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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding
Is there anything I can do to make breast feeding easier for my 4.5mth daughter? My daughter is very difficult to breastfeed. The problem started at about 8-10 weeks. She takes the first 10 minutes of a breast feed very well. Then it will become difficult .She starts crying and pulling away from breast when offered. If I persevere, she will eventually take the breast and finish feed although the whole process is tiring and time-consuming. Initially I thought that she was full after first 10 minutes. She seemed happy enough but would not settle well for naps and then would be very distressed at 6 pm and cry a…
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Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding
Is hunger causing my daughter of almost 5mths to be unsettled in the evenings? My daughter is not settling well after her 6pm feed and it is taking my husband and me a long time to settle her. Once settled she wakes up within half an hour and this continues until about 9pm. She then only has about 1 hour sleep before we wake her up for her 10pm feed. We have tried leaving this feed but she wakes around 12.30am. This has been happening now for a week. During the day she is sleeping for about 45mins in the morning, between 1hr & 1.5 hrs at lunch and she…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other
I’m advised to wean my son, even though he is only three months old Osian weighed 10lb 2oz at birth, is gaining 6-7oz per week, and has been following the routine since day one. He is now three months old. He has always been difficult at feeding time. I believe he suffered from colic and have used Omneo Comfort and Colief. I went away for three weeks and the symptoms went away. I carried on using Omneo but he was very hungry. I therefore gave him a milk for hungry baby (Novalac Satiete) and he fed very well – 5 bottles of 7oz sometimes 8-9oz at 6.15pm feed. He then…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other
Is my baby of almost 17 weeks hungry? My baby is nearly 17 weeks old today, and I was adamant that I was going to wait as long as possible before starting solid food. She is taking four 9oz bottles of formula a day with a smaller feed of 5/6oz at 11pm, amounting to a total of 40oz a day. She sleeps through from her last feed until 7.30am every morning. But she is no longer sleeping well at her lunch time nap, and when I go in to try and settle her back, she is stuffing her fists in her mouth. I don’t know whether this is hunger or…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other
My daughter fights most feeds and her intake is falling, should I start to wean her? My 3.5mth daughter has been following your routines since she was 1 week old and with only a couple of hiccups she is doing brilliantly. Her sleeping is great and 2 weeks ago I decided to drop the 10pm feed as she hated being woken and was grudgingly taking 2oz. She has slept 7pm-7am fine since I dropped it. The problem is that she is such a bad feeder. She never appears hungry and when first offered the bottle (at every feed) she refuses it by shaking her head side to side, up and…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other
My 3mth daughter has reflux. Do I need to take extra care or delay her weaning because of these problems? I also need advice on the 10pm feed This is a question rather than a current problem. My baby has been diagnosed Reflux and we are managing with Gaviscon powder and Zantac. My question is whether I need to take more care at the time of introducing solids because of the reflux problem – I am worried if the problem will be aggrevated by weaning and if I should try to delay weaning until her stomach is a bit more developed (eg at 6 months). Also, please can you review…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding
My daughter of 3.5mths does not seem to take enough milk by day to prevent her from waking at night but is it hunger or habit? I have problems with my daughter’s feeding and sleeping. The bottom line is that she’s not taking in enough milk in the day to ever go through the night (she takes anything between 25-29 oz). Some days she starts off well but then slowly takes less and other days, like today, she will start the morning at 7.15 a.m. and won’t take more than 1 and a half oz (having not had a feed since 11 p.m. last night at which time she took…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding
How should I structure the day for my 3.5mth baby who will soon be fulltime at nursery? My daughter of 3.5mths is currently doing very well on the routines, goes down well at 7pm and just in the last week has started sleeping through from the last feed at 11pm until around 7am most days. I am now starting to bring forward the 11pm feed by 5mins a night and am going to reduce the amount offered as she is starting to eat less at 7am. The lunchtime nap is still a struggle but I am currently trying to train this through taking her out in the buggy for two…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding
My baby of 3 months who weighs 14lbs 7ozs is still taking a large feed at 4.30am. He falls asleep before taking a full feed at 10.30pm and takes a smaller feed at 7.30am. My baby of 3 months who weighs 14lbs 7ozs is still taking a large feed at 4.30am. He falls asleep before taking a full feed at 10.30pm and takes a smaller feed at 7.30am. Feeding details 4.30am: 7ozs 7.30am: 5ozs 11.00am: 8ozs 2.30pm: 8ozs 4.30pm: 3ozs water with squeezed orange 6.15pm: 8ozs 10.30pm: 5ozs Daily milk intake 40ozs My son naps at 9-9.45am, 12-2.15pm and settles at 7pm. Losing interest or taking a smaller feed at…
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Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding
My son of three months, who weighs 16lbs 4ozs, will take 4-5ozs quickly at each feed, but them struggles to finish the last 2ozs. He sleeps from 7pm to 7am, yet even after this twelve-hour sleep, it can take up to 45 minutes to persuade him to take the last 2 oz. I also have an 18-month-old and I need to find a way to speed up my young baby’s feeding. I don’t really want to do split feeds, although my baby often seems hungry at 5pm, as I need to be able to concentrate on my toddler at this demanding time of day. By three months of age most…
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