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Three months old and nineteen pounds - starting solids weight or age based?

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Ragtaggle · 03/01/2006 19:35

I have just weighed my ds and have discovered that he is now a whopping nineteen pounds in weight at just three months old. He was ten pounds at birth so this isn't a suprise but I am starting to wonder whether I should be trying to give him baby rice or something as he feels like a very hungry baby. Is the need to give them solids based on their age or weight?

He was going five or six hours at night from his eleven o clock feed but now seems to have gone backwards. Last night he fed at two thirty having had a whole 8 ounces at eleven o clock. He is breastfed except for the last feed of the night which my husband wakes him up for at eleven. My mum is convinced he should be on solids at his weight but I know that generation always think you should be shoving solids down them almost as soon as they are born. On the other hand I feel like he's sucking me dry and still wants more - or is that just the product of a resentful mind?

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Yorkiegirl · 03/01/2006 19:36

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NotQuiteCockney · 03/01/2006 19:40

It's normal for them to be hungry, and varied in sleep patterns. But at three months, his gut is not ready for solids.

If the calender seems a weird way to decide when to give solids, other indicators are whether he can sit up unassisted, and whether he can pick up objects well, to take them to his mouth, ideally with the pincer grip.

Yummymummy24 · 03/01/2006 19:58

LOL i'd say 6mnths for food he sounds like my baby however i started baby rice at 5mth. He now has three meals a day and 5 7ounce bottles we call him tank. Does he have a dummy? My bf baby loves to suck i got him a weird shaped dummy as he refused all others it sort of sticks uplike a bend in the middle. its like a boob would be!!!!!

hunkermunker · 03/01/2006 20:11

Would definitely agree it's age, not weight - well, more development, really. If I'd waited till DS had double his birthweight, he would've been nearly one before he had food! As it was, he didn't eat much till he was 8mo and now at 21mo eats more than me (but is still a little dot - apart from the first couple of months, he's never piled on the pounds!).

santabops · 03/01/2006 20:16

ds was big (over 11 lbs at birth) Can'y remember his exact weight when I weaned him but it was over 98th centile at 16 weeks and he was starving so weaned him then.

First day he ate 10 spoonfuls of baby rice and second day ate 15!

sazhig · 03/01/2006 21:36

Starting solids should really not be based on either imo - most babies are ready from about 6 months/middle of their first year - but some will be ready before, and some after. These links should help a little:
kellymom - why delay solids
kellymom - solids - when

FYI 3 months (12 weeks) is a classic growth spurt for many babies & may explain the extra night feeding.

donnie · 03/01/2006 21:47

Christ! my dd is nearly 8 months old and is not yet 16lbs ( she was 6.5 at birth).Should I be worried about this? I do get pissed off with people commenting on her small size - like she is a freak or something.

ladymuck · 03/01/2006 21:50

Would agree that 12m is a classic growth spurt time. Try to hold on for the next couple of weeks to see how things play out before giving solids - then you'll be able to suss out whether it is just a spurt or not.

Almost anyone who had a child more than 3 years ago will be suggesting weaning shortly! But I've certainly seen some larger babies weaned at 5m+, so it is possible!

ladymuck · 03/01/2006 21:51

Sorry - meant 12weeks not 12m.

pupucelovesruDOuLaph · 03/01/2006 22:08

It's NOT based on their weight.... it's a developmental thing. But not surprise your mum thinks so.... abbies were weaned at 12 weeks when you were a baby! Now it is 26 weeks! And I know WHOPPERS -those are babies - who wait 6 months no problem !
Have a look at the www.abm.me.uk website for their weaning leaflet.
It will give you a list of all the signs...

There is no reason to think you are not producing enough milk.

MerlinsBeard · 03/01/2006 22:14

if it helps, i thought the same with my DS at 12 weeks. NOt on weight but the hunger thing. It DID get better for a while but i weaned at 16 weeks.

Hes 9 months now and doing well.

try and hang on as long as you can, he will be getting enough from you, and if he wasn't he would make more ;)

cull · 05/01/2006 16:32

donnie, i get that completely. The fist thing people always say about my DS is "what a big boy!" like i didn't know he was big for his age (just weighed today at 19lbs5oz and he'll be 15 wks tomorrow) You start thinking that you're doing something wrong. If she's happy and healthy who cares what she weighs!

expatinscotland · 05/01/2006 16:35

we let dd1 tell us when she wanted to try solids. we looked for cues like her watching us eat, trying to grab our utensils, etc. then gave it a try. she was about 5 months, though.

dd2 is deffo hungrier, tho! getting her latched sometimes takes a bit b/c she gets VERY hungry and then has to be calmed down by sucking on my finger a bit so i can get her on properly.

still havent tried to bf her in public as a result and my life is boring!

will probably do the same w/dd2, let her tell us.

we've done this w/everything w/dd1 - drinking from a cup, potty training, etc. and it's worked well for us.

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