Solids?
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Topic: Solids?
Posted By: newmum
Subject: Solids?
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:34am
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I know Josef is only 13 and a half weeks and technically is too young for solids but did anyone start their bubs on farex or something before 4 months??
Joey watches us eat now and moves his mouth in time with us (annoying! makes me feel soooo watched, hehehehe  ) and I have to admit i did try him with Farex the other day (before I read the NO WAY before 4 months thing, ooops   ) and he opened his mouth wide and ate it up no problems. Josef is a big baby 7.5kg and 62.5cm and instead of eating less during the day has started feeding more often over the past 2 weeks?? Could it be that he is hungry and is it really so terrible if I give him a teaspoon of farex after his evening feed???
I thought I would ask you guys because you have practical experience and the books from plunket etc. are all what is upposed to happen etc. not what is real sometimes.... Thanks for the advice... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:49am
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We started Paris just before 4 months - the guidelines usually say no before then because their digestive systems aren't able to handle it.
Ayja in the other hand has only just started having solids consistently in the last week and she is 6 months old. I do remember her increasing feeds around 13 - 14 weeks, for a few weeks and then seemed to settle down again - for a while there it felt like she was constantly feeding! While it might be that Josef is hungry, is could also be that he likes to suck for comfort - ayja sometimes will just drink forever if i let her - so instead i give her rattles etc that she likes to chew on and she's happy as. Have a talk to your plunket nurse and see what she says - for formula fed babies they have some guideline about baby at least drinking 1000 mls a day etc and all this other stuff before they suggest solids, but breastfed babies are a bit harder to gauge. If you are happy giving him more feeds then there's no reason to start him on solids really, but hey, it's only another 2 or 3 weeks until he's old enough anyway, maybe hold out and feed more until then, and see how he goes? ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:52am
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Jake was a little guts too! He ate and ate and ate. Looking back i really think it was eating for comfort. we introduced a dummy whcih was pretty good. When he was really hungry, he'd spit it out and yell. When he was just interested in sucking, he's use the dummy instead of me.
we gave Jake baby rice at 3 months. He ate it...kinda, but wasn't impressed. Now he's a hefty 11kg one year old...not fat, but big |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:55am
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OK, so I'll wait. We give him a dummy and toys to chew/suck on already. I talked to the plunket nurse about it and I am "allowed" to give him drinks of water now when he is hot - he is a hot baby and gets really thirsty - as long as it is after a feed.
It's not as though he is starving or anything so I guess waiting won't hurt. Thanks ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 8:49pm
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I'd say he's having a growth spurt and to wait.. you are setting yourself up for potential problems later in life if you start solids too early.
Wait until he's at least 4 months and give tiny bits of farex now and then. We started around 5 months as Ella wasn't sleeping well but now I don't think that was hunger and I wish I left it until 6 months. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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