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Breastfeeding after 6 months?
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Sorry i know this has probably been asked before but i can't find any answers!
Do i have to give lo any supplements after 6 months if i'm still breastfeeding? He's just coming up to 6 months now and has 4 feeds a day. He's on breakfast of plain boring old porridge (mean mummy!) and a tea of a little veg and a petit filous. I'm going to introduce protein in a couple of weeks.
I'm mostly thinking about Iron, as i know their stores run out about now, and also i've read somewhere something about vitamin d, but i'm not sure what it was!
Thanks girls xx
Do i have to give lo any supplements after 6 months if i'm still breastfeeding? He's just coming up to 6 months now and has 4 feeds a day. He's on breakfast of plain boring old porridge (mean mummy!) and a tea of a little veg and a petit filous. I'm going to introduce protein in a couple of weeks.
I'm mostly thinking about Iron, as i know their stores run out about now, and also i've read somewhere something about vitamin d, but i'm not sure what it was!
Thanks girls xx
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I asked a while ago when I took my lo to the clinic and was told that as long as she is eating lots of friut/veg that are different colours and weaning was going well then she doesn't need them.
Vitamin D is in dairylea and petit fleurs and is often added to other baby foods like the baby cereals. It can also be got from the sun!
Iron - brocolli is a great source and a great finger food, and again is added t lots of baby foods/cereals.
It's really up to you whether you want to give them to your lo, I dont as I started weaning Louise early and by 6 months she was eating a range of diff foods, I just try to make sure she has diff coloured friut/veg at each meal.
(I apologise if this ends up appearing twice, be ate my initial reply!)