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taurus2006
20 yrs ago
hello, my baby is 7mths and has started taking rice cereal for a month now. i don't really stick to a schedule though i try to give him 2 meals a day. if i'm out or busy, i'd just do 1 meal a day (since he doesn't really eat much anyway)
i'd like to ask how to manage breastfeeding when you introduce solids - reason being i was down with blocked ducts, painful breasts and a low grade fever, started with my left breast and when recovered, it hit my right breast straight away. i thought it maybe because of weaning and the baby taking less milk?any advice on
- how can i prevent this from happening again?
- what should his solids feeding schedule be like from now until 10 mth, ie how many meals a day and at what time?
- should i breastfeed before or after solids and what's the rationale?
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Boo1
20 yrs ago
Ensure you alternate breasts when feeding, try and use the underarm feeding position to ensure all ducts are emptied hence reducing the risk of mastitis.
He should definately be eating 2-3 servings of carbs in the form of cereal, wholemeal bread, pasta or potatoes, three servings of veg and fruit and at least one serving of animal or veg protein. A great guide to weaning is Gina Ford's The Contented Little Baby Book.
Gina recommends the tier method of feeding which is alternating between milk and solids.
Both of my two (5 yr old girl and 7 mths old boy) have been Gina babies although the second not as strictly so as the first. She can seem a little scary/rigid at first but you can "dip in" to her book and work schedules etc out to suit you and your baby.
Very best of luck.
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taurus -
sounds like you had a bout of mastitis. to help with that, you might want to pump what is left of your breast in the initial days to relieve the overwhelming fullness, if that is a problem for you. I developed mastitis with my first but not my second when I was weaning.
I have a weaning schedule - what I fed my baby, how much, and which meal - if you'd like it, i'm happy to send it to you. It can be overwhelming at first but the general rule is that for a while, most of the nutrition that your baby needs will still come from you.
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Breastfeed first, until the breast is empty, then solids to fill the gap for his hunger. The solids are a supplement, not a substitute! (Remember the b.m. is perfect nutrition, the solid is just a gap-filler.) Make sure there is no binding of clothing which would cause milk to back up (and a plug to form). It's not time to wean yet, unless you want to in which case it's a different story and different methods.
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hkchoichoi
it'll be a great help if you can send me your weaning schedule. my email happymom2006@gmail.com thanks for that!
Ruth
does that mean that lecithin capsules reduces your milk supply? will that give me a different set of problem?
Meiquoren and Boo1
thanks for your advice : )
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taurus
just pm'd you. It's not really a weaning schedule -(I used the word incorrectly) but more of a feeding schedule. anyways - I pm'd it to you. (excel spreadsheet.)
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Hi,
My son is going to be 6 months in a couple of wks and i already started him on solids one to two meals a day. I am still breastfeeding. i would give him some solids after the milk. So not really weaned him yet, but when i did start I also developed block ducts and ect....it was so bad....high fever... I was also suggested the gina ford book and read it and been trying to do that and it's helped alot.
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hkchoichoi - can I be cheeky and ask for a copy of your feeding schedule?!!!
My LO is now on 2 meals a day but I still dont really know what Im doing!
Would be much appreciated! Give PM'd you with my email address.....
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sent it to you.
let me know if you have problems.
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What a wonderful job you are doing of breastfeeding your baby !
Generally when starting solids it is best to offer the breast first and then the solid food . This will help to prevent you getting blocked duts and engorged breasts .
Your baby has tasted many different foods and flavours through your milk already and may well be ready to try something other than rice cereal.
Whole foods such as bananas avacardos are great first foods that are easy to feed to baby and very portable.
the general aim is have the baby taking 3 meals a day with a wide variety of foods by the time they are 10 months.
You would be most welcome to discuss this furthur in baby clinic .
Well Baby Clinic - 2849 1500
Matilda International Hospital
Hong Kong
http://www.matilda.org
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fel
20 yrs ago
Hi hk choichoi,
can u share yr feeding schedule with me as well. my baby is currently 5 1/2 mth old. I planning to introduce solid when she is 6mth old, but really not sure how i shd go about starting and how much to feed her and whether to breastfeed after meal.
tks,
felicia
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crj
20 yrs ago
Check out this thread, it is all about starting solids. My first post describes the first two weeks in detail:
http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/forums/momsdads/threads/85714.asp
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Hi hkchoichoi,
could you share your feeding schedule with me too? My baby is 6mos old and I have just introduced the 3rd meal at 6:30pm but he's still waking up at night every hour for feeds. Am worried that he may not be getting enough milk during the day. How much milk on average should a 6month old on solids be drinking?
