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baby rice in milk for 1mth old is this really bad for them???

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Nointhemood · 05/09/2010 21:28

my niece is realy hungry baby and is having 9oz already and wanting more. So my sister is on about giving him baby rice in his milk. I have two children who were bf and ive never done this so have no experience. If i say something she will prob bite my head off anyhow-but tbh i though this was dangerous. I mean what can you do for a really hungry baby

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Nointhemood · 05/09/2010 22:00

my god i was bfing every 2hrs but didnt think il give my baby some rice crazy, crazy. Thanks for the replies and reassurance that my concerns were right

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HeadFairy · 05/09/2010 22:01

No, a four week old can't crawl, their brains don't have the capacity at that age to co-ordinate their limbs to crawl.

SirBoobAlot · 05/09/2010 22:02

Think of it this way - if she starts giving her baby rice, it causes her to be very ill, and you know you could have prevented it, how would you feel? (Know that sounds horrible, but am trying to be encouraging!) You have to tell her, even though its difficult and awkward. Good luck.

HeadFairy · 05/09/2010 22:03

what your sister thinks is crawling is probably Moro reflex, esp if the baby is on her front, it can look a bit like swimming/crawling.

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Nointhemood · 05/09/2010 22:04

It seems that my niece is meant to be super advanced and doing all these things. I know Headfairy but she hasn't done it yet so i wil be speaking to her and mum in the am first thing.If i have a go she will go ahead and do it won't she. So il drop it in general conversation .Some idiot on fb is agreeing with her and saying it didn't do mine any harm.

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MumNWLondon · 05/09/2010 22:04

re: crawling on back, all my DC have done this at 4-6 weeks! DS2 now 19 weeks and can't do it anymore. I thought all babies do it. Its more like shuffling, they (obviously) don't lift their weight.

ooosabeauta · 05/09/2010 22:04

I knew someone who was just like that, and very proudly scooping up baby rice to feed her 15 week old dd, even though she couldn't sit up or hold her head up. It was horrible to see tbh. I don't know if it's connected, but she's been prescribed laxatives for the last at least 6 months because she gets terrible constipation which makes her ill. She has always been desperate for dd to be 'ahead of the pack' though

With the 'legs crawling' issue, yes, I believe that's a natural reflex that babies are born with. Somewhere in Desmond Morris's 'Baby' book I'm sure it describes this reflex. Every baby has it, like the ability to swim underwater when they're born. Certainly not linked to an abnormally mature gut!

HeadFairy · 05/09/2010 22:05

You know the best way to talk to her so she listens, but you must say something. Good luck!

HeadFairy · 05/09/2010 22:06

MumNWLondon, the moro reflex disappears when babies are about 15-20 weeks I think, so that's probably what your dcs were doing.

fidelma · 05/09/2010 22:11

No baby rice is she mad !!!!

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Nointhemood · 05/09/2010 22:12

Thanks guys we had a bit of a row because she never see's my two children and yet expects me to put hers up on a pedestal etc so theres a bit of tension there iykwim. And i swear some of her fb status's are aimed at me saying how big niece is getting and all this wonderful stuff she is doing etc and how advanced she is.My babies were prem so obviously weren't advanced in some areas. Anyway i will say something because obvoulsy despite s and me i care for my niece. I just hope she takes it as sisterly advice and now me having a go or being jealous

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MumNWLondon · 05/09/2010 22:23

Yes, makes sense : re moro reflex. I just thought it was funny/cute (although not when DD escaped from her blanket/sheet in November and was cold, another reason we use grobags) rather than a sign they were advanced.

FWIW my SIL's DSs both had severe reflux and paed recommended babyrice at 16 weeks (or even 12 weeks if extreme reflux, but not before) to help keep milk down. She didn't give it, but thought it was interesting they suggested it so early.

mamatomany · 05/09/2010 22:28

"FWIW my SIL's DSs both had severe reflux and paed recommended babyrice at 16 weeks (or even 12 weeks if extreme reflux, but not before) to help keep milk down. She didn't give it, but thought it was interesting they suggested it so early."

I've heard that too and the father of the child was a nurse so I doubt they took the advice without looking into it.

PaulineCampbellJones · 06/09/2010 07:05

16 weeks is a bit different to a month though. Some babies were weaned before then not so many years ago. You can actually buy the milk like this ready mixed for reflux.

MoonFaceMama · 06/09/2010 09:17

Nointhemood you are right to try and handle this sensitivly. You need to say something in order to have a clear concience as you know and as others have said. But the end game is to help your niece and so you are right to handle with care. If you piss your sis off and she goes off in a huff she won't follow your advice, as you know. Perhaps a word about how they are such hard work at this age aren't they, feeding every couple hours with their little tummys, but hey that's parenting. They'll come on leaps and bounds and feed less frequently before you know it...

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