Need some help

[mommyof3co]

I'm babysitting my friend's baby who is usually formula fed. She is almost 10mo. Well she brought her over about 2hrs ago with 2oz of formula left in a bottle already made...she still has about another hour to go...if not longer. Well she didn't bring any more formula!!!!! This is a baby that eats all the time, no kidding spends 90% of her day laid in the floor with a bottle in her mouth. Well so she is NOT happy that I have nothing for her. I gave her water like her mom suggested until she comes back. Well that is NOT working. She has been crying for over 30min, nothing I do is helping. It's been so long ago with Landon and then casen and Hayden only had breastmilk at this age so I don't know what else I can give her to help fill her up. She doesn't want food because she's tired and just wants her bottle. My options would be cow's milk which I know shouldn't be done or rice milk. Which is really just water, rice, some vanilla and vitamins. She has rice cereal so she isn't allergic to that I know for sure, do you think I could give it to her? Or does anyone have any other ideas of what I could give her?

 

[Becky]

I would give her cows milk if it is only a small amount and only this once! x

 

[Becky]

providing that she was full term and has no other problems obviously x

 

[mommyof3co]

Yeah she was and I know she's had food with dairy in it...it's only the low fat stuff too, 2% here instead of full fat. You think it's still ok since it's just one bottle

 

[Becky]

Yeah she was and I know she's had food with dairy in it...it's only the low fat stuff too, 2% here instead of full fat. You think it's still ok since it's just one bottle

Yes! its the same milk that is in yoghurts, food etc one bottle should be fine! x

 

[mommyof3co]

Ok well I know here baby yogurts and foods are made with full fat milk And it's recommended only full fat until age 2 so just want to be sure. I just had my DH text her, he's at work, so hopefully she writes back soon telling me which she thinks I should give her.

 

[mommyof3co]

Well she wrote back and told me to give her regular milk but watered down?

 

[Becky]

Well she wrote back and told me to give her regular milk but watered down?

I dont know why watered down unless she think she will only be getting half the amount of milk! Give it a go if that is what she has asked! Good luck x

 

[mum2bee]

oh god nightmare! you would have thought she'd have sent her with a bit more formula or somthing wouldnt you??

good luck

 

[mommyof3co]

Yeah I couldn't believe there was nothing else in there. I ended up giving her the milk regular, not watered down, 4oz of it, she sucked it down and was still starving, luckily her mom got there not long after, I was able to keep her occupied with a banana until then

 

[Lucy_lu_84]

Gosh! Can't believe she never left more...even if she wasn't due milk you'd leave just in case! Glad the milk worked to keep her settled till her mum came