of fruits/veggies, among other things.

I don't really know how much formula a baby should get, since I'm breastfeeding, but this site has a suggestion: http://wch.dhhs.state.nc.us/nss/snp/mpinf.htm

Answer 6

she needs solids 3 times a day, and milk. give her fruit with cereal when she wakes up then veggies for lunch. and a meat and veggie combo all jars for dinner and formula before bed and one maybe two bottles in between. she needs a couple ounces with each meal and mix formula into her baby cereal