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Rice Cereal in Breastmilk
You can get it from any health food store and it is safe for the baby. Definitely worth it since formula is so much money and the benefits of breast milk ...
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- GI doctors and allergists don't recommend putting cereal in bottles. Cereal shouldn't be given until 6 months of age due to the increase risk of allergies and GI issues.
- I would not put the cereal in a bottle, instead add the breast milk to the rice cereal in a bowl and spoon feed it to the 4 month old. It will be liquidy at first but ...
- I would wait 'til 6 months. Any solid food introduced before then increases risks of food allergies. I didn't wait and my daughter has a ton of them. I am pregnant now...
12 Month Old with Frequent Vomiting
I haven't really noticed a particular offending food The pediatrician just says ..... Try process of elimination of the breast milk and the foods you feed. ...
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- My daughter who is now 16-months old has acid reflux and was on prevacid until she was 8-months old. I took her off of it because I hated giving her meds at such a you...
- Hi. I'm a pediatrician, thought I could help. It sounds like he needs a special study-- you could talk with your doctor about ordering an upper GI with a small bowel f...
- Try process of elimination of the breast milk and the foods you feed. Give it at least 48hrs before you will see results. Same thing with you since you are providing b...
Breastmilk Needs
He eats solids like a champ, both baby food and finger foods... I think he would eat until he burst if I didn't stop him! I figure his current breastmilk ...
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- You sound very busy but if you can make it to a La Leche League meeting that would be very helpful. I was lucky enough to nurse both my kids and never need to pump. Yo...
- I'm think that at this age 24 oz is right on. I know my friend tried to avoid formula (with daycare, same sitch), but the baby was younger, but they definitely told h...
- Of course check with your pediatrician first, but you should be able to start introducing cow milk between 9 and 12 months. If he does well, you may be able to switch ...
Breastmilk
Breastmilk. thank you everyone for your replies . im so happy to know there is ... It's an herb that you can get at any health food or vitamin store. ...
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- Try fenugreek. It's an herb that you can get at any health food or vitamin store. It's worked for me. Good luck.
- Drink ALOT of water and don't cut calories (even though it may be tempting to want to start dieting). There's also a tea at Whole Foods called "Mother's Milk" that is...
- In all likelyhood you are not losing your milk. Here are a number of things you should be doing. Nursing pretty regularly, and with a newborn that is every 2 hours. Ye...
9 Month Old Not Taking Enough Breastmilk???
9 Month Old Not Taking Enough Breastmilk??? Hi. My 9 month old daughter eats three times a day--regular people food. She started refusing baby food about a ...
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- At her age she should get about 24 ounces. Since she is not a year old yet, you cannot supplement her diet with yougurt. Try to take away a bit from the solid food. Ma...
- I was worried about the same thing when my 7 month old didn't seem like he ws nursing enough. When I went to my WIC appointment I asked if this was normal. The intervi...
- My son is 8 months old & I was having a similar issue. I was only breastfeeding about 5 times a day & I thought he wasn't getting enough to eat. Especially when he sta...
Using Thawed Breast Milk....
Read all 12 responses: "I thawed some breastmilk in the frigde yesterday and didn't use it. ... they usually don't recommend to do that again to the food. ...
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- Here is the general run down on breast milk: freshly pumped can stay fresh unrefrigerated up to 8 hours (!) great news for those of you who work and breastfeed! ...
- Use within 24 hours max - it is better to throw it away than have a sick baby!
- No, do not refreeze the breastmilk. It should be used within 24 hours. Did you know it is safe to let bm sit out for for a few hours because it is a living substance u...
4 Month Old Will Not Drink Breastmilk or Formula
If this is the case with your son, that is why he is refusing food. Mixing cereal into the breast milk or formula will only make things worse if this is ...
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- J., First I have to say I am not a Mom. I would love to be but it just hasn't worked out yet. I have however helped each and every friend I have with her children...
- I had the same experience with my son when he was about two months old. My doctor had told me that I was burping him too hard. He ended up so dehydrated and almost di...
- This is quite concerning. He may have something simple as reflux or something wrong with his gastroesophageal anatomy. Has the pediatrician taken an x-ray of your ba...
Trouble with Changing from Breastmilk to Formula
I am very happy that he has had the breastmilk, but i really dont want to continue to pump until he eats solid food. I will do it if i have to, ...
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- S., you may want try nutrimegan (a hypoallergenic formula by enfamil) or alimentum by similac, i preferred nutrimegan when i had to use a more sensitive formula for m...
- My first 2 were formula fed - Enfamil Lipil with Iron - they had no problems at all. Our 3rd just quit nursing in April, she is on the same and does fine. Our first ...
- Try the Similac organic milk and see if that is better. Also, I WOULD NOT GIVE MY BABY A SOY forumula. The research shows that consuming a large amount of processed s...
Fenugreek for Breastmilk Stimulation?
Breast milk IS the perfect food for the first YEAR of life and research is showing more and more that the earlier we start babies on food the more digestive ...
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- I used it, along with Blessed Thistle, upon my OB's and Hospital Lactation Consultants recommendation and it worked great. Any natural health food store should have b...
- i had a great result with fenugreek caplets. my sweet son had reflux that caused him some nursing issues early on which caused me to have decreased production early o...
- I used Fenugreek and it kept my supply going; not an abundance, but kept me going. I dried up in a week of stopping it. I currently have a 3 month old son and would pr...
Anyone Ever Use "Fenugreek" to Increase Breast Milk Supply?
... Whole food Store or Asia World Market, International Food Market, or any Indian or Mexican ... Increasing Breastmilk Using Herbal Supplement Fenugreek ...
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- I have used it. I took an over the counter sinus medicine and it ended up drying up my milk supply. I was trying to get it back and used fenugreek. It did seem to inc...
- IT Works....my lactation nurse told me to take 3 three times a day....the bottle does not say to take that much, but she reassured me it was okay. It definitely increa...
- I took a prescription to increase my milk supply and it didn't seem to help. Then my lactation consultant said to try fenugreek. There are some things you need to do...
