My baby doest alway eat all her formula sometimes. The package says to throw any un-eaten away after 1 hour. Is that really needed? It seems perfectly fine and such a waste. Cant i put it in the fridge and warm it up again?
I breast feed and give formula since a illness that I had early on forced my milk supply to decrease. I can not know how much she will need to eat at a time, so I make only 2 or 4 ounces at a sitting. Sometimes she only leaves 1 or 2 ounces in the bottle. Sometimes none at all. I dont heat the formula I use room temperature filtered water. I would of course put it imediatly in the fridge, and I would NEVER leave it out for hours. I am a freak about cleanliness. Its just she is on the Alumentium and its 24$ a 16 oz can its darn expensive stuff.
The reason that the package says that, it because of liability reasons. People have left the product out on the table for HOURS, making it bad and then making babies sick. (Yes, you can place it in the fridge and warm it up again….place it in the fridge asap. I honestly don’t recommend using it past a day (meaning, don’t make up large batches ahead of time). ) Another thing to think about, make a smaller batch. And, make up another 1/2 or 1/4 if needed/wanted. I don’t think people ever think about this, and end up throwing massive amounts of product away. Its how they make the consumer use up more product. Sneakie, huh?
How long does baby formula reallly last in the bottle?
Can milk be refrigerated once it was fed to baby?
I know you have to discard whatever formula is left after feeding baby, but I’ve just switched my one year old to cow’s milk and am wondering if same applies?
Do you refrigerate whatever milk the baby doesn’t consume or do you discard it?
I never discarded either.
Any tips on weaning baby from bottle and pacifier?
My son is a year old now and it is time to get rid of the bottle and the pacifier. When he is at daycare he doesn’t have a paci because the daycare does not like the use of paci’s. None of the little ones there have one. Any tips for weaning from paci and bottle?
Day care will slowly help you here. Seeing his peers not using a pacifyer is a good thing. At home use it sparingly. We used to let our son go to bed with it, but as he started to snooze, we snuck it out. Within a few months – he didn’t need it at night. Also sometimes if you let them carry it around like a tool and use it with their toys (i.e. treating mr teddy as a baby) it sometimes makes them feel more grown up.
Note that the child may go thru a period of thumb sucking after the pacifyer – perfectly normal for a period.
As for the bottle, stress the "big boy" sippy cup. Find little rewards for using it (a favorite juice, for example so that the reward stresses the behavior)
How can I make my infant baby sleep at night ?
My baby boy is 2 months old. For the last 15 days, he has developed a habit of sleeping all day and waking up all night. How can I trick him into sleep at night ?? Some innovative tips please.
If I wrap him with a blanket or any cloth, he accumulates sweat in his back and thighs
Your son has his nights and days confused. This is very common but very draining on the parents. All you need to do is keep him up as much as you can during the day. Both of my Children had this problem and I found if I kept them awake for as long as I could during the day they slept much better at night. SOme suggestions on keeping them awake during the day is to 1. limit how long their naps are only let them sleep for an hour AT THE Most 2. When they do wake up keep them up for hours at a time…this may seem hard to do but all you have to do is little things such as talkign to your infant changing their diaper,clothing,change their position etc
what new baby products would you like to see on the market?
My mother-in-law is trying to start her own business making baby clothing/accessories. She asked me what kind of new products/ideas I thought would sell. So I thought I would ask my trusty yahoo answers friends if they had any marvelous ideas!
Baby sleepers that had the built it "mitten" then went bigger than NB size.
A better made pepe tee-pee.
Baby towels that had the hood in the middle of the long side of the towel rather than on the corner forcing you to use it diagonally.
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Spelling error.. *PeePee hehehe
How many times a day should a 7month old be eating babyFood?
i am baby sitting my 7month old sister while my parents are at work.
she usually eats gerber Baby Food after bottle feed and a nap. but how many times a day should she be eating the baby food? is it like a breakfast, lunch, and dinner thing? or every 4 hours or what? please help!!
It is really up to you. A 7 month old is getting all her nutrition from her bottle so any extra calories she gets from good is great. I would say try feeding her 3 times a day, when you eat. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I hope this helps!
