I went to get my nearly 8mo DD weighed today and asked the HV re weaning. My DD isn't really interested in food. I've tried purees, blw, tried her with everything I eat but one or two spoonfuls/sucks and she is done. She will drink water though.
Since 6mo I've been introducing formula and food while reducing bf . This week I've finally managed to go completely to formula which I'm happy about as it will make my life a little bit easier.
DD was very colicky and woke every couple of hours, the only way i could survive was to co sleep and bf. She seems to be sometimes stretching to 5-6 hours at night but wakes up crying a lot and i have to rock her back to sleep.
I've managed to end up giving her about 5-6 fl oz of formula every 4-5 hours while awake, this has carried on from bf because she was always a snacker. About 8floz at bedtime then about another 8floz through the night.
The HV said I have to stop feeding her at night because it's my fault she wont eat during the day. She said i need to go cold turkey and let her cry it out which i'm not happy with or if i'm "soft" start watering down her milk so she eventually wont want it. She made me feel stupid and that I'm harming my DD.
I'm going to start taking a note of exactly what formula i give her and what time of day to try and make a routine and hopefully get to a level that works for my DD.
Wow, long post.
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what their 8mo had in FF and roughly what times of the day/night?
Oh and any good meals that they really liked?
Thanks very much.
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HV made me feel like a massive failure. Can I ask advice re FF and weaning?
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SellMySoulForSomeSleep · 28/01/2015 15:06
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