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Post by banana on Apr 19, 2005 8:00:00 GMT
Hi all,]
I have been weaning isabelle onto solids for about a month. Started off with just a spoonful for her to taste and gradually built up the amount and now she is having one biggish meal a day. I give her alf a jar of something like fruit/veg etc.... and then make up some baby rice to go with it. She normally has it around lunch time.
She seems happy with the amount she has but when should i start giving her full jars and how often? Now that she is having a solid lunch every day, should i start introducing a breakfast or tea as well?? Im just worried about her having too much. My H.V says that as she has started weaning earlier than 6 months that wehn she does get to 6 months she should be on 3 meals a day. How do i go about it, im feeling a bit clueless about how much to give and when?
Thanks all
Lana x
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Post by Guest on Apr 19, 2005 9:25:08 GMT
Hi Lana
Weaning is so confusing!!!
Heinz at home have a website that gives loads of advice on weaning, they sent me a weaning chart, or it might have come in the weaning bounty pack, I can't remember.
I f you start weaning at 4 months and your baby is fine and is happy withb eating lunch, then you casn move to another meal, usually better to do dinner (more chance of sleeping through the night, when she is happy with 2 meals (in about 4 weeks), then introducew breakfast. If she is not ready she wont want it, or if she is ready for more she will wake in the night, or be grumpy around mealtimes.
I dont know if any of that helps, but good luck, I'm sure you will be fine.
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Post by time on Apr 19, 2005 10:41:54 GMT
Hi Lana
I cant really help too much with the jar quantity as i never fed my girls on jars. But saying that i always let myself follow their lead. If they normally ate everything that i put in the bowl then i would start to increase the quantity so that i frequently had a little left over or at least i knew that they had had enough. A little bit like bottle feeding really in as much as bottles are usually made up with one ounce too much. As i said i just let them eat as much or as little as was enough for them.
I would also think about introducing some tea as well if you have been weaning for a little while as Guest says it may help her to sleep better.
Hope this helps Time
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Post by banana not logged on on Apr 19, 2005 14:06:55 GMT
thanks,
Im planing to make my own food up for her when she starts on solids all the time, im just being lazy at the moment cos i cant be arsed to make up a little bit for 1 meal a day, its just too convenient with the ready meals and microwave at lunch time.
thanks for both of your advice and i think i will start to introduce tea at 7 then before she goes down to bed at 8.
lana x
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Post by wendabell on Apr 19, 2005 18:39:19 GMT
i have to admit i had never stuck to what the books and hv ever said.Every baby is different and mine were being weaned from about four months anyway as they were hungry babies and i coulnt satisfy them. I started on the good old rusks at one meal a day.and my kids were on three meals a day by the time they were 5 months old. Ok it was only a spoon here and there mind you but babies will tell you if they are hungry or full and teathing can make them less hungry and around a growth spurt the can be quite ravonous. it is confusing and dont feel guilty about using the prepared meals hunny.I did a bit of both.to begin with i used the tins bottles and packet mixes until i felt confident to mash my own foods.I was always worried i was not blending it enough or that i was giving enough nutrients so i firstly used the prepared and thats ok.Blooming convienient when you are out on a day trip or shopping or holidays i tell you. good luck with it hunny and just try to read the signs your bab gives you.
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Post by monica on Apr 20, 2005 11:00:44 GMT
I must admit that with my first I stuck to a chart and did everything 'properly'. With my second, partly because my PNI was bad partly due to lack of time, I went with the flow. Started off on baby rice, then fruit and veg and after a about 6 weeks introduced 2 meals a day. Babe seemed very happy with that. I think that as long as they have the appropriate amount of milk, give your babe whatever they're happy with. If they don't want it, they won't eat it. Again with my first I prepared all my own food. With my second, it was mainly jars as I was feeling so ill that preparing a home cooked veg etc was just too much at the time. Now he's 10 months old and generally has what we have as that's easiest!
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Post by banana on Apr 22, 2005 13:11:48 GMT
seems to be going well.
