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We have reached 1 year!
I tried to post this last night, so apologies if it appears again.
I never thought I'd be saying this but William and I have reached 1 year of bf'ing, albeit mixed feeding. He has gone down to 2 bf's a day, one brief one before bed and a longer one in the morning and has 2 bottles of formula at nursery. Alhough at the WE he had a horrible cold so I was pleased to able to give him a comfort feed later in the evening. He had a lovely birthday party on Sat, with most of our family and some friends. I just have to find somewhere to put all his pressies now!. Here are a few piccies: http://wwwibbles.co.uk/pics/main.php...&g2_itemId=345 Anyway, I know I've said this before, but I truly believe I wouldn't have got past 3 weeks without being able to read all the stories and advice on this group. So a big thank you to you all from us both. As for William, well he started crawling at 11 months but hasn't shown a huge interest in anything but a short handheld toddle, has 6 teeth, would eat bananas till the cows come home but since his cold won't touch one, is allergic to eggs, loves nursery, crawls down the hall to the kitchen if his brekkie is being made fast enough. His fascination on how things work he gets from his dad and his impatience from his mum (oops). Good and bad, there is never a dull moment with our Wibbles and we absolutely adore him. Ta Jeni |
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We have reached 1 year!
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I tried to post this last night, so apologies if it appears again. I never thought I'd be saying this but William and I have reached 1 year of bf'ing, albeit mixed feeding. He has gone down to 2 bf's a day, one brief one before bed and a longer one in the morning and has 2 bottles of formula at nursery. Alhough at the WE he had a horrible cold so I was pleased to able to give him a comfort feed later in the evening. He had a lovely birthday party on Sat, with most of our family and some friends. I just have to find somewhere to put all his pressies now!. Here are a few piccies: http://wwwibbles.co.uk/pics/main.php...&g2_itemId=345 he's beautiful. I love the "inspecting the food" face he's making at the cake. :-D Anyway, I know I've said this before, but I truly believe I wouldn't have got past 3 weeks without being able to read all the stories and advice on this group. So a big thank you to you all from us both. As for William, well he started crawling at 11 months but hasn't shown a huge interest in anything but a short handheld toddle, has 6 teeth, would eat bananas till the cows come home but since his cold won't touch one, is allergic to eggs, loves nursery, crawls down the hall to the kitchen if his brekkie is being made fast enough. His fascination on how things work he gets from his dad and his impatience from his mum (oops). Good and bad, there is never a dull moment with our Wibbles and we absolutely adore him. That sounds great. :-D Congratulations on nursing him this far! rj |
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We have reached 1 year!
Rebecca Jo wrote: wrote: !. Here are a few piccies: http://wwwibbles.co.uk/pics/main.php...&g2_itemId=345 he's beautiful. I love the "inspecting the food" face he's making at the cake. :-D Thanks . He's getting much better at hand-feeding now but still can't see the point in spoon-feeding when someone else is there to shove it in Anyway, I know I've said this before, but I truly believe I wouldn't have got past 3 weeks without being able to read all the stories and advice on this group. So a big thank you to you all from us both. As for William, well he started crawling at 11 months but hasn't shown a huge interest in anything but a short handheld toddle, has 6 teeth, would eat bananas till the cows come home but since his cold won't touch one, is allergic to eggs, loves nursery, crawls down the hall to the kitchen if his brekkie is being made fast enough. His fascination on how things work he gets from his dad and his impatience from his mum (oops). Good and bad, there is never a dull moment with our Wibbles and we absolutely adore him. That sounds great. :-D Congratulations on nursing him this far! Ta. Jeni |
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We have reached 1 year!
Congratulations Jeni! (and William too!)
Just wondering what are the plans for milk transitioning at nursery? I always mention this because I feel worse if people turn round in a years time and say I didn't know. Basically the advice I was given by just about everyone, dentist health visitor, speech therapist, etc. is to stop bottles at 12 months, 2 reasons for this, 1 is that the way it puts the liquid into the mouth makes it pool and is more liable to cause tooth decay and the other and more concerning one is to do with speech development, I don't fully understand the link, but there is something about development of the palate and forming words, not being helped by using bottles. Anyway, I'm sure the nursery staff will have ideas as they must do it with loads of children, some people switch to cows milk then ditch the bottles, others do it the opposite way round. Cheers Anne |
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We have reached 1 year!
Hi -- I don't see why you're linking the transition FROM bottles to the transition TO cow's milk. Why not just offer whatever liquid you've already been offering, but put it in a cup? --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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We have reached 1 year!
I don't see why you're linking the transition FROM bottles to the
transition TO cow's milk. Why not just offer whatever liquid you've already been offering, but put it in a cup? I'm just saying what a lot of people do! In the UK there is a fairly strong recomendation to breastfeed or formula feed until age 1, and I have come across many many people who take that to literally mean they transition to cows milk on the dot of 1, hence the ordering thing, change the milk then get rid of the bottle or the other way round. Of course your suggestion makes by far the most sense, but then formula costs quite a lot more than plain cows milk! Anne |
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We have reached 1 year!
