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Dumb questions about a 9 month old
Am I right in thinking that teething will cause big changes in feeding
habits? Our little gannet for solids has gone to only wanting mummy, and then only sometimes - she lets me know very clearly if she doesn't want milk. Also, should I now be giving solids before nursing? (well, when the teeth are through). Currently she has one side (only wants one), and then solids about an hour later. With daylight saving now upon us, it would suit me better to give solids first - but is it too early? And if I give solids first, is she likely to drop the nursing for that feed? She is currently nursing 5 times a day (and once at night) - sort of breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, dinner and bedtime snack, with solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the good news is that this teething time, I don't seem to be having any trouble (touch wood!) with plugged ducts that is got with the first 4 teeth! Phew - I am so relieved. TIA, Cathy |
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Dumb questions about a 9 month old
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"Cathy" wrote: Am I right in thinking that teething will cause big changes in feeding habits? Our little gannet for solids has gone to only wanting mummy, and then only sometimes - she lets me know very clearly if she doesn't want milk. My DS always bfs a lot for comfort while teething, particularly at night. Also, should I now be giving solids before nursing? (well, when the teeth are through). Currently she has one side (only wants one), and then solids about an hour later. With daylight saving now upon us, it would suit me better to give solids first - but is it too early? And if I give solids first, is she likely to drop the nursing for that feed? She is currently nursing 5 times a day (and once at night) - sort of breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, dinner and bedtime snack, with solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to the solids-after-bfing rule as DS wasn't hugely keen on solids anyway. I gave solids when it suited *me* -- ie, at mealtimes. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the astonishing creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider one* grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc |
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Dumb questions about a 9 month old
Chookie wrote in message ... In article , "Cathy" wrote: Am I right in thinking that teething will cause big changes in feeding habits? Our little gannet for solids has gone to only wanting mummy, and then only sometimes - she lets me know very clearly if she doesn't want milk. My DS always bfs a lot for comfort while teething, particularly at night. It's nice to know it's not just my little horror! Still, 3 teeth at once is a bit much. One is through, one is nearly, and the other seems to be going up and down. Couple lack of sleep with daylight saving, and mummy is finding it hard to be nice to the grumpy girl!! Also, should I now be giving solids before nursing? (well, when the teeth are through). Currently she has one side (only wants one), and then solids about an hour later. With daylight saving now upon us, it would suit me better to give solids first - but is it too early? And if I give solids first, is she likely to drop the nursing for that feed? She is currently nursing 5 times a day (and once at night) - sort of breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, dinner and bedtime snack, with solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to the solids-after-bfing rule as DS wasn't hugely keen on solids anyway. I gave solids when it suited *me* -- ie, at mealtimes This is the only good thing about daylight saving - it has brought DDs mealtimes more in line with ours. So I'll start offering solids when it suits me, as you suggest. Thanks for the advice. Cathy |
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Dumb questions about a 9 month old
"Cathy" wrote in message ...
Am I right in thinking that teething will cause big changes in feeding habits? Our little gannet for solids has gone to only wanting mummy, and then only sometimes - she lets me know very clearly if she doesn't want milk. Also, should I now be giving solids before nursing? (well, when the teeth are through). Currently she has one side (only wants one), and then solids about an hour later. With daylight saving now upon us, it would suit me better to give solids first - but is it too early? And if I give solids first, is she likely to drop the nursing for that feed? She is currently nursing 5 times a day (and once at night) - sort of breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, dinner and bedtime snack, with solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think you can do whatever you want as far as scheduling the BFs and the solids. At 9 MO, I think most babies still want breast or bottle when they're really hungry. Your child is still BFing 5X a day, which seems like a good safe amount for that age to me, so I think you're safe to take any approach she seems happy with. I'll tell you what we do: My 9 MO is BFing only 4X a day now, as she recently dropped her night feeding (or had it dropped out from under her, as I forced the issue). When she first wakes up, she MUST BF, as she hasn't had a thing in her for about 11 hours and would simply howl if I tried to feed her "food". Plus, for me, it's a nice calm way for us both to start the day (she wakes me up, so I am not quite ready to rush a "meal" out onto the table yet). Anyway, she BFs at about 7, then has some fruit and either Kix or some of a piece of toast at about 8. She naps in mid-morning and Bfs upon waking, which is usually at about 11 or 11:30. She eats "lunch" at about 12:30. She naps later in the afternoon if I can manage it, then usually wakes up and Bfs again at about 3:30 or 4, though often she has a BFing "snack" a bit early -- especially if for some reason she cannot get a decent afternoon nap; I think this is for comfort. She eats "dinner" at about 5:30. The rest of the family isn't ready to eat dinner until about 6 or even 6:30, and I have tried to hold her off, but she is hungry by 5:30. It's only been in the last few weeks that I have noticed her seeming hungry for that solids meal; before then, I felt it was more for me than for her. As for teething's effect on feeding, I can't really say for sure. With all 3 of my kids, I was never really confident in blaming teething for their ups and downs of sleeping and eating. It makes perfect sense to me that teething would make eating certain foods annoying to a baby, though. And I'd expect any discomfort to *increase* a kid's desire to nurse. Good luck! |
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Dumb questions about a 9 month old
Nevermind wrote in message om... "Cathy" wrote in message ... Am I right in thinking that teething will cause big changes in feeding habits? Our little gannet for solids has gone to only wanting mummy, and then only sometimes - she lets me know very clearly if she doesn't want milk. Also, should I now be giving solids before nursing? (well, when the teeth are through). Currently she has one side (only wants one), and then solids about an hour later. With daylight saving now upon us, it would suit me better to give solids first - but is it too early? And if I give solids first, is she likely to drop the nursing for that feed? She is currently nursing 5 times a day (and once at night) - sort of breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, dinner and bedtime snack, with solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think you can do whatever you want as far as scheduling the BFs and the solids. At 9 MO, I think most babies still want breast or bottle when they're really hungry. Your child is still BFing 5X a day, which seems like a good safe amount for that age to me, so I think you're safe to take any approach she seems happy with. I'll tell you what we do: My 9 MO is BFing only 4X a day now, as she recently dropped her night feeding (or had it dropped out from under her, as I forced the issue). We got DD out of her night feed, for about a week. What bliss! Currently she is feeding twice at night, and boy is she hungry. And your daughter's routine seems quite a lot like ours was. But currently there isn't a routine, so I'm offering solids when I feel like it - like this a.m. she didn't want to nurse, and had about 2 bites of breakfast. So when she seemed hungry about 2 hours later, she got the rest of breakfast, not bf. Thanks for the reply - I'll keep doing what I'm doing till the teeth come through, and then if she doesn't settle down a bit, I might start trying to get tougher on solids - and also trying more table foods, as she might want that (I just can't stand the mess at the moment!). Cathy |
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