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blw questions

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wartywarthog · 20/08/2006 02:25

hi,

my dd has just started blw and has enjoyed peaches and carrots so far. well, by enjoyed i mean thoughtfully gummed, made a disparaging face and spat it out. it's been 3 days.

what i'm totally confused about is what time of day to do it and whether to feed her before or after milk? i'm only feeding her once a day atm. when should i up it to 2 / 3 meals?

boring routine bit: (no - she's not on a woman-who-shall-not-be-named routine, this is dd's own ). i b/f feed her at 7, 10, 2, 5, 6:30 and 10pm and whenever she wakes (if she does) during the night. i've been giving her food at 11am.

does there come a point at which you'd give them food before milk? otherwise they will always be full when you feed them...

tia

yours befuddledly, warty

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aitch71 · 20/08/2006 02:38

when does she nap?

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wartywarthog · 20/08/2006 07:28

well she seems to have two modes:

45 mins between 9 and 10, and 2 hours between 11:30 and 2:30
or
1.5 hours between 9 and 11 and 45 mins between 12 and 1 and another 45 mins nap between 3 and 4!

then down for the night at 7.

does it depend on sleep then aitch?

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wherethewildthingsare · 20/08/2006 08:22

Personally, I totally separate milk and food (also a good idea due to milk inhibiting the iron uptake of food). So basically, I bf my seven month old as usual but offer food at family mealtimes with some water in a cup if he shows interest in it. He has however moved his milk intake almost entirely to 4pm - 8am!

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wartywarthog · 20/08/2006 10:53

wtwta, i guess i do seperate the two - she eats probably an hour after her 10 b/ f. so your ds eats enough in the morning to sustain him? given what my dd eats, i can't see her ever weaning, but it is early days...

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CorrieDale · 20/08/2006 20:04

I think you're doing exactly the right thing WWH (I just love your name BTW). We did the same wtih DS. He always ate a good variety, but not a huge amount of anything until about 10 1/2 months when he started to eat like a little horse. At about 12 months, he began to cut down on his feeds. I think this pattern is quite typical so I really wouldn't worry about how little she's eating now. Just offer her suitable bits of what you're having and enjoy the faces!

aitch71 · 20/08/2006 22:46

i agree with Corriedale, you've got ages to get her eating solids, at the moment you just need not to freak her out with food.

the reason i asked about naps was because my dd takes two naps a day and i find if i feed her about an hour before the nap, then do something fairly boisterous, she is beginning to get knackered and will drink her milk nicely and drop off. (i am ff and dd has never been paticularly co-operative with any sort of milk so my priority, funnily enough is always to get her to drink the milk).
any closer together and she is full up with fruit or whatever and doesn't drink well. so in answer to your question, i always give dd her food before a milk feed. she eats probably only once or twice a day in a highchair and then snacks on the run (just ricecakes, really) in the buggy. cow and gate do organic vit enhanced ones for baby which are half the price of the organix range.
hope that ramble helped. see you on the blog thing soon,

h x

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wartywarthog · 20/08/2006 23:05

thanks corriedale

thanks for the advice. i'll just keep doing what i am and not stressing.

i guess i feel a bit of pressure from my friends, none of whom are doing blw and who's dc's are 'wolfing down several cubes of food per day - they just can't get enough!' and are younger than my dd. it is hard knowing whether what we're doing is the right thing. but i'm going to stick to my guns and carry on letting her feed herself. i will stay strong.

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wartywarthog · 20/08/2006 23:06

by several cubes of food i mean pureé, not chunks iyswim...

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wherethewildthingsare · 21/08/2006 09:34

I don't know what it is about my LO but he seems to feed fairly efficiently but pulls away if he's not interested. I'm not worried though because he must get enough, he is certainly happy and thriving. He has started nursery now and although I think they are supporting BLW, it is possible that they are doing a bit of shovelling! He really does like to eat though and has taken to finger food very well especially meat and fish.

PigeonPie · 21/08/2006 09:50

Warty, I know exactly how you feel about the friends and cube stuff. None of my friends are doing blw either and it can feel very isolating - I'm sure they think I'm quite mad.

However, DS is now 9 months and usualy eats the same food as me with me (yesterday he joined in our roast dinner!). I am taking consolation from the fact that their babies will suddenly not be eating huge amounts when they go onto finger foods but my DS will have been steadily eating more as he gets older (hope this makes sense) and they might well be stessed then!

PigeonPie · 21/08/2006 09:51

Of course, not that I want them to be stressed!

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wartywarthog · 21/08/2006 20:31

yes, thanks pigeonpie. that is consoling. will just stay strong and not worry about the miniscule amounts that she's eating, esp. when compared to her peers... she's enjoying herself anyway!

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SoupDragon · 21/08/2006 20:34

I'm doing a mix of BLW and shovelling. BabyDragon is only just 6 months and she's not been overly interested. I shovel a couple of cubes of puree so she gets used to the taste etc of food and then she has some things from whatever we're eating to play with on a tray. Spotted her surreptitiously shoving a pasta twist in her mouth when she thought I wasn't looking yesterday.

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