Quick Toby update

[Admiral Huddy]

Nice to hear all is well.. did you try the bottle trick ?

[Tiggy]

Yes Huddy, we switched to your method of making bottles Makes it so much easier to clean them after they've been used. By the time the next tiggy baby arrives (not for a fair few years yet!) the guidelines for formula feeding will have changed again, d'oh!

Originally Posted by JodieG

Glad he's doing well but you really shouldn't wean before 6 months...snip

Megan was weaned at around the same age and hasnt had any problems. And she's not allergic to anything.

I'm not going to hold off with the solids, he needs them and the whole of the health visitor team at my gp practice agree. If I stopped giving him solids, he'd be having over 40 oz of milk a day. He already has 35ish and that's with one solid meal a day too.

Toby's been having solids once a day for several weeks now and is not showing any signs of having difficulties digesting.

He's ready for it, and in the next few weeks we'll be changing to 2 feeds a day and dropping his dreamfeed and hopefully he'll sleep from 7pm until 6-7am

[Lomster]

Originally Posted by JodieG

Glad he's doing well but you really shouldn't wean before 6 months as it can cause lots of problems in later life.

6months is a new recommendation and wasn't in practice when Joshua was born 4 years ago.

Its a guideline they say 6months but 4-6months is fine depending on the child as told by many health visitors etc...

Isabella was 11lbs12 1/2 ozs and breastfed and because of her size she is a hungry baby.
I spoke to h/v as isabella was showing quite a few signs of needing solids ie not sleeping for long periods day and night and taking interest when we ate and also feeding constantly.
The h/v also thought she needed to be put on solids but to wait a week til she was 16weeks.
She is now on one meal a day and very content she now sleeps for long periods through the day and is now only waking once in the night.

Maybe thats a local thing with health care trust.

Sorry if i sound like i'm ranting but if a child needs solids and the h/v's agree then its in the best interest of the child to give them solids.

Most of the weaning foods are also from 4months so have been specially designed to satisfy babies from that age.


Anyway me wants to see lots of pics of Toby

[Tiggy]

I'll try and post some in a while

Both of my chilli beans are poorly, so things are a bit hectic here

[Fayshun]

Poorly kiddles FTL.