Izzy is having breakfast and tea and loving it. She hasnt reduced her intake of milk ( i am pressuming that this is good?? )
I recieved my magic bullet yesterday ( ok, am i the only one that watches the home shopping channels? ) So i now have my blender, juicer and chopper to create all sorts of disgusting baby food for isabelle ( seriously though, has anyone else bought one of these? I got sucked into the cheesey american demonstrations and couldnt resist it! ) by telling richard that i got it purely so that izzy would benefit from home cooking meant it justified me using his credit card! sucker !!
so anyway, any home made recipes that go down well with the bubs will be greatly appreciated.
Lana x
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Post by Vonda on Apr 22, 2005 18:47:21 GMT
Hi Lana
I don't have many recipes but there is a book I would really recommend. It's by Annabel Karmel and it's food for babies and toddlers but I can't remember the exact title. I think it's The complete baby and toddler meal planner but I am not sure. I know that Time has the same book so if she sees this she might be able to put the proper title on. Anyway, it has loads of recipes from weaning onwards and it tells you all the foods that they can and can't eat and at what ages. They have some really great recipes in it that are really simple to do. I can honestly say that Me and my hubby have had some of them for our tea but without the liquidising bit! And Jo loved the food. It tells you how many portions each recipe makes, if you can freeze them etc. I would definitely recommend giving it a look. I hope this helps
love Vonda
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Post by Vikki on Apr 23, 2005 17:23:06 GMT
That is a really good book Vonda, and I can't remeber the title either, the complete baby and toddler mael planner? something like that.
I used the organic jars with all of them until they went on to the lumpier stuff, I was worried I wouldn't do it right, I think it was around the time that a couple were jailed for feeding their baby salt rich food. When she was 7 months then I started doing my own, andmashing what we were having.
Whatever way you do it, she will be fine, the magic bullet sounds fab!!!
Vikki xx
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Post by banana on Apr 24, 2005 5:53:17 GMT
thanks girls.
i'll have a look in ottakers and see if they have a copy.
lana x
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Post by time on Apr 28, 2005 16:53:29 GMT
Hi Lana
I just checked the book for you and it is called The New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner and it is a great book. I used it for all of my children as well as for the whole family. I have even adapted some of the recipes to make pies and stuff.
I never gave any of my girls jars (exept if we were going to the likes of the zoo) as they suffer with exzema and it is diet related so i had to know exactly what they were eating. A bit of a bummer some times but i always cooked in bulk. My little one now eats most stuff that we do tho.
Hope this helps Time
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Post by banana on Apr 28, 2005 19:10:17 GMT
Hey time.
Izzy gets eczema too and so thats why i am changing to making her home cooked meals instead of jars. Can I ask what you use in the bath and for moisturising and can you recomend anything? I use aqueous cream and the doc has given me hydrocortizone for her head, im not keen on using this though. We use johnsons baby bath but i think this may agrevate her.
Any tips form anyone would be helpful if you have any other treatments.
Ta
Lana x
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Post by wendabell on Apr 29, 2005 1:39:16 GMT
ah the eczema, yep my lad and my bab has a mild dose of it.their skin is like brillo pads. i too use aqueous cream as i find it very effective and not only can use it as a moisturiser but also as a soap too. In the bath i have used dermocare,or e45 wash or something else i cant remember the name of right now as im at work and brain dead at this hour. i can understand your reluctance too using steroid creams. i never had i have to admit although i understand why they get used as they work fast in the system but not something im keen on with the long term effects.
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Post by susie on Apr 29, 2005 4:27:47 GMT
My daughter had mild eczema when she was little, I used to use something called balneum ( not sure if thats spelt right) in her bath as the johnsons made her worse. We did at one point have to use the steriod cream as she was quite bad but it was amazing the effect it had and we didnt have to use it for long. I found that tomato based dishes seemed to make it worse too. I will have a think and see if I can remember the other creams that were useful but I think it can be a hit or a miss till you find the one thats right for her.
Susie x
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Post by Vikki on Apr 29, 2005 8:00:56 GMT
They do a junior oilatum, it makes the water milky as it is an emolient. My sisters little girl has really bad eczema and she got a new range, I'll ask her what is is, you have to buy it tho, as it is not on prescription yet
Vikki
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