"You can't overfeed a breastfed baby"

Okay, that's fine.

But now we're introducing solids, I swear he would eat a whole pumpkin
( or whatever ) if I let him. So it is I that ends the session --- or
should I let him dictate this ??


--
Mummy to Bébé B
Born 20.Apr.2004

melbgal1 wrote in message
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Okay, that's fine.

But now we're introducing solids, I swear he would eat a whole pumpkin
( or whatever ) if I let him. So it is I that ends the session --- or
should I let him dictate this ??


--
Mummy to Bébé B
Born 20.Apr.2004

I had that problem with #1. Her weight did rise rapidly as I introduced
solids. However at nearly 4 she's about back on the centile line she left.
I generally limited her feeding to approximately the weight of jars
recommended for that age. ie 125g maincourse then half that for pudding for
lunch and dinner from 4-6 months. then I moved up to the 7 month jar size
(whatever that was) I found keeping a couple of empty jars useful as I knew
that was about the right amount she needed. Once she ate finger foods it was
easier.
I just made sure that I watched snacks and didn't give her too much sweet
stuff.
Debbie

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melbgal1 wrote:

Okay, that's fine.

But now we're introducing solids, I swear he would eat a whole pumpkin
( or whatever ) if I let him. So it is I that ends the session --- or
should I let him dictate this ??

Take a look at whether the breastfeeds are continuing at the same rate and
level -- solids shouldn't take over from bm at this age. If he eats a whole
pumpkin and stays on the same number/intensity of feeds, that would be fine!

Another thing to consider is if it's time to try a thicker texture or finger
food instead. DS went from thin rice cereal to finger food in 7 weeks, and it
would have been sooner if I had understood what he was signalling.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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"Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet

Another thing to consider is if it's time to try a thicker texture or
finger
food instead. DS went from thin rice cereal to finger food in 7 weeks,
and it
would have been sooner if I had understood what he was signalling.

our DS wouldn't eat anything pureed or cereal like at first, so we stressed
for a while that he wasn't eating (other than whipped cream which he would
nap from the top of our desserts), then he picked up a piece of cheese and
ate that

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Another thing to consider is if it's time to try a thicker texture or
finger
food instead. DS went from thin rice cereal to finger food in 7 weeks,
and it
would have been sooner if I had understood what he was signalling.

our DS wouldn't eat anything pureed or cereal like at first, so we
stressed
for a while that he wasn't eating (other than whipped cream which he would
nap from the top of our desserts), then he picked up a piece of cheese and
ate that


grin the first thing #2 ate without objecting was a piece of pizza crust.
(except paper)
Now she'll eat slop or finger food but not stuff with small lumps.
#1 on the other hand ate anything foodlike (including a lemon once!)
Debbie

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Chookie wrote:
Take a look at whether the breastfeeds are continuing at the same rate and
level -- solids shouldn't take over from bm at this age. If he eats a whole
pumpkin and stays on the same number/intensity of feeds, that would be fine!

Okay, I'm pretty clueless about this whole Mom thing, but does anyone
have a reliable website that indicates the whole solid/bf volume by age
and or weight or something? DD has had "phase 1" solids and homemade
pureed veggies for about 2 months -- usually at least one jar for lunch
plus another jar for dinner-- and she helped herself to the sitter's
kid's cheerios and kix in the past month, but the sitter is very concerned
that she's not eating more solids and that I BF about six times between
evening/overnight/early morning. DD is 7.5 months.

T Flynn wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Chookie wrote:
Take a look at whether the breastfeeds are continuing at the same rate
and
level -- solids shouldn't take over from bm at this age. If he eats a
whole
pumpkin and stays on the same number/intensity of feeds, that would be
fine!

Okay, I'm pretty clueless about this whole Mom thing, but does anyone
have a reliable website that indicates the whole solid/bf volume by age
and or weight or something? DD has had "phase 1" solids and homemade
pureed veggies for about 2 months -- usually at least one jar for lunch
plus another jar for dinner-- and she helped herself to the sitter's
kid's cheerios and kix in the past month, but the sitter is very concerned
that she's not eating more solids and that I BF about six times between
evening/overnight/early morning. DD is 7.5 months.

If you're happy and your dd is gaining weight, active and generally healthy,
then don't worry. It's up to you if you're happy to feed them overnight.
Children have different appetites. For example:
#1 ate at 7.5 months: breakfast: breastfeed + 1 pot of banana porridge
midmorning breastfeed,
lunch: 190g (~7 month jar size) maincourse, followed by either a yoghurt or
mashed fruit (about50-75g I'd guess)
Then breastfeed (to sleep was the idea)
Dinner: Approximately same as lunch.
Extended breastfeed to sleep.
Slept all night.

#2 at 7.5 months:
breakfast: might take a small breastfeed-but probably wouldn't
Midmorning: if didn't have breakfast feed would want a breastfeed.
Lunch: persuaded at length to take about 1-2 teaspoons of babyrice and
breastmilk
Then long breastfeed to sleep.
Dinner: 1-2 spoonful of mashed vegetable/fruit. Might eat a cooked piece of
fingure veg or bread.
Extended breastfeed to sleep.
Fed 1-3 times overnight.

As you can see it's vastly different. If your sitter had children eating
like the first, then I guess she'd be worried over #2.
#2 put on weight (not as much as #1) and was much more active, so there's no
concern for me, she just hasn't as big an appetite.
Even at 11 months she eats nothing like #1 did at 6 months, but I don't
think it's a problem.
Debbie

melbgal1 wrote:

Okay, that's fine.

But now we're introducing solids, I swear he would eat a whole pumpkin
( or whatever ) if I let him. So it is I that ends the session --- or
should I let him dictate this ??

How old is he? Personally, I fed my kids whatever
they wanted to eat. I nursed separately from solids meals,
so they were still getting plenty of milk. Mine went
through phases where they ate truly appalling amounts
of food, but they are downright skinny at 7 and 9 years
old and my 14 month old isn't even close to overweight.

Best wishes,
Ericka

melbgal1 wrote:
Okay, that's fine.

But now we're introducing solids, I swear he would eat a whole pumpkin
( or whatever ) if I let him. So it is I that ends the session --- or
should I let him dictate this ??

I always let Luke eat as much as he wanted. He ate a lot but he was a bit
older. He started at 6 months but didn't rev up to the really big portions
until about 7 months. Unless he was at the sitter I always nursed him
before the solids so I was sure he was still getting plenty of breastmilk.
The large amount of solids did not negatively impact him in anyway.
--
Nikki

T Flynn wrote:

Okay, I'm pretty clueless about this whole Mom thing, but does anyone
have a reliable website that indicates the whole solid/bf volume by
age and or weight or something?

My advice - don't worry one wit about it. Nurse her and then feed her as
much or as little as she wants. At 7.5 months Hunter ate literally nothing
at all and Luke was eating a bit more then your dd but he increased that
very quickly and by 9 months he was eating two small meals and two very
large meals every day. At 9 months Hunter maybe ate 10 cheerios and 1/2
graham cracker every other day. :-)

They were both absolutely fine. They both nursed a lot. Actually Hunter
was by far the biggest baby and he didn't eat a thing. Appetite is just
such and individual thing.

I was lucky that Hunter was big because when peolpe hassled me about the
food thing (and they did a lot) all I had to do was ask them what exactly
they thought the problem was since he was clearly growing *just fine*. The
only person that didn't hassle me was his doctor, she was a gem :-)
--
Nikki