Lisa
Ideas for Baby’s first birthday….?
My son will be turning 1 in May…how the time flies!
Of course I am excited to start planning this event even though it is not for a few months. However, the one thing I am worried about is the cake.
Everyone has pictures of themselves or their children as babies covered in frosting and chunks of cake, and I do not want to cut out that tradition. However, since my little one has had only formula and babyfood, all the sugars and "fake" incredients in the cake make me nervous. Most importantly, I don’t want him to get sick of off the sudden sugar intake, or anything else like the eggs or regular milk.
Does anyone have any recipes for "baby friendly" cakes? Maybe natural ingredients or better alternatives?
Thank you!!!
Your son will not have one idea that it is his first birthday. Don’t overdo it, he won’t remember it and too much will cause confusion and fussiness. A simple cupcake for him to mash his fingers in and play with and take a few pictures is sufficient. Save the big cake and party until age 3 or 4.
when is it safe to start feeding baby raw peanuts?
I heard it was safe to feed a baby raw ( non roasted) or boiled peanuts starting at a year old, but I am concerned about an allergic reaction.
If your baby and the family has any history of allergies then you need to be careful in feeding peanuts or any of the top 8 allergens.
My four year old has allergies to dairy, peanuts and tree nuts. We found out that he was allergic to dairy when he was couple months old. Once we found one allergy we decided not to give him the other top allergens like peanuts or tree nuts. The doctor was even concerned about doing a skin test on him fearing that he might have a reaction to the test. We finally got a test done when he turned four and were glad that we didn’t give him any kind of nuts before the test.
If the baby has no allergies then you can introduce him to bits of boiled (soft) peanuts. If he has any kind of allergies then I would recommend not to introduce peanuts without allergy tests.
http://www.AllergyGeneral.com
Is it true that serving infant formula milk with cold water decreases the nutrition the baby should get?
Somebody just told me and I am not sure how true it is…Im feeding my baby with warm milk..please help..thanks in advance..
i was told that by heating a bottle after it is made help activate some probiotics and a few other things but by putting formula into hot water kills the good bacteria
How did your cats react to your newborn baby?
I am 33 weeks pregnant and preparing for the arrival of our little one. I have 2 cats which I love very much and have no intentions of getting rid of. I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their cats and how they reacted to the arrival of your newborn. One of my cats is very bold and investigates everything, as well as can jump up on to things that are four feet high! How did your cats react to a newborn and what is your advice for keeping them away from the baby?
My cat is and was older when my daughter was born. He ignored me for a few days (I think he may have been jealous because she took up his lap space) but he was ok with it after that. I never had a problem with him licking her bottles or her face or anything. He would however sleep in her bassinet but only when she wasnt in there. If he saw me get up to put her in he would jump right out and watch her sleep while he sat on the arm of the easy chair. Waiting for her to wake up so he could go back in there. Wasnt really a problem except she would wake up with some cat fur on her jammies sometimes. Now this new kitten we got is terrible. He chewed the nipple off one of her bottles when she had dropped it on the floor, tried to steal one of her pacifiers once, and pooped in a box that we were keeping some of her old toys in. Grrrrrr!!! But the good thing about both those cats is my daughter’s getting to the age where she likes to pick them up and carry them. The kitten she has no problem with and he just takes it. Never scratched her or anything even though she’s held him upside down and stuffed him in the cupboards. The older one runs away when he sees her coming now.
Sorry for rambling…anyway, just keep an eye on your cats. Cover bottles if you’re going to use them, get pacifiers that have the removable covers on them. Keep them away when your babys sleeping. Theres really no way to train them to stay away from the baby as cats are usually very independent and are going to explore what they want to explore so just keep an eye on them and their behavior around your baby. You could also pick up a net that can go over a childs bassinet or crib to make sure the cats stay off her when you’re asleep. They’re mainly used to keep flies off but I’m sure they’ll work for cats too. Or just keep the door to whatever room she’s sleeping in shut so the cats cant get in.