advice from mummys who have weaned their babies please

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• maybebaby2014

  Oct 9, 2009 8:20AM

  hi hunn the difference between the ready made milk and the powder is that the ready made is made slightly differently so you dont have to refridgerate it. it has a naturally sweeter flavour so that maybe why shes taking less.
  claire and lola-mae xx

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• louis2

  Oct 9, 2009 9:14AM

  Hi Pregno2,
  
  I have exactly the same concerns about the milk and never know whether to give milk first or last. Having spoken to one of the nursery nurses at my weighing in clinic, she said always offer milk first and not to worry too much a bout how much they take as they are getting nutrition from the food! (i;m not convinced by this though I have to say!). Here's our day:
  
  7.30am - bottle (usually takes about 5oz) and peach and banana baby cereal
  11.30am - bottle (4-5oz) then, veg puree and a fruit puree (one ice cube of each)
  3.30pm - bottle (5-8oz) depending upon what he takes)
  6pm - veg puree and fruit puree
  7/8pm bottle (7-8oz)
  
  It varies every day how much milk he takes, but i slowly worked up to three meals because he wouldn't take any milk in the evening so i started mixing baby rice and milk into a fruit puree to make sure he got some food and particularly some milk.
  
  I then moved on to breakfast because again he wouldn't take much milk but was then starving hungry at about 10am.
  
  Hope this makes sense and helps!
  xx

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• mrssmith1986

  Oct 9, 2009 12:39PM

  heres ours:
  8.30am 7oz bottle(then back to bed hehe)
  10.30am hipp baby cereal
  12.00pm 7oz bottle
  4.00pm 7oz bottle and veg puree for dinner
  7.30pm 7oz bottle.
  BED!!!
  
  i found it was easier to offer her food after she had taken her bottle so she only ate what she had room for and gradually spaced her bottles the more she ate.
  hope it helps x

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• Moominmummy

  Oct 9, 2009 1:31PM

  I was told until 6 months, solids shuld just be an add-on to milk, so they should keep drinking the same amount of milk, but you can give solids if they still seem hungry. It;s hard to know how to fit it in around the milk though. Our typical day goes something like this:
  
  7am - bottle (8oz)
  11am - baby rice then bottle (8oz)
  3pm - pureed fruit or veg then bottle (8oz)
  6,30pm - bottle (8oz) then bath & bed
  10pm - dream feed (now only takes approx 4 oz usually)
  
  But Theo is bigger - over 17 lb now so obviously will drink more than Maddison at 12 lb. Hope that helps a bit, I'm aiming to increase the solids so that by 6 months he's having 3 fairly substantial solid meals per day and 3 milk feeds.
  

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• pregno2

  Oct 11, 2009 12:53PM

  thanx girls for the advice , i have been giving the food first then bottle so will try the other way round and see how she gets on , shes really teething at the mo so that could also be why she's off her milk xx

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