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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 11:53:09 AM
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KatMack
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We've waited until six months to try anything and then didn't push it. All three of mine weren't really interested until 8 or 9 months. Then they attempt to eat us out of house and home!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 11:54:59 AM
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Mrs.Wifey
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We've waited until six months to try anything and then didn't push it. All three of mine weren't really interested until 8 or 9 months. Then they attempt to eat us out of house and home!
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Same for us. Gabby is definitely eating us out of house and home 
Emily, are you still planning on doing baby led solids?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 11:55:04 AM
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What is the earliest you would start solids with a baby and what food would you try first?
our first needed it early...so by 4mo he was on it. I don't remember how much before 4mo, but he hit 4mo at Thanksgiving and I have pics of him eating then. I think some babies need it earlier then others. (BTW...the recommended age is different now then it was back then...then it was 4mo, now I believe it is 6mo)
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It's really about the signs your child is showing.
yeah there are some physical developmental things hat need to take place before I would give them food....such as..... them reaching out for food and realizing what it is, being able to effectively get food to the back of their mouth (not doing the tongue thrust movement anymore), starting to try to pick things up, sitting up well enough to not pose a choking hazard....things like that.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 11:57:30 AM
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KatMack
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yeah there are some physical developmental things hat need to take place before I would give them food....such as..... them reaching out for food and realizing what it is, being able to effectively get food to the back of their mouth (not doing the tongue thrust movement anymore), starting to try to pick things up, sitting up well enough to not pose a choking hazard....things like that.
This is definitely the most important part. Some babies do NEED it sooner than six months and are ready for it. Probably not most, but some do. You've just got to watch them and see when the time is right.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:00:08 PM
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EmilyAnn
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I was planning to do baby led solids, but now I'm not so sure. David is just such a hungry boy. He seems to eat constantly. If he keeps eating like this I might try starting solids at 4 or 5 months.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:04:51 PM
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Well, Nathan wasn't reaching out for solid food, but he was nursing at an insane pace, and I personally reached a point where he would either be getting formula or solids. I offered him a little bit of solid food, and he responded well on his first try. He wasn't quite sitting up then, but he didn't have any trouble with choking, and he usually enjoyed his solids meals.
So, you can always try offering, and see how he reacts. If he likes it, great, if not back off and wait another month.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:21:47 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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Emily...if he needs it earlier then that IS still "baby led solids". He will let you know when that time is....and from my experience and talking to others for years he very well may need it because of his size. Most that I have seen that "needed" it earlier were larger babies. The point of "child led" though is watching the signs I posted to see when he needs it...whether earlier or later.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:26:46 PM
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Right now this is David's "schedule." Of course sometimes it varies, but not by much. I feed on demand, but he seems to "demand" every 2 hours during the day. And no, he really does not sleep during the day. He has an occasional catnap (15-20 minutes) in my arms or in the car, but not often.
8:00 pm-9:00 pm Nurse
9:30 pm 3 oz formula
10:00 pm-4:30 am Sleep
4:30 am 3 oz formula
5:00 am-7:30 am Sleep
7:30 am 3 oz formula
8:00 am-10:00 am Sleep
10:00 am 4 oz breast milk
12:00 noon 4 oz breast milk
2:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
4:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
6:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
< Message edited by EmilyAnn -- 7/22/2008 12:38:20 PM >
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:30:13 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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That's actually a relatively normal schedule for a newborn. Our Pediatrician said they should be eating 8-10 times a day, which is about what David is doing. Also, he's cluster feeding at night which is wonderful! That is probably why he sleeps so well at night. Gabby had almost exactly the same schedule.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:34:05 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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yeah it actually is more sleep and less eating times then Justice. I don't schedule, but if you want me to I will keep track of him today and post it fir you to compare to
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:43:36 PM
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EmilyAnn
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So he eats 29 oz plus whatever he gets in that hour he nurses. Is that a normal amount? Maybe I just feel like I am feeding him all day because it takes him 20-30 minutes to finish a bottle and then after he eats I pump for 20 minutes. He doesn't sleep at all during the day which seems odd to me. I have never heard of a newborn staying awake for 12 hours straight. Also, if he is awake he is usually in my arms. Right now he is in his bouncy seat while I bounce him with my foot, type, and eat lunch. He is not happy unless I am holding him or bouncing him, and he will only tolerate the bouncy seat for a short time. He hates his swing and being carried in a sling.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:51:01 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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Maybe I just feel like I am feeding him all day because it takes him 20-30 minutes to finish a bottle and then after he eats I pump for 20 minutes.
that could very well be it....I know there are days I feel like that too
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He doesn't sleep at all during the day which seems odd to me. I have never heard of a newborn staying awake for 12 hours straight.
according to your schedule though he sleeps a lot....
