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hi,
my baby boy was 5pounds12 onces at his birth and now he is 16pounds 7 months old baby.he is a breastfeeding baby, he takes breastfeed as he wants....he is very active, he don't want to eat or drink anything else....he always cry when ever i try to give something for drink or eat.....my family always advice me to start 1-2 bottle feeding with B.F, as they think that baby is looking weak and not looking fatty.....my husband says that he is doing fine. i get totaly confused for his deit and feeds. i always do the calculations for his milk he has taken from my breast.....family said that 7 months child needs something to eat and needs more milk....they said that's why baby is getting weak.( he is slim but not that weak) they want a fatty baby. i want that he should drink my whole milk and 2-3 bottles of 210ml with it. so that i will satisfied that my baby has full every time.may be that's help me to make him a fatty baby.i'm worried whole day and thinking whole day that am i doing ok or not...but it doesn't give me satisfaction. i can show my baby picture so that anyone who can help me, see his pictures and figure it out that what-what things i shoul give my baby to eat and how much milk should i give with bottle and breastmilk.i need a proper chart as i can't make it. i will be very thankfull to anyone who can help me. cheers |
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I'll do the best I can with this. Let me see if I understand ...
hi, my baby boy was 5pounds12 onces at his birth and now he is 16pounds 7 months old baby 16 1/2 pounds is an good weight for 7 months. Some babies may be bigger than that, but I wouldn't worry at all about a baby who is 16 1/2 pounds at 7 months. (Especially since he was quite small at birth. He has gained over 11 pounds on your milk. You should be very proud!) .he is a breastfeeding baby, he takes breastfeed as he wants....he is very active, he don't want to eat or drink anything else.... It sounds like he is very healthy and happy, and loves to nurse. he always cry when ever i try to give something for drink or eat.....my family always advice me to start 1-2 bottle feeding with B.F, as they think that baby is looking weak and not looking fatty..... There is no reason to give him bottles. While most babies at 7 months are starting to eat some solid foods, it isn't unusual for babies to not want solids yet at this age. i get totaly confused for his deit and feeds. i always do the calculations for his milk he has taken from my breast.... I don't understand this. Do you mean that you weigh the baby to figure out how much breastmilk he has taken? This isn't necessary. .family said that 7 months child needs something to eat and needs more milk....they said that's why baby is getting weak.( he is slim but not that weak) they want a fatty baby. i want that he should drink my whole milk and 2-3 bottles of 210ml with it. so that i will satisfied that my baby has full every time.may be that's help me to make him a fatty baby. Look at your baby. Does he look healthy? (Not necessarily fat. Babies don't have to be fat to be healthy.) Is his skin a good color? Is he active? Is he doing the things a 7 month old baby should be doing? Is he satisfied with his feedings? (When he finishes a nursing session, is he happy?) Does the doctor say that he's growing as he should be? That he is healthy? If so, then don't worry. You don't need to be giving him bottles of anything. You don't say what kind of things you've been offering your baby to eat. As I said before, most 7 months are eating some solid foods, but some are not. If you've been offering solids, wait a few weeks and try again. If you haven't offered any yet, give them a try. If you've been giving cereal or baby food, try finger foods. (Some babies, even at this early age don't want to be fed but can do a pretty good job picking up small pieces of soft foods.) And if he still doesn't want them, don't worry. Many babies do just fine on breastmilk alone for 9-12 months. (You may want to ask the doctor to check his iron levels, since some babies can get anemia if they go too long without solid foods.) I know it can be hard to deal with family and friends who keep telling you that you are starving your baby, or who believe that babies have to be fat to be healthy. But remember that your milk is the best thing for your baby. He definitely does NOT need formula or other kinds of milk. While he may start to need some solid foods soon, there is no big rush for these. For the next few months, solid foods are still mostly for practice and for fun. They won't be an important part of his nutrition or calories until he's closer to his first birthday. Hope this helps. Naomi CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator (either remove spamblock or change address to to e-mail reply.) |
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hi, my baby boy was 5pounds12 onces at his birth and now he is 16pounds 7 months old baby I agree with everything Naomi has said, and to reassure you here are a few details of my first son's first year: When he was born Luke weighed 3 pounds 1 ounce, he was premature, by the time he reached the date he was due he weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces (10 weeks later), at 6 months he was 13 pounds and 13 ounces, at 7 months 14 pounds 11 ounces - by the time he SHOULD have been 7 months he was 16 pounds and 12 ounces, which isn't much more that your son, even though he was a pound heavier at his 'due date'. At a year Luke was 17 p 10 o. He was growing well, but started out small and stayed that way My partner and I are both small so I would be surprised if our children were large. Luke was developing well, crawling and walking before he was one, but had no interest in being spoon fed. He wasn't interested in food until after he turned a year, and then only if he could feed it to himself, and only sometimes. Luke is now 4 1/2, still on the slim side of normal, but very active and energetic, developing well, and happy. Some baby's are fat, others aren't, formula fed babies seem to be fat more often than not, and BF babies grow at a different rate to those fed formula. As long as you aren't worried about your sons development or growth, don't stress over his chunkiness -- Jenn UK |
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I agree with everything Naomi has said, and to reassure you here are a
few details of my first son's first year: Oh, I didn't tell about my own daughter. Shaina was 6 pounds 11 ounces when she was born. (Full term.) At 6 months she was 14 pounds, 1 ounce. At 9 months 16 pounds, 3 ounces. At 12 months, 16 pounds, 13 ounces. She started solids at 5 months, but it obviously didn't make her grow any faster. I breastfed her until she was 14 months old. She was (and is) very healthy, but was (and is) just a small child. She was around the 3rd percentile for weight for most of her toddler years. When she was about 5 she made it to about the 10th percentile, where she has been ever since. She is now 11, and still small for age, but that's how she is meant to be. I was small for my age as a child, and so was her father. We are now, as adults, average sized people. (My husband is tall, I am average.) So again, to reassure to OP, all babies are different, and trust your son to take the food he needs, and to be the size that nature wants him to be. Naomi CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator (either remove spamblock or change address to to e-mail reply.) |
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