Re: Jen - babies

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In a message dated Mon, 30 Sep 2002 2:30:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ozmee@... writes:

> That is a lot for a 6mo...did you try low fat

> milk? Or is she still on formula?

No she is only on formula. My mom thinks that it was the rice that the doctors

put her on when she was a newborn to keep the formula down. She had a bad

reflux problem and they wanted to see if putting 3tbsp of rice in her bottle

would keep the forumla in her tummy. It worked great, but now she is

overweight. Anyway.. Now she is drinking 6oz of formula with 2oz of water and

regular jar food. She only has 3 bottles a day - not because I am limiting her,

that is just how much she eats. Plus she will have a bit of cereal in the

morning and then in the afternoon a veggie and a fruit. That is it. I am

hoping that now she is rolling around and trying to crawl it will start to burn

off. My 8 yr old was extremely cubby - 20lbs at 6 months old, but for some

reason did not look quite as chubby as my Rae. goes back to the

doctors in 6 weeks to make sure that she is not gaining too much. If she does

then they might do some invasive work (like seeing if she has a thyroid problem

- which runs in my family). Goodness I hope not!!

Jen

Keeping it Simple

215.5/209.0/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1: 10lbs by 10/31 - 6.5lbs gone.

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In a message dated Mon, 30 Sep 2002 2:30:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ozmee@... writes:

> That is a lot for a 6mo...did you try low fat

> milk? Or is she still on formula?

No she is only on formula. My mom thinks that it was the rice that the doctors

put her on when she was a newborn to keep the formula down. She had a bad

reflux problem and they wanted to see if putting 3tbsp of rice in her bottle

would keep the forumla in her tummy. It worked great, but now she is

overweight. Anyway.. Now she is drinking 6oz of formula with 2oz of water and

regular jar food. She only has 3 bottles a day - not because I am limiting her,

that is just how much she eats. Plus she will have a bit of cereal in the

morning and then in the afternoon a veggie and a fruit. That is it. I am

hoping that now she is rolling around and trying to crawl it will start to burn

off. My 8 yr old was extremely cubby - 20lbs at 6 months old, but for some

reason did not look quite as chubby as my Rae. goes back to the

doctors in 6 weeks to make sure that she is not gaining too much. If she does

then they might do some invasive work (like seeing if she has a thyroid problem

- which runs in my family). Goodness I hope not!!

Jen

Keeping it Simple

215.5/209.0/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1: 10lbs by 10/31 - 6.5lbs gone.

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In a message dated Mon, 30 Sep 2002 2:30:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ozmee@... writes:

> That is a lot for a 6mo...did you try low fat

> milk? Or is she still on formula?

No she is only on formula. My mom thinks that it was the rice that the doctors

put her on when she was a newborn to keep the formula down. She had a bad

reflux problem and they wanted to see if putting 3tbsp of rice in her bottle

would keep the forumla in her tummy. It worked great, but now she is

overweight. Anyway.. Now she is drinking 6oz of formula with 2oz of water and

regular jar food. She only has 3 bottles a day - not because I am limiting her,

that is just how much she eats. Plus she will have a bit of cereal in the

morning and then in the afternoon a veggie and a fruit. That is it. I am

hoping that now she is rolling around and trying to crawl it will start to burn

off. My 8 yr old was extremely cubby - 20lbs at 6 months old, but for some

reason did not look quite as chubby as my Rae. goes back to the

doctors in 6 weeks to make sure that she is not gaining too much. If she does

then they might do some invasive work (like seeing if she has a thyroid problem

- which runs in my family). Goodness I hope not!!

Jen

Keeping it Simple

215.5/209.0/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1: 10lbs by 10/31 - 6.5lbs gone.

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In a message dated 9/30/2002 3:17:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cschwegmann@... writes:

> Low fat milk is a bad idea for a 6 month old!!!! In an ideal world, a

> baby this age should still be nursing, or at least relying on formula for

> most of her calories. It is the rice cereal, baby food, and table food

> that should be kept to a minimum, if she really needs to cut back on

> caloric intake.

>

Oh I would never give my baby cow's milk now at 6 months. This is what my

baby eats in one day:

8oz bottle (6 of formula 2 of water)

3tbsp rice w/ some fruit

8 oz bottle (same as above)

a jar of veggies and a the other half of the breakfast fruit jar (these are

the small jars, not the big jars)

8 oz bottle (same as above)

She may, just may if she is lucky get 2 oz of juice cut with 3oz of water and

then not the whole bottle - just enough to have something with her veggies.

So you see she does not eat alot, just holds on to it well. I hope I am not

going to cause a battle with moms and how they take care of their babies. My

baby is extremely active and would rather play with her big sister instead of

eating, but she needs nutrition. Luckly my 8 yr old has a killer body (I

would never tell her this or imply it to her in anyway... but I feel I will

need to watch her with the boys when she gets older) and does not need to

watch what she eats, however when I am on program she tends to eat healthier

then if I am not on program. So WW way of life is rubbing off on her in a

way.

Jen

215.5/209/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1 10lbs by 10/31. 6.5lbs gone so far

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Hey Jen,

My daughter's name is Lindsey Dawn If she only drinks 3 bottles which is

not a lot at all for her age! it might be that rice but I have heard that

babies too can have thyroid problems. I've been wondering if my youngest

gbaby might have it. She eats as much as we do! She has been on table food

for a long time, the bottles weren't enough and she never cared for baby

food from the jars. I have never seen a child like her before, lol but I

know that her Father eats in the same fashion. He now is at 250 and he is a

shortie, maybe 5'4. The WIC people told my daughter that this child is in

the normal range for height though to us she seems short too. Her name is

Vanity. But I am always amazed at how much and what she will eat. She even

likes raw onions!!!! The only thing I see she doesn't care for much is

spaghetti. She'll eat it if you feed it to her but left alone she won't eat

it. And you can feed her and then sit down to eat your own meal and there

she is, wanting yours, lol

Re: Jen - babies

> In a message dated Mon, 30 Sep 2002 2:30:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ozmee@... writes:

>

> > That is a lot for a 6mo...did you try low fat

> > milk? Or is she still on formula?

