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Intro to solids and balance with breast milk
I just started my daughter on rice cereal a few weeks age (she is 6 mos.). I am also nursing and am not sure how often all of this needs to take place. We start the day with about 3 tbsp of rice cereal and milk and also a little nursing, she nurses again in about 3 hrs, in the afternoon I have been trying green beans and then nursing, and before bed I give her another 3 tbsp of rice cereal. She wakes one time during the night for a full 20 min nurse. I don't know how much milk she gets so I am curious if I am balancing this well. Her nursing times vary from 5 min to 20 min. This new venture has left me feeling unsure about nutrition but she is a healthy weight and doesn't seem hungry or too full. Any experiences or advice you all have to share would be greatly appreciated!!! THANKS |
| Posted by K on 06/25/2007 04:50 PM
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| Don't worry I did the same thing you do with my son. I think you are doing great. My son also ate alot at night and from time to time he would let me know if he needed another breast milk feeding. Good luck and relax you seem to be doing a great job. |
| posted by Karolyn on 06/25/2007 05:48 PM
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Sounds like you are going with what she is ready for. She will let you know when she is hungry at this age. My doctor told me there would be times that my little girl would want to nurse every hour and other times where she might go 4 hours before she wanted to. This got more regular as she ate more solid foods. By the time she was a year we went down to nursing 3 to 4 times a day and gradually down until she stopped nursing around 16 months.
If she seems like she is not too fussy, then I think you are doing great. Get some fruits, some veggies, some meats and some rice in her along with milk and she should be doing wonderful! :) |
| posted by Mandy on 06/25/2007 08:20 PM
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Hi K,
It sounds like you are doing fine. A great book I used like my Bible was First Meals by Annabel Kramel. She suggest different healthy foods and at every age group. You can probabaly rent it from bookstore if you want to look at it.
I don't know where you live but you might want to contact a lactation specialist (La Leche League) in your area and they can help you. My daughter was an extreme case she nursed every 2 hrs up until she started eating solids. They I nursed her first thing when she got up then gave her cereal for breakfast with breast milk (mixed it) then at 10 am I nursed again (early am snack) then for lunch I gave her solids a vegtable with fruit as desert then I nursed again at around 2 or 3 pm and fed her solids for dinner around 5pm and nursed her right before bed. I did this until she was 14 months then I startred weaning am nursing then afternoon nursing and I replaced them with solids snacks like yogurt and natural fruit, or cheese with crackers and juice and always had water available for her. She has finally weaned about 2 wks ago and and she was 19 months. Every child is different my loves to eat. I didn't intorduce meat until her nine months visit. They recommend not giving meat until after 9 months because of the sensitivity of the stomach. Oh, I forgot when she was in her younger stages she would nurse several x's a night then as she got older only 1x to none after about 12 months. Good luck. Educate yourself with great books out there like what I mentioned earlier and also go with your gut and be led by your baby. They will tell you when they need more by crying etc.... |
| posted by on 06/25/2007 10:23 PM
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| What I know is that it's most important that she gets breastmilk as her form of nutrition. The rice and vegatables are really just practice foods to help her learn how to chew, swallow, etc. I always nursed my daughter before I fed her solids so she would be hungry and get plenty of milk. Then I gave her the regular food until she seemed full. Especially at 6 months, I made sure to nurse her at least every 3 hours as well, along with whatever nighttime feedings came along. Just make sure you're getting her a lot of the good stuff! Does she have teeth yet? That's when the nursing fun really begins. :) |
| posted by Briana on 06/26/2007 12:27 PM
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| Thank you all for your reassuring positive input. I think many times a little reassurance goes a long way when feelings of insecurity pop up. This is the first real concern I have had and have been very lucky. She doesn't have teeth yet but has been biting and I think we have that under control for today at least. She is teething and I expect a tooth any day now! |
| posted by K on 06/26/2007 12:47 PM
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