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Iron supplementation for breastfed babies
I know that now Ruby is 6 months she will need more iron as breast milk does not provide it (so much for breast is best on that count hey?!).
I am giving her fortified cereal in the morning but was thinking, what if i make up a bit of 6month + formula (say 2 ozs and just add it to her food (eg. sweet potato etc...) instead of the expressed milk that I have been adding?
I don't want to supplement the breastfeeding as I will continue till she is 1 if she wants it.
What do others do that are exclusively breastfeeding?
I don't want to offer her formula in a bottle as my Mum says that she brestfed my sister till 7 months and offered a bottle one night and my sister then never went back to the breast!!
I am giving her fortified cereal in the morning but was thinking, what if i make up a bit of 6month + formula (say 2 ozs and just add it to her food (eg. sweet potato etc...) instead of the expressed milk that I have been adding?
I don't want to supplement the breastfeeding as I will continue till she is 1 if she wants it.
What do others do that are exclusively breastfeeding?
I don't want to offer her formula in a bottle as my Mum says that she brestfed my sister till 7 months and offered a bottle one night and my sister then never went back to the breast!!
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