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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Weaning
Since being weaned my 18 week son has started to wake at lunchtime Having been a perfect CLB from birth, everything has started going wrong this week! My son is 18wks and 14lbs and showing all the weaning signs in the CLBBW, most notably waking at 4.30am/5am for food when he slept through 11-7 at 6 weeks and dropped his 10pm feed quite happily at 12 1/2 weeks after a growth spurt – he was only taking about 3oz of EBM and hated being woken. We are on day 2 of the weaning plan and he’s loving the baby rice and grabbing the spoon to put it in his mouth,…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Weaning
My 5mth daughter does not want her solids, despite showing all the signs that she was ready to be weaned My 5mth daughter does not want any solids. I have been following the weaning guide, but she is not interested. I have to force her to eat any and she never finishes 1 teaspoon of vegetables or baby rice. She drinks approx 800 ml of milk a day and if I try to reduce her 10pm feed she wakes earlier than 7am. Should I stop offering her solids for a while until I see her appetite increases, should I reduce her milk, or should I continue as I am? My…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Weaning
I think my baby of nearly 5 months has reflux, although not diagnosed by a doctor as we live overseas. But has most of the symptoms. He has always had problems with wind but, since starting solids, his sleep at night and during the day has become disrupted. I think my baby of nearly 5 months has reflux, although not diagnosed by a doctor as we live overseas. But he has most of the symptoms. He has always had problems with wind but, since starting solids, his sleep at night and during the day has become disrupted. Despite sleeping 11pm – 7am since he was 6 weeks old, he started…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Weaning
My 5-month-old son, who weighs 8.46 kilos, is on day 13 of the weaning plan. When offered sweet potato and apple he has gagged and bought it all back. He enjoys baby rice when mixed with pear. He only just manages to eat carrot and pear on their own. Should I keep trying new tastes but stop again if he gags and offer them in a couple of weeks? My son takes his formula well and since starting on baby rice he has slept through the night. I am sure he won’t like the baby rice and courgette to be offered in a couple of day’s time. Feeding details 7.00am:…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Formula Feeding
My 18 week son has suddenly dropped his milk intake over the past week and it is difficult to get him to feed My 18 week old son has been a very CLB and has been following the routine like a dream child since he was 10 days old. Over the last week feeding has become an increasing problem. Until recently he has always fed well. Over the last couple of days each feed is becoming increasingly difficult. It started out about 2 weeks ago with him leaving 2 ounces at each feed (on average I was offering him 7 oz per feed). Over the week this has progressively increased…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Formula Feeding
My 5 month old daughter who weighs around 14lbs has never been an eager feeder. I held back on beginning to wean to try to improve on her milk intake, but she started to wake in the night as well as showing the other signs so I commenced at 19 weeks. I am having a problem with the 10pm feed which she still needs to help her get through the night but is reluctant to take when woken. My 5 month old daughter who weighs around 14lbs has never been an eager feeder. I held back on beginning to wean to try to improve on her milk intake, but she…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Formula Feeding
My baby is four months old and has been quite happy with her formula until recently. However, she has just started getting grumpy a few hours after feeds and I think she might be hungry. Should I try one of the formulas I’ve seen that are supposed to satisfy hungrier babies? It’s a good question, as there is a range of formulas on the supermarket shelves, each marketed for a different age or stage. As we hear often, breastfeeding is the best nutritional choice for babies, but in cases where this isn’t possible, mums will certainly want to make the most suitable choice of formula for their baby. Formulas that…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Formula Feeding
My baby is almost 6 months old and seems quite happy with a mixture of formula and breastfeeds. I plan to start giving him solids soon but wondered if I should be changing the formula to one of the follow-on ones that say they should be used from 6 months. It can be quite confusing to look at all the different formulas on shop shelves, with new ones appearing all the time. The ‘follow-on’ formulas, such as SMA Progress and Cow and Gate Step-up, state that they are suitable from 6 months and that they contain a combination of nutrients suitable for babies of this age. Babies do start to…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding
My 4.5 month old has slept through the night but now is waking looking for feeds I have had a contented dream baby up until the last 5 or 6 days. He is waking more frequently, he seems starving, his hands are in his mouth etc. I would like to hold off solids until 5 months, and keep reading everywhere that he should be able to be sustained by breastmilk until then, but I feel as though my milk is drying up. Admittedly I am under some stress; my husband is away; we are due to move overseas in 3 weeks; our 18 month old is fairly demanding; I have…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding
My 18-week-old baby is waking hungry several times at night My son was a happy contented baby pretty much since starting on the routines. He took to them immediately and always slept at the times suggested. I had to wake him after an hour in the morning, had to wake him after his lunch time nap and he always took a good nap in pram or cot for the afternoon. He was progressing well at nights, was pushing his 4am wake-up from his 10/11pm split feed and 1 day (August 10th – 11 weeks) he actually slept to 7am. At 12 weeks he started waking more in the night and…
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