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weaning advice - please help!!!
how the bloody hell are you supposed to wean a baby!????
im going crazy now....
my little one seems to be going mad. he's had a couple of spoonfulls of baby rice etc for the past week or so and has been SCREAMING everynight for the past 3 nights. the only thing i could think of is.. perhaps he's too hungry and needs more.
Ive had a complete nightmare from day one trying to wean. He seems to have got the hang of eating as such but im so frightened of over feeding him or not feeding him enough???
how do i know??? ..... is he spitting it out sometimes because he doesnt like it or is he just not hungry?... why is he going mad!?... i cant help but feel im just doing eveything wrong.
ive been trying to introduce him to foods when he cant be very hungry (about 2 hours after a bottle of milk)... is this wrong??..
this lark isnt at all easy!!..
can anyone advise me?
thanks
em x
im going crazy now....
my little one seems to be going mad. he's had a couple of spoonfulls of baby rice etc for the past week or so and has been SCREAMING everynight for the past 3 nights. the only thing i could think of is.. perhaps he's too hungry and needs more.
Ive had a complete nightmare from day one trying to wean. He seems to have got the hang of eating as such but im so frightened of over feeding him or not feeding him enough???
how do i know??? ..... is he spitting it out sometimes because he doesnt like it or is he just not hungry?... why is he going mad!?... i cant help but feel im just doing eveything wrong.
ive been trying to introduce him to foods when he cant be very hungry (about 2 hours after a bottle of milk)... is this wrong??..
this lark isnt at all easy!!..
can anyone advise me?
thanks
em x
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i do enjoy trying different foods with him but i find it extremely hard when he's screaming (as he's not getting it quick enough like milk).. so he then ends up choking on it!.. which then causes more screaming.
ive tried to give milk then offer food but he will go absolutely mad if i take the bottle away from him, which means he wont actually try to eat at all. i really have to make sure he's not very hungry at all....
im finding it so hard!
really appreciate your comments. ill just have to keep trying. It hasnt bloody helped that the clocks have changed so we've also been trying to alter the routine by an hour.
thanks for your help. if anyone else can tell me their stories too, that would be great.
xx
I found that my lo would spit out some foods because he dosen't like them but now i can disguise some of them in something else. He tends to prefer sweeter things so i give him butternut squash or sweet potato or parsnip.
He gets upset sometimes so i'll offer water n if that dosen't work then i'll pop his dummy in till he calms down for a minute or two then continue with feeding if hes still not interested then i'm terrible n will move onto his taste of fruit instead. Petit filous go down really well too.
I find it hard to know how much to feed lo too hes 5 1/2 months now and has 4 ice cubes of veg n 2 ice cubes of fruit for lunch and again for dinner. I'm still trying to work out if thats enough or toomuch but he seems happy enough i just give him breast milk whenever he wants inbetween.
My lo's still not sleeping through though so i'm def not an expert in any way and need some more ideas for veg he'll take?!?
Hope that helps
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