Tuesday, August 9, 2011

I have a very greedy little man please I need weaning advice?

You should not introduce ANY food other than formula or breast milk before 4 months of age. At 4-6 months depending on the size and growth of your child your doctor might ok the introduction of solids. Before introducing anything completely solid you will start with rice cereal, then oatmeal cereal and finally the whole grain cereals. Wait at least 3 days between introducing anything new into your childs diet as you will want to make sure that they have no allergic reaction to a food and you have introduced so many you will not know what caused it. Your child may be eating when he is not hungry as a way to soothe, you should try giving a pacifier have him use a bouncer or a baby swing to calm down and soothe himself before trying to feed more. This will just cause digestion issues and an upset tummy. When he gets an upset tummy he will eat more because he does not understand that is what caused it in the first place and it is a horrible cycle. You should not be replacing any bottles with any meals this young at all. You should not introduce any baby food pureed foods or anything absolutely solid that cannot be put into their bottle until at least 6 months of age. He is too young please read this guide it does not matter how big he is, or how much you think he is eating you are over feeding as it is. I am not trying to be rude or mean but your child will have serious intestinal problems if you start introducing things to him this young he cannot digest it yet and it can cause serious harm to his body that will last his entire lifetime. Please find other ways to soothe him instead of feeding him at first cry it probably is not what he is asking for.

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