Anne Rogers wrote: Congratulations Jeni! (and William too!) Thanks Anne. Just wondering what are the plans for milk transitioning at nursery? I always mention this because I feel worse if people turn round in a years time and say I didn't know. Basically the advice I was given by just about everyone, dentist health visitor, speech therapist, etc. is to stop bottles at 12 months, 2 reasons for this, 1 is that the way it puts the liquid into the mouth makes it pool and is more liable to cause tooth decay and the other and more concerning one is to do with speech development, I don't fully understand the link, but there is something about development of the palate and forming words, not being helped by using bottles. Anyway, I'm sure the nursery staff will have ideas as they must do it with loads of children, some people switch to cows milk then ditch the bottles, others do it the opposite way round. Thanks for this. I was going to post on the very same thing when I remembered. At present we have discovered he will sip cows milk the same way as he sips water, but so far won't have it as a replacement for his bottle. We did try it briefly at the weekend but we didn't know till the evening how bad he was feeling so realise now it was a bad time to try. The problem is that he still has between 4 and 8 oz twice a day so getting through a sippy cup of that much would take forever and he'd get very frustrated. I'm not sure what the answer is, only that I agree it would be better to ditch the bottles. Any ideas on how to do (this bearing in mind the nursery have limited time and people to take it too slow) would be very welcome. In the meantime we will have another go at the bottle so at least he is on the way to transitioning from formula. Jeni |
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We have reached 1 year!
Jeni wrote:
Thanks for this. I was going to post on the very same thing when I remembered. At present we have discovered he will sip cows milk the same way as he sips water, but so far won't have it as a replacement for his bottle. We did try it briefly at the weekend but we didn't know till the evening how bad he was feeling so realise now it was a bad time to try. The problem is that he still has between 4 and 8 oz twice a day so getting through a sippy cup of that much would take forever and he'd get very frustrated. I'm not sure what the answer is, only that I agree it would be better to ditch the bottles. Any ideas on how to do (this bearing in mind the nursery have limited time and people to take it too slow) would be very welcome. In the meantime we will have another go at the bottle so at least he is on the way to transitioning from formula. actually I never stated my personal preference, which would be to never give cows milk in a bottle, it's semi irrational, based on the fact that at least formula is designed for bottles, but then as it seems to be the speech reason that leads the reasons for getting of bottles it probably doesn't matter what is actually in it. I think if was me I would have them give one of the feeds from a sippy (no valve - just as bad for speech apparently), the one when he is most awake and the other stick with a bottle, then go to all cup, which would hopefully happen in 2 weeks to a month, then transition to cows milk, if necessary by doing 10% 90% and working the amount of formula down over another two weeks to a month. Cheers Anne |
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We have reached 1 year!
Anne Rogers wrote: Jeni wrote: Thanks for this. I was going to post on the very same thing when I remembered. At present we have discovered he will sip cows milk the same way as he sips water, but so far won't have it as a replacement for his bottle. We did try it briefly at the weekend but we didn't know till the evening how bad he was feeling so realise now it was a bad time to try. The problem is that he still has between 4 and 8 oz twice a day so getting through a sippy cup of that much would take forever and he'd get very frustrated. I'm not sure what the answer is, only that I agree it would be better to ditch the bottles. Any ideas on how to do (this bearing in mind the nursery have limited time and people to take it too slow) would be very welcome. In the meantime we will have another go at the bottle so at least he is on the way to transitioning from formula. actually I never stated my personal preference, which would be to never give cows milk in a bottle, it's semi irrational, based on the fact that at least formula is designed for bottles, but then as it seems to be the speech reason that leads the reasons for getting of bottles it probably doesn't matter what is actually in it. I think if was me I would have them give one of the feeds from a sippy (no valve - just as bad for speech apparently), the one when he is most awake and the other stick with a bottle, then go to all cup, which would hopefully happen in 2 weeks to a month, then transition to cows milk, if necessary by doing 10% 90% and working the amount of formula down over another two weeks to a month. Well it seems the issue with William is exactly the method by which his milk is delivered, rather than what kind it is. He really isn't keen on drinking out of cups at all, lid on or off, but will do it reluctantly with water with his breakfast, snacks, and throughout the day. At present he won't take his milk feed out of a cup because he gets too frustrated at sipping. He has his milk when he wakes from his naps so is hungry and just downs it in minutes. He can't do that with a sippy cup and he is not a patient fellow. I suspect as a result of bottles he drinks more in the day and very little bm at night and morning, so cutting out bottles just isn't an option. He would get very very cross. We did try early on to give him milk before his nap but that didn't work then so it won't work now. We discussed it with the nursery at out first parents evening last week. They agreed to try a little milk in a cup for his snack. What happened was that because he woke up around snack time they just put the cow's milk (warmed, he won't touch it cold) in his bottle and he drank it straight down. From a nutrition point of view it's what we wanted because he does have a very balanced diet so we feel cow's milk is a better choice than formula. He eats a lot of soilds which include a little fibre, carbs, fresh fruit and veggies, full- fat dairy and the right amount of protein/iron etc in dried fruits, legumes and pulses that he misses from not eating meat. Apart from the rare odd Hipp jar, all main meals are homecooked by us, so we know what he eats. As for the bottles issue, seen as he has only just turned 1 we are not sweating it. But what we will do is gradually introduce more milk in cups and less in bottles. One quirk of William's personality we have learnt from is that he doesn't do things cold turkey, everything has to be done gradually. This goes for helping get to sleep on his own (which he does beautifully now - and sleeps the longer for it), eating new foods, getting used to nursery (very happy now) etc.. But I do have it in my mind that bottles aren't great and we will start the transition now. As he downs the stuff fast he never sits there sucking on a bottle, so I'm not over concerned about his teeth and speech. He only ever drinks water, which is from a cup. Thanks for all the advice. It certainly helped clarify everything for us and how to proceed. Meanwhile he still enjoys an extra comfort feed now and then (two molars coming through at once - ouch!!) so that's one kind of milk we have no plans to transition from. Ta Jeni |
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We have reached 1 year!
Jeni wrote:
so we know what he eats. As for the bottles issue, seen as he has only just turned 1 we are not sweating it. But what we will do is gradually introduce more milk in cups and less in bottles. You might want to ask other more experienced people about this, I've not had to get rid of bottles in quite the same way, but I have a horrible suspicion it gets harder later, not easier. Anne |
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