So my dd has been ebf until now - she is 13mths old and a bit of a booby monster. She has a boob at 5, goes back off till 6, has the other then gets up at 7. She likes to nap at 10 and 3 and if I'm home she feeds to sleep. If I'm at work she manages but has a top up when I get in. Feeds to sleep at night. She eats wells but just likes booby Sadly I have to stop feeding asap really - to have any chance of a sibling I need to get back to ivf asap. I was hoping she'd self-wean but it ain't going to happen. We have night weaned but my periods haven't returned which has just increased my anxieties and the medical advice to stop bf'ing to try to conceive. I dont think a pint worth of calcium is going in as she wont take cows milk. DD has eczema and though seems fine after eating cheese/yoghurt/ice-cream any skin it has touched because itchy with hives. Cows milk or normal formula quickly results in red blotches on the skin and she doesnt like it anyway. So we are waiting for an assessment re poss milk allergy. We see paediatrics next week. In the meantime my GP has given me a tin of nutramigen lipil 1 to try (ie hypo allergenic stage 1 formula). Now if we present this as 'milk' DD is going to know it bloody well isn't. I was wondering if from the start we add a little cocoa powder - or whizz with blueberries - and say its milkshake. Unfortunately she loves being fed to sleep and can only sleep otherwise in the buggy or car...(yes, I know)...I am totally dreading it. Fortunately DH is working fm home at the moment so I wonder if we present it as a new exciting thing with daddy?? I really can't see how it's ever going to work...she loves booby and I don't want to deny her. It's been really hard nightweaning but she has accepted it though has to lie tweaking my nipple instead. Please wise people tell me how to do this without tears, hers or mine. X
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Is it ok to add cocoa powder to (dairy free) formula (for 13mth old)?
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SquidgersMummy · 26/09/2013 20:53
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