Eating Solid Foods & Weaning
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Is My 8.5 Month Old Weaning Himself?
Asked by A.G. from Portland
on March 15, 2008
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This last week my 8.5 month old son has resisted both breastfeeding and drinking pumped milk from a bottle. the last 2 months or so he eats 4 times a day 8-10oz if fro...
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- Understandably you are having a difficult time but be happy that your son is able to wean himself. Others have a much more difficult time getting their child/children...
- when my daughter was 6 months old, she wanted nothing more to do with breastfeeding, it was hard. she love the sippy cup and was eating some solids. I started pumpin...
- Don't worry...my son, Reeves, weaned himself at 7 months. He was already taking the bottle for daycare, and I pumped to supply for daycare. Reeves is above the 75th%...
Weaning Tips & Tricks
Asked by E.K. from Honolulu
on January 31, 2008
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I'm ready to wean my 16 month old. I cried when I weaned my 1st baby (I was already pregnant, so I had to stick with it). Everyone around me convinced me to do the "...
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- Emmie, I've had 3 kids 5 and under - now I have 5 kids 10 and under! I have nursed all my kids for over a year and am nursing #5 now. I cut down nursings graduall...
- I had a good weaning experience! My daughter weaned at 13 months. I would just give her a sippy cup instead of breastfeeding, getting rid of 1 breastfeeding a week. ...
- After having 3 kids and breast feeding and bottle feeding all of them, I personally found the easiest way to wean was one, do a feeding at a time. Start with the easi...
Help!! Breastfeeding Weaning Advice?
Asked by C.L. from Salt Lake City
on June 24, 2009
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I want to thank you all for the great advice you've given! I have one more question I could desperately use some help on.
My DS is 10.5 months old and has been bre...
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- Our son liked Avent cups and our daughter likes Born Free cups. As for weaning, you can do one feeding a week, which usually works really well. Two of my kids decide...
- I too am slowly weaning my 10 month old. I was not planning on weaning him this early, but come to find out, I am pregnant againg and my body has been weaning him on ...
- I am also in the process of weaning my 14 month old. We were trying sippy cups with limited success, but then the Gerber Nuk was recommended to me, and it made all th...
Baby-Led Weaning
Asked by S.H. from Dallas
on September 28, 2008
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Has anyone had any experience with "baby-led weaning"? I have been researching it, and my husband and I are thinking about using this approach with our baby instead o...
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- We mostly followed this model with Matthew. We started offering foods around 7-8 months, and he would taste them but never swallow anything. We didn't force anything...
- I have used this approach with all three of my children. I suggest you read the book The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning. It gives lots of great weaning tips inc...
- I wonder if babies seeing other family members eat table foods can help speed the weaning process. My daughter was always at the table with us during meal times and at...
Weaning off the Pacifier
Asked by D.M. from Austin
on February 15, 2008
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Does anyone have a good way that they have used to wean their child off a pacifier? My 16 month old daughter is so attached to her pacifier, especially to go to bed. ...
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- i remember taking my last daughter off the pacifer. she is now 24. first i took her off it when it was nap time. she fussed then she took a nap. so maybe give that a d...
- Take them all away. They cant have them if there is one.
- No suggestions, we have the same problem with our 3 year old precious grandson. As a grandmother I think it's not such a big deal, if only used at bedtime, but my conc...
Weaning the Bottle
Asked by S.S. from Hickory
on October 9, 2006
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Does anyone have any suggestions on weaning the bottle? I have a 14 month old who will not drink milk from a sippy cup. Is 14 months to early to wean? My husband, his ...
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- 14 months is not to early if you ask most Dentist they would tell you that you should do it before a year old. Im a dental assistant and worked with many childeren und...
- Most bottle brands have the different lids for training. I used the Avent brand and switched to the sippy cup lids a couple of times a day. My pediatrician told me t...
- My fifth child is one today and she has been drinking from the cup for the last month. I agree with the idea that after 12 months, the longer they're on the bottle, t...
Signs a Baby Is Weaning
Asked by R.S. from Chicago
on February 7, 2010
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Hi there,
What are the signs that a baby is weaning him/herself? Our baby is still a peanut, at 6 months but I've noticed that she nurses only here and there, and s...
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- I've nursed to boys to 14 months old, and they were both as you described as they got older. My youngest is currently 14 months and is so adept at nursing, he'll walk ...
- Breastmilk has more calories and nutrition than any solid food so if you are even the slightest bit concerned about the weight, you need to push nursing over solids. ...
- this is normal. Babies don't wean themselves under a year old, they have nursing strikes. So if she stops nursing, its NOT weaning, so don't think that. Thats what alo...
6 Month Old Who Moans When Eating Solid Food
Asked by M.G. from New York
on June 12, 2008
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My daughter is 6 months old and has been eating solid food for over a month now. The problem is that she constantly moans while eating. She does not cry, just makes ...
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- Hi M., My now 10 year old daughter made humming noises when she was eating from about 9 months until she was about 4!!! It was just a habit, she wasn't even aware ...
- Hi M., My son does the same thing (he'll be 7mos old next week). He moans, whines, etc the whole time he eats but scarfs down his food. my mom calls it "singing f...
- My daughter did this as an infant, and still continues to do it (she is 20 months old). She does it when she really likes what she is eating. I think it is cute. Sh...
Advice on Weaning Baby from Bottle/formula
Asked by G.K. from Bismarck
on April 22, 2008
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My daughter will be one on Sunday. She was 5 weeks premature so I have planned to put the bottle weaning on the back burner for another month. But, I don't know how I ...
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- My daughter is on second step completley after about ten months of nursing her. It took a little while before she would take the bottle, we just tried every other day ...
- I agree with some of the other mothers who say it is easier to wean now when she is young, although it doesn't hurt to wait another month or two. As they get closer t...
- My advice would be to get her switched to milk, then worry about the bottle. What my ped. suggested was to do 3/4 formula, 1/4 milk the first day, mixed together...th...
Weaning off of Night Feed Questions.....
Asked by G.T. from Boston
on August 30, 2011
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OK, so my nearly 8 mos old is still up 3x a night to feed!
I have successfully been able to wean her off feeds at night twice, and she sleep through the night, but i...
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- I didn't night wean until 18mo. But, I also would only nurse once during the night after 1yo, they got cuddles and water if they woke more than that. (edited to add, ...
- Melissa put it perfectly. Does she take a paci? I would try that, instead of the feeding, if you don't want to just leave her. Rock her with that. It'll take a coup...
- I would say she probably still needs the night feedings. She might be going back to it when she's having growth spurts. Breastfed babies nightfeed more often and lon...
