Hi all
I am new to mumsnet, so hello, and thank you for reading my post.
I would really like to hear your experiences of weaning your premature baby.
My son was born at 27 and 5, weighing just 1lb14oz. He is amazing, and is now somewhere over 9 and a half pounds, and around 23 weeks / 12 weeks corrected. He is breastfed.
People keep mentioning the need to start weaning, as he is coming up for 6 months. But he obviously isn't yet showing any signs you might normally look for - sitting up straight, reaching and grabbing and taking things to his mouth. I know that the Bliss guidelines are 5-8 actual, and as he was so premature I am thinking that I will go closer to 8 than 5. But I would be really interested to hear about others' experience, and advice you have received from your hospital support teams (the hospital we were originally in was amazing, but we have since moved and I am less confident in there support).
Oh he also has reflux, I have heard weaning can make this better and can make it worse, so any experience of that to share would also be very welcome.
Thanks loads.
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mummykat12 · 25/11/2012 19:23
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