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I am currently breasfeeding my 5 month old daughter. I have given her cereal twice and she is getting the hang of it. She does not take a bottle or pacifier and I have to pump to mix her cereal. My ? is how long do I give cereal before trying anything else. I am planning on nursing for one year...Thanks ↓
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| Name: Fiona | Date: Mar 31st, 2006 9:04 AM |
| You can give a variety of foods at five months old. Fruit and vegetable purees etc. You can use a blender to blend potato, vegetables, chicken, white fish. Just experiment and find out what she likes. ↑ |
| Name: Nic | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 1:27 AM |
| at 6 mo. start introducing new foods and wait two weeks between each new food to see if any alergic reactions occure, because it can take up to that fir a symptom to appear. that way you know what caused a reaction. ↑ |
| Name: heather | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 4:20 AM |
i already feed my son cereal. hes 7 weeks now. i also breastfeed but i use formula with lipil when i make his cereal. which in your case, i think you would use breast milk. shes old enough to eat foods.
nutritionist will usually tell you what age to feed the baby what if you dont know when to start them.
im on WIC so they provide a nutritionist...are you? ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 5:35 AM |
| my doc said for my son to try cereal at 5 months too. she told me to buy the rice cereal, use the whole box( to make sure he's not allergic) and then try another kind of cereal. if he does good on them, then i can start him on the orange veggies(squash, carrots, sweet potatoes). i just started him today on the veggies. make sure u only feed on type at a time for one week to make sure there are no allergies. hope some of this helps ↑ |
| Name: mel | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 5:40 AM |
| i fed my daughter rice cereal for like a week and moved on to oatmeal she loved it so much more!!! them oatmeal with apples, and so forth. i dont give her meat yet, i am waiting for a while. 2 or 3 days on one food is good. if you or dad have allergies to food the more likley chance she will . i give my baby 7 mo old, fruit in the morning, vegies in the afternoon, and oatmeal, or some grains for dinner. you dont need to mix with breast milk either, use apple juice, or water!!! ↑ |
| Name: 3 time nursing mom | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 6:22 AM |
I started my Little Ones out with rice cereal, then oatmeal cereal, (all mixed with breastmilk, ofcourse). Then after a couple of months of that, I proceeded with fruits. Then after a couple of months of that, veggies.
I would wait until the 7th or 8th month at least before introducing beyond the cereals though. Only because since you are breastfeeding, there is really no need to introduce them sooner, and this offers more time for your Little One's digestive system to adapt.
Ofcourse, if your Little One is very interested in the fruits, and after trying a taste, she really likes them, by all means, offer them to her.
Introduce only one new food per week. This is just in case your Little One has some sort of allergic reaction, you know which food is causing it.
And always always read labels! You would be surprised at what some babyfoods have added in them.
As for pumping for mixing with cereal, I always found hand expressing was much much quicker for the few ounces needed, after I got the hang of it. It takes a few tries at first, but hand expressing is much much quicker then a pump. Plus, you don't have to pull out and then clean all that equipment.
Here is an excellant link that explains well how to express your milk by hand. (For the smaller amounts, one doesn't need to spend so much time on step 2.)
http://www.toronto.ca/health/
breastfeeding/express_b_m.htm
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luck! And enjoy playing that airplane game. ↑ |
| Name: 3x | Date: Apr 1st, 2006 6:22 AM |
http://www.toronto.ca/health/
breastfeeding/express_b_m.htm
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| Name: Tina | Date: Apr 3rd, 2006 4:12 PM |
| Thank you Ladies you were very helpful.... ↑ |
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