To wean or not to wean..

BabyJ'sMummy · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:30 PM

LO is 5 1/2 months and she's quite a big girl

She did sleep through the night for a while and then started waking up again recently. To begin with she would look for milk but now she's waking a lot and just chattering away to herself very loudly, surprised she hasn't woken DS! She doesn't take a lot of milk during the day but puts on lots of weight and when she does waken through the night I end up offering milk because it sends her back to sleep (she doesn't take that much of it). With DS I weaned around this time due to silent reflux so I'm not really sure if these are signs to wean her or not??? xx

Sarah lo · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:34 PM

not necessarily. But you could try sitting your LO at the table with you when you eat and see if she takes any interest in your food.

BabyJ'sMummy · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah lo

not necessarily. But you could try sitting your LO at the table with you when you eat and see if she takes any interest in your food.

She does show interest when I'm eating but I'm not sure if it's real interest in the food or she just enjoys watching me eat lol x

summer rain · Apr 16th, 2012, 13:04 PM

I'd say if you can get to 6 months then all the better xx

Storm1jet2 · Apr 16th, 2012, 14:57 PM

Im impressed you got this far with only milk - entirely up to you but I would be giving baby rice for sure!

ellie27 · Apr 16th, 2012, 15:01 PM

I wouldnt bother offering anything yet.

My LO is also 5.5 months, ebf, and there are no signs of any need for early weaning.

He is content and sleeping well so I dont want to disrupt anything!!

PS - your LO only just turned 5 months - still 4 weeks til they are 6 months!!!

Ozzieshunni · Apr 16th, 2012, 15:28 PM

We weaned at 5.5 months, but we did baby led weaning. Alex was feeding every thirty minutes day and night so it was time.

Munchkin30 · Apr 16th, 2012, 15:43 PM

I started a week ago. Same as u she started waking more and eating loads. Her sleep has got worse so far though, but the same weekend we started weaning she learnt to sit independently and got her first tooth so I'm v happy she was ready!

BabyJ'sMummy · Apr 16th, 2012, 16:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ellie27

I wouldnt bother offering anything yet.

My LO is also 5.5 months, ebf, and there are no signs of any need for early weaning.

He is content and sleeping well so I dont want to disrupt anything!!

PS - your LO only just turned 5 months - still 4 weeks til they are 6 months!!!

Yeah, I always wonder which way to work their age out, I'm counting weekly so was just going by every 4 weeks being a month, which obviously isn't the case lol. Yeah, I think I'll wait it out a bit longer and see how she goes, the longer the better tbh, so much more difficult with two! x

Apr 16th, 2012, 12:30 PM	#1
BabyJ'sMummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,212	To wean or not to wean.. LO is 5 1/2 months and she's quite a big girl She did sleep through the night for a while and then started waking up again recently. To begin with she would look for milk but now she's waking a lot and just chattering away to herself very loudly, surprised she hasn't woken DS! She doesn't take a lot of milk during the day but puts on lots of weight and when she does waken through the night I end up offering milk because it sends her back to sleep (she doesn't take that much of it). With DS I weaned around this time due to silent reflux so I'm not really sure if these are signs to wean her or not??? xx

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Sarah lo Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: north yorkshire, UK Posts: 2,013	not necessarily. But you could try sitting your LO at the table with you when you eat and see if she takes any interest in your food.

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summer rain Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East England Posts: 16,317	I'd say if you can get to 6 months then all the better xx

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Storm1jet2 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,128	Im impressed you got this far with only milk - entirely up to you but I would be giving baby rice for sure!

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ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 10,559	I wouldnt bother offering anything yet. My LO is also 5.5 months, ebf, and there are no signs of any need for early weaning. He is content and sleeping well so I dont want to disrupt anything!! PS - your LO only just turned 5 months - still 4 weeks til they are 6 months!!!

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Ozzieshunni Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 19,286	We weaned at 5.5 months, but we did baby led weaning. Alex was feeding every thirty minutes day and night so it was time.

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Munchkin30 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 1,853	I started a week ago. Same as u she started waking more and eating loads. Her sleep has got worse so far though, but the same weekend we started weaning she learnt to sit independently and got her first tooth so I'm v happy she was ready!

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