Solid Foods & Weaning
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6.5 Month Old Being Extremely Stubborn About Eating Solid Food
Asked by S.G. from Philadelphia
on November 27, 2010
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So I opted to wait until 6 months to start my son on baby food. At his 6 month well-check, his weight was leveling off and it was apparent that he wasn't getting enou...
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- This probably isn't what you want to hear - but it sounds like he's just not ready. My 1st child wasn't interested in solid food until closer to 8 months, and even at...
- Don't put the cereal in his bottle with him. Just keep offering it to him by spoon. He won't starve himself and he'll eventually give in.
- My son was definitely the same way (with the bottle)... He would get extremely frustrated because food didn't magically pour out of the spoon. This spoon/bottle contra...
Weaning from Nursing
Asked by K.H. from Detroit
on April 6, 2008
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I have been exclusively nursing my eight month since birth and I wish to wean her around or shortly after her first birthday when she can begin drinking cows milk, but...
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- I have nursed both of my kids.. My daughter until 10 months... and I am currently nursing my son.. who is almost 10 months.. Weaning should not be taht difficult. ...
- I struggled with the same thing with my daughter. At 11 months she had never had a bottle or formula - only me. She was very attached. I tried everything such as tr...
- I am currently struggling with weaning my 13 month old daughter. She's very aggressive and demanding when it comes to nursing. I told myself this morning that this w...
Weaning Help! How?
Asked by S.P. from Pittsburgh
on September 9, 2010
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What can I expect the weaning process to be like? How can I make it as smooth as possible? What works and what doesn't?
I feel like the biggest weaning wimp and a...
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- The process once started was pretty easy. I was nursing him in the morning and bedtime and pumping once in the day. About 101/2 months I started cutting down the aft...
- Is there a reason you need to wean right now? How old is your child? It sounds like it's easier and you both may not be ready, just wondering the reason? I didn't n...
- Good morning! Well, I stopped breastfeeding our son just before his 2nd birthday. So that makes almost 2 years I nursed him (he never took a bottle). I totally get ...
Weaning My Baby
Asked by K.J. from Salt Lake City
on August 14, 2008
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My son nurses every morning when he wakes up. What should I do to wean him from that? Do I replace it with formula, water, make him wait...? Thanks!
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- i started giving mine breakfast right away so they'd forget about nursing when they woke up, then distract them with playing soon after eating. but mine were 14 month...
- I am not sure how to respond, as of course it is up to you and really only you when to wean. I am not clear why its a problem that you son need to eat immediately upon...
- Why do you want to wean now? He will nurse less often now and you could do the whole first year then wean. I highly reccomend contnuing nursing if you can, I did all t...
How to Wean 2 Year Old?
Asked by J.C. from Los Angeles
on August 24, 2009
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My child is almost 2 years old. He still breastfeeds around twice a night. How do I wean him off? He already drink cow's milk during the day.
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- Find a le leche league group/meeting nearby, they have a TON of weaning and other books on their website too. Drop one feeding every couple weeks or let them self-wea...
- We can help you to make weaning comfortable and not traumatic for you or your son. VirtualBreastfeedingHelp.com
- Cold Turkey. Just stop giving it to him, or tell him you have boo-boo's on them and he can't have them. I'm sure he will have a fit for a few days, but then he should ...
Should I Wean My Son to Have a 2Nd Baby?
Asked by K.N. from Salt Lake City
on December 13, 2008
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I have a breast feeding and fertility type question. I have an almost 16 month old son and we now nurse 2 or 3 times per day. At this point, I have not gotten my per...
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- My son is currently 22 months old and I'm still nursing. I wondered about my period returning and it finally did when he was 19 months old. Did you have problems in ...
- Congratulations on your wonderful nursing relationship! I do volunteer work with La Leche League, an international nonprofit group dedicated to helping moms get accu...
- Everybody is so different with their fertility. Some women conceive quite early while breast feeding exclusively, and others can't seem to get pregnant unless they we...
Weaning and Depression
Asked by B.A. from Pittsburgh
on March 24, 2009
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My 14-month-old daughter has been in the process of self-weaning for probably about a month now. She had been nursing in the morning and before bedtime for about a mo...
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- You probably don't want to hear it but your hormones are adjusting to the weaning as well. I get postpartum depression pretty much every time I have a baby and I don't...
- You don't have to give up that snuggle time just b/c you're done with breastfeeding. Snuggle with her in bed when you put her to sleep...or with her towel on after a ...
- Hi B., Kudos to you for breastfeeding your daughter and all that implies. It's so nice when our babies are little and cuddly and huggable and lovable. Yes, it's sad...
Weaning a Toddler
Asked by N.V. from Albany
on March 20, 2008
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My baby is now almost 18 months old and I'm ready to wean completely. I'm currently pregnant. I had heard that the milk will change taste and she'll wean herself, bu...
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- I would try substituting something for her in the familiar nursing position, like holding her and giving her a bottle or a binky - make sure she's still getting the to...
- Hi N., Around 18 months, I also began weaning my son. I knew that he was nursing for comfort and not for milk, so I when he wanted to nurse, I would offer him someth...
- That is hard...my first was also 18 months old and I was 7 months pregnant before my milk changed and he stopped. I tired all the not associated with sleeping things--...
My 6 Months Old Baby Refuses Solid Food
Asked by F. from Dallas
on December 16, 2007
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Hello Mamas,
I am having so much trouble feeding solid food to my 6 months old baby. I was told that breastfeeding was the best. It may be so for the baby but I was...
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- Relax. You sound like you're very worried. Infants pick up on emotions and then it becomes a vicious circle. There will be days when your baby is ravenous and others...
- Let your baby take the lead. If she only wants breastmilk than that is probably best. My now teenager only had breastmilk for the first 14 months of his life. He wo...
- My daughter was almost the exact same at that age. I feel your pain! My only advice would be to hang in there, be persistent by continuing to offer the baby food...and...
Bottle Weaning
Asked by C.L. from Dallas
on December 25, 2009
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My son just turned a year old a couple of weeks ago. We have already transitioned him from forumla to milk, and that was very easy; however, weaning from the bottle i...
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- I remember taking away one bottle at a time. I would wait a bit in between, then take away the next one, leaving the bedtime bottle for last.
- My son is now 6 and I remember trying a million different sippy cups until I found one that he liked. With my daughter (who was 18 months old when I finally got serio...
- C., My daughter also just turned One in Novemeber. Unlike my oldest DD, she is having a difficult time giving up her bottles all together. Like your son, she only take...
