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at 6.5 months, 1 month on solids, eating too much?

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LIsmum · 28/08/2012 21:02

Hi, would appreciate advice on this: I started my daughter on solids at 5 months, on the advice of the paed as she had had reflux (now over, it seems). She had millet cereal, then mixed with steamed pear, for a couple of weeks, then a paed nurse suggested I start a second meal (same components) and then a week or so later witch this second meal to a veggie meal, then add a third, also veggie, with quinoa as her first protein. I have followed this - she is eating various combinations of sweet potato, carrot, courgette, potato, some steamed pear, apple, nectarine - but am worried that she is eating too much (I have increased amounts to about 120-150g as she has wanted more, and she almost always finishes) and can't find a reliable guideline as to how much is the 'right' amount. Obviously I don't want her to be hungry but wonder whether too much solid food is compromising her breastfeeds (3, plus one bottle, plus one during the night). Am in Switzerland, where weaning advice is completely different to the UK...
Thanks for any thoughts.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 28/08/2012 22:11

I think as long as you bf an hour before solids you will be fine. Doing it this way ensures that they fill up on breast milk, which is what she needs right now.

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