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weaning

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babylonian · 21/02/2005 11:20

i want to start weaning my 4 month dd and have read everywhere about baby rice, excuse my ignorance but where can i buy baby rice from...is it in the baby section of the supermarket? does it come as dry rice or a powder form that is mixed with milk/water??? and any suggestions as to brand? i feel that this question is probably the most stupid to be aired on mumsnet .

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lilsmum · 27/02/2005 08:17

wow, just shows you learn something new every day, i really didnt know that.
just thought ,it must have sounded like i was being "funny" with that post before, i wasnt

hercules · 27/02/2005 08:20

That's okay.

hercules · 27/02/2005 08:24

Nor, am I the only mumsnetter to have done this.

HappyMumof2 · 27/02/2005 08:28

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hercules · 27/02/2005 09:03

Ds was at nursery full time anyway. I didnt teach him to say anything - it wasnt a dirty little secret.
It was usually one feed a day unless I was out in the evening.

It doesnt take much to research this.... just google and you'll get loads of pages about extended bf.
Children of 1 1/2 can ask to bf- doesnt make it wrong.

I dont want to argue the ins and outs of extended bf here. It's been done lots of times already.

hercules · 27/02/2005 09:04

It wasnt hard at all.

NotQuiteCockney · 27/02/2005 09:34

I only breastfed DS1 to 18 months, but I stopped for stupid reasons (I was worried I'd be tandem feeding if I kept up. Hadn't worked out there wasn't any problem with tandem feeding, duh.)

Near the end, he was only getting one feed a day, in the morning. He didn't have the habit of demanding feeds, it was just part of our waking-up routine. (I think he did call it "boobah".)

I probably will carry on feeding DS2 longer. Breastfeeding certainly gets easier and easier as it goes on - the first six weeks have been the hardest, so far, with both kids.

hercules · 27/02/2005 09:35

God, yes. The worst time is the first few weeks.

HappyMumof2 · 27/02/2005 09:38

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hercules · 27/02/2005 09:40

I didnt feel I had to justify my parenting decisions to anyone. I bring my kids up the way I see best not to please others.

You will never please everyone anyway.

hercules · 27/02/2005 09:41

It wasnt a case of forcing ds either. If he had self weaned earlier, that would have been great.

NotQuiteCockney · 27/02/2005 09:42

I really must be a contrary person ... all these conversations about health visitors and weaning make me feel more like visiting mine, to check what they're saying now. And raise the issue with the practice if they're giving the wrong information.

I tell lots of people I cosleep. I tell lots of people I do extended breastfeeding. I tell lots of people I delay weaning. If they have a problem with it, they can whinge or look at me funny or whatever they like. (I don't tell other people off for not cosleeping, for not breastfeeding, or for weaning early. I will tell them there are alternatives, particularly if they're complaining about their situations.)

But then, I'm not very English.

HappyMumof2 · 27/02/2005 09:44

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hercules · 27/02/2005 09:53

err, the conversation changed tact, as is what happens with discussions. I started a new thread in order to post a website after checking it was alright with her.
I dont see any attacking.

hercules · 27/02/2005 09:55

2005 5:30:35 PM

sorry i seem to have changed the topic to weaning.......
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this is a discussion forum....

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