Weaning problems

19/08/2007 at 12:55

Hi has anybody got any suggestions i started weaning my 17wk old as all the signs where there this is the 4th day i was giving her baby rice once a day yesterday upped it to twice but she still woke up 2.30 and drined a btle then at 7 is this normal! do u think i shud give her more food or just continue with what im doin she used to sleep gr8t thru the nite! appreciate advice x

Twin1 Tasha

19/08/2007 at 13:25

Hi I noticed the same thing with my daughter (although we have now had to stop weaning altogether because of dietry problems) apperently it takes them a while to settle as they suddenly get used to being really full up which milk doesn't do for them. Perhaps just give it a couple more days by which time you may be able to introduce other foods. My mum suggested making the baby rice up quite thickly. Hope this helps love Tasha

simone

19/08/2007 at 14:09

Hi
I found that my daughter did not like baby rice, so i gave her porridge and a bottle straight after. I only did this for breakfast and luch and she only had milk in the afternoon, i then slowly introduced more food.

Hope this helps x

19/08/2007 at 16:51

Hi thanks il try that c wot happens x

19/08/2007 at 17:02

Thanks simone did your daughter sleep thru when you did that! How much porridge did u give her x

DawnG

19/08/2007 at 19:13

Hi
My son Cameron is 19 wks and on 3 meals a day(greedy guts!!), he still occasionally wakes up at around 3.30am and takes a full feed and then has his breakfast at 7am.I tried all the usuaal tricks like offering him water etc but he's only interested in milk.
How much sleep does your daughter have during the day?
Maybe she's ready to cut back on her daytime sleep a little. I find that Cameron only ever wakes through the night when i've let him sleep too much during the day, so now i'm quite strict and it seems to be working(Just wait, he'll be up tonight!)

19/08/2007 at 19:42

I think if your baby only wakes up once in the night you are lucky! I have a few freinds whose children regularly wake up several times. I would'nt worry about it too much although it is nice for them to sleep through! I am lucky my 6 month old son has slept through the night since he was 10 weeks and I would probably put that down to a massive milk feed just before his bed time. Although he still wakes at about 5.30pm every morning. I suppose he only has about 2 half hour naps in the morning and an hour nap in the afternoon though. My health visitor told me to start with 1 meal a day - lunch and that if they are eating more than a few teaspoons of rice at each meal you should be doing a second and then a third meal. It seems to have worked for me. Bear in mind that children under 6 months are supposed to be getting all their nutrients from milk anyway so it's best to give them their milk feed first.

simone

19/08/2007 at 20:29

Hi Robert,
I gave Jessica about 4 spoon fulls mixed with water to
start with, it depends on how greedy she is. I would just give her however much she wants.
I always used to give her a bottle before i went to bed, i call it a dream bottle as she never woke up, just drank and went back to sleep, i found this made her go alot longer.

Hope it helps
Simone

19/08/2007 at 21:39

Hi dawn emily must sleep a total of 2hrs thru the day so shes shatterd at nite shes done since birth nd from 6wks slept all nite its just past month she started wakin! wot age did u start weanin x

Doodle

19/08/2007 at 22:55

Could your daughter be teething? My daughter slept from 11pm 'til 6 until she was 7 months, she was weaned but then woke 2am without fail every night, her top teeth (already had 2 bottom ones ) then showed and I think that they were the problem.
With weaning we started with rice and baby porrige and gradually intorduced apple/ pear purees and more and more fruits and veg (banana, squash and sweet potato are great - maybe not together?!) now at a year she eats everything that you put in front of her we give her what we have and cook minus the salt so she gets used to different foods and sleeps from 7.30 to 7am and has done for couple months so although the 7 month stage was bad it obviously didn't last long- just feels like it at the time!

DawnG

20/08/2007 at 09:43

I started weaning Cameron at 17 wks too. He's always been a really hungry baby and would feed every 2 - 3 hrs. I had planned on goin really slowly, but he had different ideas. At the moment he has an 8oz feed at 7am followed by 3tsp rice with fruit puree, he takes another 7-8oz at 11.30am followed by a vegetable puree, then he takes another 8oz at about 2.30pm, at 5pm he has baby rice with fruit or veg and then takes another 7-8oz before bed at 7pm.
He then usually goes all nite, but occasionally does wake at 3.30am for a feed. I've thought about going back to giving him a small feed at 10pm but because he doesn't wake every nite i'm not sure if it's worth it. What do you think?
Dawn x

29/08/2007 at 23:27

Hi My daughter is 6mths old and eating 3 meals a day. I have had conflicting information regaring "follow on" milk, has anybody any views on this? I have also read that as of 6mths you do not need to sterilise the bottles anymore but my health visitor has told me to carry on until my daughter is a year, I personally cannot see the point as I do not sterilise her feeding bowls and spoons or should I be?

Lucy-H

30/08/2007 at 10:23

I was also told there was no need to sterilise after 6 months as babies are always putting things that dont get sterilised in their mouths,but as i had done it with my other 2 babies I felt it was the right thing to do for me and continued sterilising until my daughter turned 1.She also stayed on sma gold until she was 1 as its for babies up to 12 months,she is now on progress formula and will stay on that till she is 2.you have to do what feels right and if you are happy sterilising you should continue. what sort of conflicting information have you had on follow on milks? I only give it to my daughter as it has more vitamins than the milk we drink.By the way,my name is Lucyanne

30/08/2007 at 13:28

Thanks for your reply Lucyanne, I have been reading the info on follow on milk and was considering changing my daughter from sma gold to follow-on as she seems to have gone off her milk and only takes 3-4oz every feed. My health visitor has told me not to touch it. I am just concerned that my daughter is not getting enough vitimins etc. she also will not drink water/juice.

Lucy-H

30/08/2007 at 14:13

gold should be ok,but if you compare gold to progress there are more vitamins and iron and calcium.Having read some of the advice some of the girls hv's have given I would be inclined not to believe everything they say.having said that my hv is pretty reliable. If your daughter is not drinking much then personally I would switch to progress.At least then its quality she is getting not quantity.She will be getting her main source of goodness from her purees,anyway.Hope this helps and dose'nt sound bossy x

30/08/2007 at 19:12

Thank you for the advice, It is hard to know what to do for the best. I think I will continue with sma gold for another month or so but if this daughter is anything like my eldest daughter then she will completly refuse formula at 9mths and only have full fat cows milk. Thank you again for the advice.

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