>

> No she is only on formula. My mom thinks that it was the rice that the

doctors put her on when she was a newborn to keep the formula down. She had

a bad reflux problem and they wanted to see if putting 3tbsp of rice in her

bottle would keep the forumla in her tummy. It worked great, but now she is

overweight. Anyway.. Now she is drinking 6oz of formula with 2oz of water

and regular jar food. She only has 3 bottles a day - not because I am

limiting her, that is just how much she eats. Plus she will have a bit of

cereal in the morning and then in the afternoon a veggie and a fruit. That

is it. I am hoping that now she is rolling around and trying to crawl it

will start to burn off. My 8 yr old was extremely cubby - 20lbs at 6 months

old, but for some reason did not look quite as chubby as my Rae.

goes back to the doctors in 6 weeks to make sure that she is not

gaining too much. If she does then they might do some invasive work (like

seeing if she has a thyroid problem - which runs in my family). Goodness I

hope not!!

>

>

> Jen

> Keeping it Simple

> 215.5/209.0/194.5 (10% goal)

> Goal #1: 10lbs by 10/31 - 6.5lbs gone.

>

>

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That is a lot for a 6mo...did you try low fat

> milk? Or is she still on formula?

Low fat milk is a bad idea for a 6 month old!!!! In an ideal world, a

baby this age should still be nursing, or at least relying on formula for

most of her calories. It is the rice cereal, baby food, and table food

that should be kept to a minimum, if she really needs to cut back on

caloric intake.

Anyway, I wouldn't even give my 2 year old low fat milk, I keep my kids

all drinking whole milk, even for my oldest, (a nine year old boy). None

of my kids are remotely overweight, and even if they were, I'd cut back

on snacks or sweets or juice before I'd ever change the milk they drink.

Not that I want to be rude or anything, to each their own, but I don't

want my kids to think that they need to do what I do to lose weight.

They need to eat ENOUGH to grow up, and they are very physically active,

which in my opinion, is far more important when it comes to keeping kids

healthy. I don't want them to get the hang ups about food that I have,

for example.

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Ozmee, I so agree. Right now is loving Science. I am hoping that she

follows with it. However, she has her mother's lack of math skills. We are

working on that though. I am going to scan some pictures of my babies. I

would love to see yours.

My mother and all her sisters were brought up the same way - evaperated milk.

Except my youngest aunt who is only 9 yrs old then me - I believe she is the

only one that was on formula (my mom is one of 5 and is the eldest). It is

so funny how things seemed so lacked way back when, now-a-days if you don't

have the hottest baby product on the market you are frowned upon (at least

that is how I feel, and sometimes fall into the trap).

Jen

215.5/209/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1 10lbs by 10/31. 6.5lbs gone so far

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In a message dated 9/30/2002 7:35:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,

kangaandroos@... writes:

> It is

> so funny how things seemed so lacked

Oops, I did not mean that. The word laxed (sp). I meant that you got by with

what you had and nothing fancy. Now-a-days everything is so fancy and

product oriented.

Jen

215.5/209/194.5 (10% goal)

Goal #1 10lbs by 10/31. 6.5lbs gone so far

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No Just everyone has different ideas on kids I raised my last child on

evaporated milk with syrup added, it is what my Mom raised all four of us on

and we are just fine! I used to put in too much syrup though and she got

chubby but after I adjusted it she was fine. I have seen children under a

year old who were so big they looked 3x as old as they were, makes me wonder

what in the world they're being fed. But I don't think it harms a baby to

be chubby, as they grow they will stretch it all on out, lol.

My 7yo gdaughter is the same, I know we are going to have to keep an eye on

her and so I am 'brainwashing' her now, that it is much more important to go

to college and earn an education as opposed to worrying about whether or not

she has a 'man'. With her looks she will never have a problem in that area,

and being an educated person such as a doctor, will earn her even more

respect. I just hope my teaching will take root. In fact a week or so ago

when we took her friend out to eat with us and she asked her what she wanted

to be when she grew up, the friend said Wonder Woman but our gdaughter said

'I'm going to be a doctor'! I was thrilled to hear her say that but I

realize at this tender age, that can change, lol She often says nurse when

I say doctor. I don't care what field she decides on but just hope to

encourage her to go to college so that she can be self sufficient no matter

if there is a man around or not!

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I have pictures of my Grandbabies, but just got a new one of the oldest

today from WM. We got these made in lieu of the ones they do at school, not

only do we save money but we get a lot more. They wanted us to pay sight

unseen and last year both photos they took were awful!!! I see they do not

allow attachments here or I'd include it. I will have to send it to you or

stick it up on a web page

All of us did okay on the old way so that is why I tried it with my

youngest. Plus we were so broke at that time. I bought cloth diapers and

used them for a while, did it almost the whole time my second was in diapers

and they didn't even have those things when the first one was in diapers,

lol I remember paying like 1.59 for the pampers but heck I also

remember getting 1.87 an hour too, hehehe for pay. And when milk was .99

cents, cigs were .35 and gum just .05, sigh...We bought a 1973 Mach I

Mustang for about $6,000 I think and that was a high payment of $132 per

month It was a stupid thing to do! But we were young and stupid, now we

are old and stupid, hehehehe