8:00 pm-9:00 pm Nurse
9:30 pm 3 oz formula
10:00 pm-4:30 am Sleep
4:30 am 3 oz formula
5:00 am-7:30 am Sleep
7:30 am 3 oz formula
8:00 am-10:00 am Sleep
10:00 am 4 oz breast milk
12:00 noon 4 oz breast milk
2:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
4:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
6:00 pm 4 oz breast milk
that's about 11 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. While not all his age sleep that amount, some do...he's in the normal range. He is just sleeping in longer periods then some others do...and mostly at night.
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Also, if he is awake he is usually in my arms. Right now he is in his bouncy seat while I bounce him with my foot, type, and eat lunch. He is not happy unless I am holding him or bouncing him, and he will only tolerate the bouncy seat for a short time. He hates his swing and being carried in a sling.
oh yeah...btdt....Emma was like that. She hated any and all "devices"...just wanted to be held ALL the time.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 12:53:52 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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ok...so far Justice's schedule for the day is.....(I started at 4:30am but that's not the first nursing during the night...just the first I remembered the time for)...
4:30-7:30am….cluster feeding (off and on) and awake when not nursing
7:30-8:30am….sleep
8:30-9:00am….nurse off one side, burp
9:00-10:45am…sleep
10:45-11:15am…nurse off one side, burp, nurse off other side
11:15- …..sleep
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 1:13:56 PM
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Regarding solids feeding... Mary hasn't given us any choice but to do child led solids. We were going to anyway but she will only eat about three bites of anything at any given time. She is *not* interested in more than that. She eats a very wide variety of food but just little little bits. I don't know how long she can go like this... I thought she would smarten up after she turned a year but so far no such luck...
Jack wasn't at all interested in food til he was at least 14mo...then it really wasn't until 18mo when he finally really got into eating more then a bite or two and started really eating all meals we do. Now (24mo) he eats ALL.THE.TIME!!!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 2:53:45 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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What is the earliest you would start solids with a baby and what food would you try first?
We tried with Hunter at 4.5 months, but his belly wasn't ready and in all honestly neither was Momma. So he did not start solids until 5.5-6 months. Even then we went slowly with solids, I think he was about 10 months old before he was getting three square meals a day.We tried the cereals, but he never really cared for them. So I started with veggies and then fruits, then I went from there.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 4:15:58 PM
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I'm pretty sure there's no allergies or anything, he's been eating yogurt for months now and cheese too.
I remember talking to the public health nurse and she said that the formula I was using (and that I believe you are using...PC?), if she can handle that formula she shouldn't have a probem with whole milk.
Yes, I use PC formula too.
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We started around 4 months. It might have even been earlier. Chase had super head control, he could hold his head up really well. By that time he was watching us eat, and reaching out for our food. We started with really really thinned out rice cereal. We stuck with the rice cereal for quite a while. I mixed it with breast milk to start out with, and then eventually with formula.
I don't know if anyone else has opinions about it, but Nestle makes two kinds of rice cereal, the "add milk/breastmilk" or the "just add water". I would stick with the kind that you add milk to, then you can use breastmilk or formula. I just don't trust what milk products they use in the just add water kind.
I actually use Heinz cereals, but I don't know if you have them in the US?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 4:17:51 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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Yolanda - I just read your signature and it made me smile! That is really cute 
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 7:31:02 PM
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I use Heinz cereals too yolanda and their jar fruits too.
So sarah are you nursing off the other side now? I thought I remember you saying that with the other kids you couldnt nurse off one side?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 8:23:46 PM
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Most that I have seen that "needed" it earlier were larger babies.
That was our main reason with Akeelah. At 4 months she was taking more than 32 oz of formula a day, it was insane. That was in a 12 hour period (she slept through the night for 12 hours). Even with the solids, she still took a lot of formula. When we realized she had the other signs (tongue, holding her head, interest in our food) we were on it!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 8:46:59 PM
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Yeah, I remember by around 11 months, Nathan was having 4, sometimes 5 meals of solids a day, and still nursing 6-8 (or more) times a day. He ate like crazy!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 9:10:30 PM
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So sarah are you nursing off the other side now? I thought I remember you saying that with the other kids you couldnt nurse off one side?
With Emma I stopped when she was about 3-4 months old (I think?) when I got mastitis twice in one month. After Jackson I nursed off of both sides, just not all the time...usually just at night on the right side (the side I had had problems with). This time I do both sides about every other time....so it's still only about half as often as the left side. I am not sure if I will fully stop on that side like I did in the past...this time it doesn't seem to be causing problems.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 9:51:43 PM
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Sarah, thank you! It is so reassuring to hear experiences mom's say that they have btdt. Mary ate more today than usual, I am considering giving her some cheese before bed tonight, cheese is a high protein snack right?
yup...cheese is good!!!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 7/22/2008 10:01:46 PM
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Well that's good Sarah that there are no problems thus far!
What are some protein things that aren't dairy?! Nath has meat at dinner time but that's it.
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