Once you introduce stage 1 foods..... PLEASE ANSWER

[alicia m]

My daughter has been on stage 1 foods for about a month now, she eats 3 meals a day..... and usually eats a whole jar at each feeding, the thing im wondering is, how much formula should she still be eating??? because since ive introduced food her bottle intake has gone down alot, she will wake up in the morning eat about 4 oz... eat a jar of baby food, than until lunch she will eat like 2oz here and there, she will eat a jar of food, eat a 4oz bottle take a nap and continue the 2oz here and there until dinner..... she'll eat a jar sometimes a jar n half of baby food and then usually finishes off a 4oz bottle, than plays for awhile and before bed she eats about 4oz.......is this normal??? i know obviously her formula intake is going to be alot smaller when her belly is fuller on baby food, but i just want to make sure she's still getting enough formula to make sure she stays healthy and grows as she should. Also Once you introduce all the stage 1 foods, should you than go to stage 2??? or do i wait until a certain age before introducing those???? and as i do that, will her formula intake go down more????
EDIT::: just a little backround, before introducing foods she was eating 6oz every 3 hours...... and sometimes would eat more.

 

[mystic_eye_cda]

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&ref=857
A baby can have up to 32 ounces of formula per day. In addition, he can have as much in the way of solids, water, or juice as he wants to supplement this. The mealtime formula is usually given at the end of the meals, to top off the solids in a comfortable and easy way. Even though the solids are now playing a larger role, the breast milk or formula still provides the core of the nutritional needs. If a baby begins to regularly take less than about 20 ounces per day, you might want to offer the bottle first and then solids.

Thirst is an extremely strong drive. As long as a baby’s own regulating mechanism isn’t tricked by getting too much juice or water, healthy babies will take enough formula or breast milk to meet their nutritional needs. This is one good reason not to put juice in the bottle.

Let your baby set the pace, but if he continues to consistently take more than 32 ounces or less than 20 ounces, run it by your pediatrician.

 

[LP's Mommy]

I fed my son 6 oz of formula with each meal and one before bed. The stages go by ages or how able your child is to eat all of it. Id wait another month or two untill the stage 2 is introduced.

 

[Cracker]

Without being age specific, in general, once Stage 1 has been introduced, that is a number of different stage one foods, then try Stage 2, see how she goes with the texture. Choose what you think will be the easiest Stage 2 texture first, and not too strongly flavoured, and work up from there.
If you baby seems to be getting dehydrated, food intake does require fluids to process, think about intermittent use of bottle and jar, that is don't give bottle and jar in the same sitting, as babies stomachs are very small

 

[Gavin's mama]

My son only gets 2 feedings of baby food a day and breastfeeds the rest of the day. How old is she? I first started with a half of a jar twice a day then went to a full jar. It seems to me that he primary feeding should still be the formula, which it should be until at least a year because that where the nutrition she needs comes from, so I would reduce the amount of baby food she gets. I would give it twice a day and only one jar at a time. My son is sometimes still hungry after the baby food so I'll breastfeed him until he's not hungry anymore. In your case, you could give her a little formula to fill her up. My son's pediatrician didn't have us start stage 2 until we were all done with ALL fruits and veggies in stage one. He was also 6 1/2 months when he had us start stage 2. (He started stage 1 at 5 months). I didn't start stage 2 until my son's pediatrician suggested it.
Hope I helped.
All in all, it's still your child and you can choose what she eats. But her primary nutrition right now should be the formula.

 

[Lola's Mommy]

At six months your baby should have anywhere between 24-32 oz. a day plus some solids. Always offer the formula first so that they won't fill up on the lower calorie solids. Stage 2 can start after stage 1's have been introduced and your baby is ready for thicker purees and more food. As long as your baby is happy, growing and wetting/soiling diapers appropriately you are probably okay! I would just be sure to focus on the formula rather than the solids.