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hi fiona thanks for that that makes sense it's just she always opens her mouth for more and i find when i give her something new she dosent take it then the next day she does!i dont really know how much i should be giving her each feed coz she still wants breastfead after it.thanks jaclyn and emmaxx

Hi Jaclyn! I have found it really difficult balancing breast feeds and solids and I'm never sure if he is having enough of each. Some days he will only breast feed, other days all he wants are solids and sometimes he hardly has either. I've just gone through a bad patch when he refused to eat whatever I gave him, pure faddiness I'm sure. I found that really worrying. But he looks healthy enough!

yeah i know i thot when Emma went onto solids that she would be taking the breast alot less well i suppose she is.so how mamy meals a day do you give ure little one?and how much each time?i suppose we've just got to go with what there telling us eh?thanks jaclyn and emmaxx

His weight gain was erratic when he first went on to solids and he actually lost half a pound over two weeks. He was about five months old then. He's 6 1/2 months now. My health visitor advised me to give him three meals a day and three breast feeds. It was really hard. As soon as he started three meals a day he stopped breast feeding altogether (and this is a baby who won't drink formula) I was really worried my milk would dry up. I fed him in his sleep because he would suck as a reflex and that was the only way I could get milk into him. Then he began refusing all the solids apart from fromage frais (loves it!)and having just breast. I was afraid he would start losing weight again. But things seem to have sorted themselves out now and he has more or less what the hv advised. I think from seven or eight months two breast feeds a day is considered sufficient, though I suppose they would have to have water or something for the fluid.
As regards the amount of solids I give him I just keep giving it till he starts pushing the spoon away. The amount is usually about one four month jar of baby food or equivalent home made stuff, and dessert, usually fruit or yoghurt, at each meal.

well thats good to hear that things r a bit better now.well Emma takes alot more breastfeeds than that she feeds quite alot at nite thats the onlyway she falls asleep she's six and a half months and she still gets two meals a day she goes to sleep about twelve at nite.i don't no when to start her on three meals.thanks for ure replies.regards jaclyn and emmaxx

emmasmummy, our children sound so alike!
My son has two meals a day, has probably 3 feeds in the day, cluster feeds in the evening and then feeds during the night quite a bit too and he goes to bed about the same time as emma, the difference is my son is only 22weeks old, are you having trouble with your daughter feeding during the night or does she sleep through yet??
Tommy is a big baby for his age (19lbs 12oz) so i think i will be adding a third meal quite soon, to see if the extra food helps him to sleep a bit better.

hiya kell riley,
no i dont really have a problem with Emma through the nite she usually sleeps rite through.the thing is though because Emma goes to sleep late she gets up about 9 and sometimes she dosen't go to sleep in the afternoon and she's knackered the last cuple of afternoons she fell asleep about 3 and got up about 6 which meant she was up through the nite i thimk it's coz she needs to be on the breast to get to sleep.what meals do you give him?i give Emma a lunch and a dinner.thanks for ure reply jaclyn and emmaxx

I have been giving him lunch and dinner too, however today i have given him breakfast, lunch and dinner and the same amount of breast feeds, i guess i'm hoping for a mirical with the whole sleeping through the night thing!
i have gone from 5wakings to two a night so i guess i should be greatful for that!

I'm not sure if you have been on the baby whisperer site for advise on getting her to stop feeding to sleep, but i know there are an awful lot of people who have had the same problems and got over that!
You could give it a try if you want to stop this,
www.babywhisperer.com

hi again kell well today i gave emma breakfast lunch and dinner and she didn't really take less breastfeeds after each meal she usually needs abrest feed.thats good if ure only up twice now thats an improvement eh?so what kind of meals do you give him i try to make my own i give her baby cereal in the morning which i used to give her for lunch so i dont really know what kind of things she should be getting for lunch and i always give her veggies for dinner what about you?does ure baby sleep in the afternoon?thanks jaclyn and emmaxx do you use msn?

Hi there!

i Have been giving tommy three meals a day for about a week now and he seems to sleep for a little longer between feeds at night (5hours instead of 3)
And he actually goes to bed at a half decent time to 10.30 not 12.30!!)
I usually give him hipp banana cereal for breakfast at 10.30, Veg for lunch and a yogurt at 2.30, and for dinner he has what ever im having ( within reason) he's has spaghetti bolognaise, Jacket potato, and a few other things Pured i just dont add any salt etc when im cooking, and a desert at 7.30. ( times depend on naps)
I also give him rusks&bread as a finger food ( which he just sucks to death!)

He usually has a nap at about 1 ish for around an hour sometimes more, and he also has a nap about 5.30 that one can go for anywhere between and hour and three.
Yep i do have msn kell_riley50@hotmail.com

Bye for now kelly and tommy