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Posted: 08 September 2005 at 7:27pm | IP Logged

OH NO  - NOT ANOTHER WEANING QUESTION!!!!

Sorry, but I'm a duffer and could do with some more help!!!

Ella has been on solids for 7 weeks now and is begining to drop her milk intake. But I'm struggling to get the balance between food and drink.

She's on SMA white and her day goes a bit like this...

Somewhere from 4am onwards - about 5oz.
9am ish - 4oz milk, then cereal with 2 oz milk in it.
lunch - bottle only - usually about 8oz
4ish - 3oz milk, then veg and fruit for pudding
6.30ish - supper of cereal with about 2oz milk
7.30ish - bottle - anything up to 10oz!!!

She's now begining to drop the 1st bottle of the day and only wanting a few oz before her cereal. I have to give her the milk before the food as otherwise, she won't drink it but then I'm bothered that I'm letting her get too full of milk so she doesn't eat the food!!!

AHHHH PARANOID MOTHER!!!

For her tea, she only has 2 or 3 cubes of veg and half a jar of fruit at the most. Sometimes not even that. I've tried giving her SMA gold to not fill her up so much but then she drinks even more milk and less food!!!

I just feel at a loss of what to do. I know that babies apitites change, but I just don't know how to gague her. She was on breakfast, lunch and tea but then cut down on her quantity of food and was wanting more milk overnight. So I dropped lunch and went for supper.

I had thought about staging her feeds so that she had milk in between meals - has anyone tried this or have any suggestions as to what "normal" is, if there is one?!?!?!?

(my head spinning...)

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 7:52pm | IP Logged

I can tell you what Ols has but not sure on the quantity of his milk as he is breastfed.

7amish breastfeed

8amish baby porridge and nectarine or 1 and 1/2 rusk with half a banana mashed in.

12pm 5 cubes of veg and 5 cubes of pudding, breastfeed.

3pm yoghurt and drink, sometimes a breastfeed

5pm 5 cubes of veg and 4 cubes of pudding

6pm breastfeed

threw the night feed probably about 3-4 times depending on how often he wakes up.  He will sometimes ask for more milk during the day and as I am such a soft touch I give it to him  Ols has been on solids for about the same length of time as Ellen.  When I was first weaning Ols I fed him between feeds but found it meant I was constantly feeding him either breast of solids all day was hard work.

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 8:50pm | IP Logged

bottle at 630/7ish

lily has just started breakfast-5 cubes of pear or a whole banana, with a bottle of milk (usually 6oz's)

she has another bottle about 2-3 hrs later

then lunch n bottle-same amount of cubes but something different

couple of bottles in afternoon-try to give her at least one of water each day

then tea-between 4-5 and a bottle of milk

bed 7

sleep feed at 11 with baby rice in it

then we start all over again! that isa rough day tho dizie it does vary

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:07pm | IP Logged

So do you two give the milk after the food?

Jopsy - what milk is Lily on? and roughly how much does she have a day?

And another question to both - did your los build up gradually to that about of cubes or did they have days of not eating that quantity?

10 points for each answer...

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:11pm | IP Logged

right cown gate no 2 for hungrier babes

she has a bit of milk just b4 meal then eats then more milk -its about 4 portions of milk to each meal!

6/7 bottles a day on avrg

she started with whole banana-then i just did 5/6 cubes n she ate it! occasionally she only eats half her meal; buts its few n far between

hth

jo 

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:33pm | IP Logged

Just started Fred on a new routine

7am 8oz sma

9-30am solid feed washed down with juice

12-30  6-8oz sma

4pm solid feed and juice

6-30pm 8oz bottle sma

He took to it today no probs, but we'll see how the week progresses! lol

good luck dizie, i introduced juice as i thought fred was getting a it bunged up wit the milk and solids!  he wasn't constipated, just not very full nappies for im (sorry tmi)

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:41pm | IP Logged

Vickimom- that routine is v similar to my ds Roan.

He's still on sma gold- takes 6oz per feed at most-usually 5 bottles/day. Solids at 11am & 6pm with sma- not tried juice yet.His solids r still baby rice with banana, apple or carrot.

I was wondering when to up his solids - but he seems happy enough at the mo- sleeps from 8pm til 7am - so should I keep this routine til he seems to want more??

With dd my mum did all the weaning- as i was back at work.

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:45pm | IP Logged

Vicki - what quantities of food does fred eat? Ella was constipated, but it sorted itself out - then she got clogged up again!!!

I think I might try juice cos she just won't take water..... Stubben little bu@@er my daughter!!!

Posted: 08 September 2005 at 9:50pm | IP Logged

how do you know about my constipation?!?!?!?

Stubben, moi? Hell yes!!! mwuhaaaaaaaaaaaa