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35oz a day is absolutely perfect for his age love xx
it goes on weight as well doesnt it? when i get LO reviewed for his reflux they check hes getting enough by this calculation they do
35oz a day is absolutely perfect for his age love xx
My hv never did any calculations - even when she was putting on weight rapidly. Just told me her intake was fine. At 14wks she was taking around 35oz and was told it was just right. It works out at 5x 7oz bottles per day which sounds totally average for that age.
My LO is 14 weeks and on 7-8oz bottles every 2 and a half hours, he's stopped STTN which I read is a sign hes ready to be weaned, he tries to chew the bottle teat, is always trying to nibble his hands and watches me eating and makes chewing motions himself. I am not going to make it to 6months I'm struggling to even make it to 17weeks! My HV advises weaning after 17 weeks. All my generation were weaned at 3 months and I dont know anyone with chronic diarhoea, IBS etc....! Much like I dont know anyone who got ill from our mums pre-making bottles back when I was a baby. It's all personal choice and I don't think people should be made to feel bad if they choose to feed their baby a bit early. Its a wonder how anyone coped without guidelines! My nan was feeding my mum from about 8 weeks shes fit as a fiddle!
My LO is 14 weeks and on 7-8oz bottles every 2 and a half hours, he's stopped STTN which I read is a sign hes ready to be weaned, he tries to chew the bottle teat, is always trying to nibble his hands and watches me eating and makes chewing motions himself. I am not going to make it to 6months I'm struggling to even make it to 17weeks! My HV advises weaning after 17 weeks. All my generation were weaned at 3 months and I dont know anyone with chronic diarhoea, IBS etc....! Much like I dont know anyone who got ill from our mums pre-making bottles back when I was a baby. It's all personal choice and I don't think people should be made to feel bad if they choose to feed their baby a bit early. Its a wonder how anyone coped without guidelines! My nan was feeding my mum from about 8 weeks shes fit as a fiddle!
It's funny how we all interpret our babies' signs to mean something different. I'm a first time mom too and it's overwhelming trying to understand what all these different things mean. I interpret frequent feeding as being a growth spurt. When my baby stopped STTN I didn't attribute it to needing to be weaned, I was anticipating the 4 month sleep regression. My baby is chewing on everything in sight, but I don't think he needs to be weaned, it's just because he's teething. I'm glad there's nothing wrong with me because of being FF or weaned early but now that there is so much information we can make better choices. "What was good enough back then is good enough for me now" is not sufficient evidence for me to make the same decisions that my mother made. But c'est la vie, we all make our own choices. My motto is if I know better I do better.
My LO is 14 weeks and on 7-8oz bottles every 2 and a half hours, he's stopped STTN which I read is a sign hes ready to be weaned, he tries to chew the bottle teat, is always trying to nibble his hands and watches me eating and makes chewing motions himself. I am not going to make it to 6months I'm struggling to even make it to 17weeks! My HV advises weaning after 17 weeks. All my generation were weaned at 3 months and I dont know anyone with chronic diarhoea, IBS etc....! Much like I dont know anyone who got ill from our mums pre-making bottles back when I was a baby. It's all personal choice and I don't think people should be made to feel bad if they choose to feed their baby a bit early. Its a wonder how anyone coped without guidelines! My nan was feeding my mum from about 8 weeks shes fit as a fiddle!
It's funny how we all interpret our babies' signs to mean something different. I'm a first time mom too and it's overwhelming trying to understand what all these different things mean. I interpret frequent feeding as being a growth spurt. When my baby stopped STTN I didn't attribute it to needing to be weaned, I was anticipating the 4 month sleep regression. My baby is chewing on everything in sight, but I don't think he needs to be weaned, it's just because he's teething. I'm glad there's nothing wrong with me because of being FF or weaned early but now that there is so much information we can make better choices. "What was good enough back then is good enough for me now" is not sufficient evidence for me to make the same decisions that my mother made. But c'est la vie, we all make our own choices. My motto is if I know better I do better.
But your 'local guidelines' as you say are that your friend weaned at 6 weeks...Guidelines are 6 months. A baby needs most of its nutrition from milk in the first year and certainly no less than 20 oz of milk between 6-12 months. Anything less impeeds brain development, as the food they are eating is not providing enough iron.
Its nothing to do with TW or BLW, its early weaning?
Yeah it's nothing to do with different weaning styles
Regardless of TW and BLw it's still 6 months however at 6 months you don't NEED to TW as most babies can generally pick up food and feed themselves but some parents will choose to TW which is fine
Yeah it's nothing to do with different weaning styles
Regardless of TW and BLw it's still 6 months however at 6 months you don't NEED to TW as most babies can generally pick up food and feed themselves but some parents will choose to TW which is fine
some people do NEED to TW like us when Ellie was weaned so early and also she has cerebal palsy so she cant yet get all her food to her mouth herself its sometimes ends up in her ear or eye poor little sausage so even if we could have waited to 6month we would have had to TW xx
Yeah it's nothing to do with different weaning styles
Regardless of TW and BLw it's still 6 months however at 6 months you don't NEED to TW as most babies can generally pick up food and feed themselves but some parents will choose to TW which is fine
some people do NEED to TW like us when Ellie was weaned so early and also she has cerebal palsy so she cant yet get all her food to her mouth herself its sometimes ends up in her ear or eye poor little sausage so even if we could have waited to 6month we would have had to TW xx
What's what I mean.
You don't need to TW MOST babies at 6 months but I totally understand your reasons for deciding how and when you weaned hun as it was due to medical reasons
At 6 months a lot of babies are developmentally ready to feed themselves
It's a wonder how the human race survived without guidelines!!! I go on the advice from my GP and HV no BLWs are gonna try and make me feel guilty for not waiting til 6 months! Be interesting to see whether LOs generation has a decrease in eczema, IBS etc! So yeah you enjoy your healthy baby that won't have any problem due to late weaning whilst mine will be crippled with em! Cos that's the message I seem to be getting from everyone against TW!!!!