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how much is too much at 21 weeks?
« on: June 01, 2009, 19:04:09 pm »
i'm posting all over the place tonight as i' completely confused and just a tad stressed this evening. I started catherien (21w) on solids a couple of weeks ago and she took just a tiny bit of baby rice. the last few days she's been taking much more, so much so that i've been going back and making her a second bowlful sometimes. she's having 3 'meals' a day, breakfast is jsut rice, lunch and tea have veggies added. i always add some EBM to the feeds. She has a BF at 7, 11 and 3. A bottle of formula at 5.30 and 6.30 and a dreamfeed. My question is as she's only 21 weeks, should i jsut be giving her a 'taster' of solids at the moment or should i keep feeding until she shows signs of wanting to stop? I've been doing the solids an hour after milk feeds. she's waking up regulalry at night and i don't know if this is nap-related, food-related or anything else! could the veggies be giving her tummy trouble? her wak up is almost always 4.30 and i basically can't get her back to sleep witohut bringing her into bed with me. not a habit i want to get into really.
thanks in advance for the advice
anna
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Re: how much is too much at 21 weeks?
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 20:05:05 pm »
Hi Anna
Though I did also start cereal/baby rice at 4.5 months, I didn't intro veggies/fruits/meats until 6 months and we weren't on a full three meals a day until a few weeks later.  I think three meals a day might be a bit much right now...  how many tablespoons or ounces is she getting?  We were only doing 1-2 tablespoons at that age.

As for the 4am waking, i'm guessing that's genuinely hunger, so I'd feed her and put her straight back to bed.  I don't blame you for not wanting ot create a habit out of coming back to Mommy's bed.  Have you tried feeding her?
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Re: how much is too much at 21 weeks?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 18:16:36 pm »
hi, yes i think you're right, i've done too much too soon. I've gone back to just rice today and ahve dropped from 3 meals to 2. she's only having 2 tablespoons mixed with milk and seems to be enjoying it, emptying the bowl everytime!

Yes i have tried feeding her in the night, as a few nights ago she was only having very small dreamfeeds for some reason so was definitely hungry. Still couldn't get her back to sleep afterwards though!

thanks for your advice
anna
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