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Hello,
hk Choi, Could you also share your feeding schedule with me as my baby is just going to be 6 months.
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Cygnet and Premdevani -
sent you both PM with the attachment. You'll have to play it by ear with your own children, but this is just what I did with both of my girls.
for Cygnet - when did you start solids? I didn't introduce the 3rd meal until my daughter was almost 7 months old. For me, my daughter had not visible reduction in her milk intake until well after she had been on solids for a month. The inital stages are still more about milk than the actual food itself. also it may not be a hunger thing but a sleep association thing for your son if he's waking up every hour for feeds. Sounds like he's waking up during his light sleep and looks for a feed to help put him back to sleep. That is a different problem. hope you get some rest soon!
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Hi Hkchoichoi,
I started him on solids at around 5.5 months. That's more than a month ago. Had him on just one meal for nearly two weeks then introduced the second. The third meal I only started last week. Initially there was no problem with the milk intake. He continued feeding as before. I notice that if I am home (weekends/holidays) he nurses more frequently. But I am working full time so he has expressed breastmilk 2x a day. Between 3 & 4oz at 10:30am and 4:30pm after solids. I breastfeed at 7:30, 1:30, 7:30 & 10:30. Plus there are all the night feeds. On a good day he will wake up twice for a night-time feed. So that's roughly 8 feeds every day. So I think in total he must be drinking 24-32oz. Is that sufficient?
I think you are right about the night feeds. It's probably a comfort thing. Coz he doesn't exactly cry he just makes a waking up sound, automatically turns to me suckles for a bit and then turns over and goes back to sleep. There's never any fuss or crying. Initially when he used to wake up at night I would sit up and nurse him . At that time he would wake up only twice. at 2am and 6am. But It used to really break my sleep not to mention the backache so I started nursing him lying down. Since then it's almost as if he "knows" he can just turn to me for a feed. Now he tends to do so every time he stirs :( How can I stop it? I don't want to stop nursing lying down coz it's really easy and convenient.
Thanks for the schedule. It's really helpful in meal planning.
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Cygnet
you're feeding a lot more than I do. I have four total breast feeds a day - 7:30, 12:30 (after solids) 2:30 (mini snack) 6:45 (last feed, solids at 5:00 PM.) If I do give her a bottle of expressed it's between 4-5 oz usually. (but my daughter is older - 8 months old.)
Since you're cosleeping, (which I think is nice) I am not sure that there is much you can do about his wakeups to feed. I understand the convenience of feeding lying down, and having him closeby you makes it easier. If you're going to continue to co-sleep, then I'm not sure there's much you can do about those late feeds. If you're moving towards getting him to sleep without waking up to nurse, I recommend Elizabeth Pantley's book "The No Cry Solution" for teaching him how to sleep. It's a far less harsh method for getting your baby to sleep at night - especially for those who co sleep. If you want a more drastic solution, then there's always Richard Ferber's, but I think it may be difficult for you to implement, especially since you're sleeping together ( sounds like the same bed?) When you decide to sleep separately from your child then you can try Ferber. Pantley works, although it is a slow steady progress, even with co-sleeping parents.
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STB -
no problem. It's NOT a feeding schedule - just a list of things I fed my daughter and approximate amounts. It may offer some assistance in feeding your baby if you're REALLY unsure. I just played it by ear and recorded my results (my mother in law wanted it to help her feed my sister in law's kid which is why I started it.) Hope it helps.
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it's pretty easy to do up a feeding schedule. i used an excel spreadsheet and create a new worksheet within the document everyday. each worksheet details:
1) time and amount of milk feeds
2) time and amount of solids (and what solids)
3) amount of water consumed
it's not really something i refer to but more for when i introduce new foods so that i know what he's been fed just in case he has a reaction!
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I am co-sleeping and in the same bed. We had a cradle next to the bed when we first brought him home but I would jump at the smallest sound and I was checking on him almost every half hour (that's what my hubby says) so by the end of the week I just transfered him to our bed and that's the way it's been since then. He sleeps better and so do I and I just love snuggling up next to him. Couldn't imagine any other way. I'll pick up the Elizabeth Pantley book over the weekend and give it a shot. Thanks again. You are SOOO helpful.
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