Hi everyone, I am a new mum and to be honest a little bit clueless LOL !! Well my 13 week old baby girl has always been a really good eater since she was born, she was drinking a full one of those bottles of formula in the hospital from the first feed !! We moved her onto 2nd stage milk when she was 6 weeks (although our HV advised not too but when she was on the 1st stage she was wanting 7oz every 3 hours and being sick a lot because there was too much in her little belly) since then she was satisfied with 6-8oz every 4 hours and started sleeping through the night at 9weeks For the past week however she has been stopping at 4oz and refusing to take more. This may sound cruel but if i keep the bottle in her mouth and ignore the crying then she does eventually take the normal 7oz. But today she has just point blank refused to take more after the 4oz, she just doesnt seem interested in taking more. Going from 7oz down to 4oz is quite a big drop. She has always been a good weight, well a little chunk in my case,, you should see her thighs LOL. She was 6lb11oz when she was born but she is 14lbs now.
Now the main question is....is 13 weeks too early to start giving my baby girl baby rice ? I know lots of people and read lots on the internet about people starting at this age and earlier !! She is able to sit up in her chair and been able to hold her head up for a few weeks now, she is very sturdy.
I really dont want to speak to my HV about it because i relaly dont find them helpfully, all they do is go by the book and can only advise by the book, i dont think they understand babies who are not textbook !!
Any advise will be a great help !!
LOL just realised how much I have wrote !!
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Is 3 months too young to start on baby rice ??
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jackie21 · 07/05/2009 21:26
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