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Weaning

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Dh wants to wean and I don't.

11 replies

lunavix · 09/12/2006 15:54

DD is 16 weeks, and starting to show a few signs - she wakes at 5.30 when she was sleeping till 8, she watches us eating and is starting to get fretful after feeds, and feed more often. We weaned ds at this age, but he was a big baby, desperate for it, and formula fed. I don't want dd weaned this early, dh says we should start when she turns four months...

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lulumama · 09/12/2006 15:57

milk , more milk, will fill her more that a spoon of puree at this stage.....10 weeks before the recommended weaning age...you don;t sound comfortable with weaning, so maybe not yet !!

dingdongmerRADLEYonhigh · 09/12/2006 15:58

Personally, if my child was showing these signs i would wean.

I am curious however, why don't you want to wean dd if she seems ready?

hermykne · 09/12/2006 16:01

theres lots of info on why one shouldnt wean til 6months , have you passed any of that onto your dh?
i wouldnt wean at 16wks.

NotQuiteCockney · 09/12/2006 16:02

None of these are signs that a baby is ready for weaning. Current advice is to wait until 6 months. I weaned DS1 at 16 weeks, and DS2 at 6 months. DS2 was much less work to wean, and I really regret weaning DS1 so early.

IdrisTheRedNosedReindeer · 09/12/2006 16:03

She could well be having a growth spurt (hence waking earlier).

And the beinbg interested in eating is because she is interested in what you are doing, not because she needs to have anything other than milk.

Is DH going to be in charge of weaning ie is he going to make the purees, feed her etc, or is it you? If the former then he could get on with it, but I suspect it is more likely the latter.

Just having milk is a lot easier than giving solid foods as well, and it is also easier waiter so she can skip the really boring total much phase.

lulumama · 09/12/2006 16:05

if you wait until 6 months, can try baby led weaning, which is no purees and no faffing !

dingdongmerRADLEYonhigh · 09/12/2006 16:06

I didn't realise the guidelines had changed, dd1 and dd2 were both weaned at 4 months. But saying that i know someone who weaned her daughter at just under 3 months

dingdongmerRADLEYonhigh · 09/12/2006 16:06

I didn't realise the guidelines had changed, dd1 and dd2 were both weaned at 4 months. But saying that i know someone who weaned her daughter at just under 3 months

Dottydotthehalls · 09/12/2006 16:23

Are you breastfeeding? Sounds like dh wants you back! But also sounds like you're not ready to stop - would introducing a bottle or two of formula be an option - might help with her sleeping and be a halfway stage? Or just keep going a while longer but negotiate with dh that this stage isn't forever, just a few more weeks. We weaned ds1 at 16 weeks and ds2 at 14 weeks - despite the guidance- because it felt like the right thing to do. Wait until you're ready but try and get dh on side!

corrina28 · 09/12/2006 16:57

i would take it week by week, if you do feel the need to start weaning, then wean. both my ds' started weaning at 16 weeks i think it is something that u know that your child is ready for (or not).

tiktok · 10/12/2006 11:32

The signs your dd is showing are not signs of the need to wean - they are signs of being 16 weeks.

Where's the fire? What's the rush? Guidelines have been in place internationally for over a decade and in the UK for over three years - best nutrition for babies is milk only to 6 mths.

Maybe your dh doesn't know this.

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