Advice needed on early weaning - Page 2

ellismum · Jan 29th, 2010, 11:59 AM

Also, a few spoonfuls of Baby Rice is not going instantly work like magic and have LO going for 12 hours solid! I BF Ellis and agree, 4 month spurt is a killer but once through it she will settle again.

first alien · Jan 29th, 2010, 16:50 PM

hi, i'm going through the same thing although not the pressure from OH or in laws. Finley is a big boy 17lb 13 oz at just under 15 weeks. i have just today begun him on baby rice. i gave him a very small amount mixed with breastmilk ( a baby spoon if rice with an oz of milk!) he took it very well. although he's not sitting on his own yet he was opening his mouth for the spoon and if he hadn't then i wouldn't of forced it.

how does your LO react to a spoon? i tried Finley last week with just milk on the spoon! its very difficult with lots of contradicting advice and being told how it will affect them if you do it too early. you will know yourself if your LO is ready. if you do try her with rice and she's thrusting her tongue or spits it out she's not ready so leave it a couple of weeks.

good luck

mommyof3co · Jan 30th, 2010, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by britt1986

I don't want to start a debate, so don't take this the wrong way. Here in the US, I don't think weaning is such a big deal. It is very common here to start babies on cereal around 4 months and maybe a few fruit solids. I actually started my LO on a small amount of cereal in his bottles at night time and one in the morning at 13 weeks. Not a whole lot, but enough to satify him. He likes it and it has cause him no harm in anyway. His Pediatrician is the one that actually told me to start him on cereal at 4 months old. He said a lot of people start their babies sooner, but he said he doesn't like it, but doesn't condone it. Again, I am not trying to start a debate, but what does it hurt to give babies under 6 months of age a little cereal?

Here (I'm in the US too) many pediatricians are not up to date on the recommendations and many still recommend cereal in bottles which is actually very dangerous and shouldn't be done. I really wouldn't recommend to people to do it because while it may have caused no harm to your baby, which of course is great, it can be dangerous. Not at all trying to debate but to answer your question, Here are some things that can happen from giving babies cereal and other solids before 6mo (which is considered the "safe zone" to start, even though some babies might be ready before then, we can't tell what their insides are like (maturity level) just by looking at them so they say to wait until 6mo just to be on the safe side)

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/3/T032000.asp

To the OP....it really sounds like a 4mo growth spurt, I would really stick with nursing on demand and see how she's doing in a week or 2. Don't feel pressured to wean her, she has the rest of her life to eat solid food and try new things

Jacks · Jan 30th, 2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by first alien

hi, i'm going through the same thing although not the pressure from OH or in laws. Finley is a big boy 17lb 13 oz at just under 15 weeks. i have just today begun him on baby rice. i gave him a very small amount mixed with breastmilk ( a baby spoon if rice with an oz of milk!) he took it very well. although he's not sitting on his own yet he was opening his mouth for the spoon and if he hadn't then i wouldn't of forced it.

how does your LO react to a spoon? i tried Finley last week with just milk on the spoon! its very difficult with lots of contradicting advice and being told how it will affect them if you do it too early. you will know yourself if your LO is ready. if you do try her with rice and she's thrusting her tongue or spits it out she's not ready so leave it a couple of weeks.

good luck

Hiya my LO is very interested in food, she watches us eat all the time and tries to grab at it, I put a spoon near her mouth to see how she would react and it went straight in!

I tried her with a small amount of rice this morning and she ate a little, then she went on the boob and guzzled so much it hurt!

My in laws came round today and I caught my MIL just in time as she was about to put chocolate in her mouth! Even after I said no, she still tried, only after I said no several times and even my hubby said no she finally put the chocolate away from Maiya's mouth! I was not happy! And to top it all of poor bubba was knackered and they wouldn't let her sleep, in the end I had to take her into my room and let her lay on my bed, poor thing zonked out and as been sleeping for the past 3 hours!

first alien · Feb 4th, 2010, 16:50 PM

oh jacks that sounds bad if your in laws are trying to give her chocolate. that is not a good thing to give to a baby and they should listen to you the first time you said no. she is your child not theirs.
i've now started to give finley tea time food. it was easier than lunch as i wasn't always at home. he is enjoying it but his hasn't changed his sleeping pattern. just gives me longer in the evening between feeds! he goes on the boob after aswell and guzzles like he's had nothing!!! funny boy.
i really hope things settle for you soon. i'm soo tired with fin not sleeping and i go back to work in 2 weeks!!!

NuttyJester · Feb 6th, 2010, 18:26 PM

I got the same thing from LOs G'parents... I told them that their thinking (he's big, he needs food from 3 months) is "out-dated and old fashioned and that a baby's internals aren't mature enough until 4-6 months, so I'm waiting until I know he can handle it for definite, at 6 months. He doesn't need food, I produce just the right amount of milk for him, he in fact determines the supply himself and my milk ducts are like tear ducts, no-one ever worries that if they cry too much one day they won't have enough tears for the next do they? If LO wants more, there'll be more there within a couple of hours."

That shut them up. And they know if they ever try and give him chocolate etc. there's a pay-off, they won't see him for a while! One good visit leads to another, one visit where they upset me and they're not welcome 'til I've calmed down!!

Jan 29th, 2010, 11:59 AM	#11
ellismum Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Essex Posts: 3,161	Also, a few spoonfuls of Baby Rice is not going instantly work like magic and have LO going for 12 hours solid! I BF Ellis and agree, 4 month spurt is a killer but once through it she will settle again.

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Jan 29th, 2010, 16:50 PM	#12
first alien Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: shropshire Posts: 665	hi, i'm going through the same thing although not the pressure from OH or in laws. Finley is a big boy 17lb 13 oz at just under 15 weeks. i have just today begun him on baby rice. i gave him a very small amount mixed with breastmilk ( a baby spoon if rice with an oz of milk!) he took it very well. although he's not sitting on his own yet he was opening his mouth for the spoon and if he hadn't then i wouldn't of forced it. how does your LO react to a spoon? i tried Finley last week with just milk on the spoon! its very difficult with lots of contradicting advice and being told how it will affect them if you do it too early. you will know yourself if your LO is ready. if you do try her with rice and she's thrusting her tongue or spits it out she's not ready so leave it a couple of weeks. good luck

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Feb 4th, 2010, 16:50 PM	#15
first alien Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: shropshire Posts: 665	oh jacks that sounds bad if your in laws are trying to give her chocolate. that is not a good thing to give to a baby and they should listen to you the first time you said no. she is your child not theirs. i've now started to give finley tea time food. it was easier than lunch as i wasn't always at home. he is enjoying it but his hasn't changed his sleeping pattern. just gives me longer in the evening between feeds! he goes on the boob after aswell and guzzles like he's had nothing!!! funny boy. i really hope things settle for you soon. i'm soo tired with fin not sleeping and i go back to work in 2 weeks!!!

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Feb 6th, 2010, 18:26 PM	#16
NuttyJester Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 700	I got the same thing from LOs G'parents... I told them that their thinking (he's big, he needs food from 3 months) is "out-dated and old fashioned and that a baby's internals aren't mature enough until 4-6 months, so I'm waiting until I know he can handle it for definite, at 6 months. He doesn't need food, I produce just the right amount of milk for him, he in fact determines the supply himself and my milk ducts are like tear ducts, no-one ever worries that if they cry too much one day they won't have enough tears for the next do they? If LO wants more, there'll be more there within a couple of hours." That shut them up. And they know if they ever try and give him chocolate etc. there's a pay-off, they won't see him for a while! One good visit leads to another, one visit where they upset me and they're not welcome 'til I've calmed down!!

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