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more BLW questions

NYGirl02NYGirl02 member
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LO is about to be 6 months next Wednesday (holy smokes!) I'm interested in doing at least a little bit of BLW, but may do some puree's also. I have a few questions:

1. LO is for the most part sitting on her own, but will still topple after a few minutes sometimes.  She is for sure showing all other signs of readiness though.  Does a few minutes of sitting mean that she is sitting well enough for BLW, or should I wait until she is sitting pretty much indefinately?

2. I know that foods do not replace breast milk at all, but did anyone notice that they took slightly less from a bottle when starting solids?  The reason I ask is that my supply when she is nursing remains great, but my pump output is sucking (no pun intended) when I am at work and I do not pump quite as much as she takes while I am away.  This had made me add some pumping sessions in the morning and evening.  I am, perhaps selfishly, hoping that if she got a little bit of oatmeal cereal while I am a work, that she would be okay with an ounce or 2 less of pumped milk and would be happy making up that difference when nursing later. 

3.  I have the BLW book and cookbook.  Any recommendations for BLW blogs?

TIA!

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Re: more BLW questions

  • Athena0809Athena0809 member

    1. I know it's recommended for LO to be sitting on her own but DS wasn't completely sitting on his own when I started offering some foods.

    2. I never noticed any drop in my supply at the start. DS didn't actually started ingesting food until he was almost 8 months, during those first two months it was more practice and play than anything and even then I didn't see a change in our nursing sessions until about 10 months.

    3. The cookbook was OK it gave me some ideas. I don't know about BLW blogs but the website has a forum where you can post your questions. HTH and GL!

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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    1. DS needed the support of the high chair to sit well when we started. Not a problem.

    2. It took DS months to really eat. He did not reduce his nursing until he was 12 months and I went back to work.

    3. If you have that, stop over thinking it. It's easy. You don't need more ideas.

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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    1.  As long as you're feeding her in the highchair she's probably going to be okay.  Just make sure she's not slumping when she's eating.

    2.  We're at 8 months and his nursing/bm intake hasn't decreased in the slightest.  I would love for it to, because like you, it would be much easier than the struggle to keep up with the pumping.  

    3. All I had was the book and I felt pretty confident.

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  • rickandcaitlinrickandcaitlin

    1. Our LO was wobbly on his own but sat great with the support of the high chair when we started.

    2. No you will not reduce BM until at least 9 months (We didnt slow down on BM until 11 months) At this point BLW is to learn to eat, not a nutrition thing.

    3. You dont need a book just feed LO a little of what you eat or what you think would be yummy. Some graet starter foods are banana, avacado, cherrios, blueberries, pasta, potatos...

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  • celiabwatsonceliabwatson
    I actually did find that BLW helped me as a working mom. Not as a nutrition thing but as a keep my baby happy thing. My boy never really loved the bottle and would generally cluster feed in the evenings and overnight to make up for missing volume during the day. Anyway, he used to get a mid afternoon bottle to tide him over until I got there (around 4). Once we started solids he was able to happily play with food on his tray until I arrived. He still had the same amount of breastmilk but instead of having to pump again before leaving work I was able to get to him before he got too fussy. The same was true in the mornings. He'd nurse when he woke up and then he'd get hungry around 9, before his nap. Being able to replace that feeding with a snack was great (we didn't do that one until closer to 9 months. Then he basically only had one serving of breastmilk at day care and I would nurse a bunch before and after.
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  • drcolleendrcolleen member

    I agree with the observation that baby seems content playing with food... it helps me eat my dinner too!  DD2 has decreased her daytime milk consumption though this may just be a phase, my DH says she is "milking" her bottles if you will and last week would only take 8-10 oz during the time I was gone (nurses around 0500-0600, nurses when I get home ~1700), prior to this she has been taking up to 16oz during the day which seemed excessive since she nurses all evening and overnight.

    We never read a book, we just give DD2 unprocessed foods.... she has loved everything so far. 

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