Kathy, re the Bowel movements, before Aiden was born I was told it was not unusual for a BF baby to only do a poo once a week, while formula feed babies should do them EVER DAY & if they go longer than 48 hours then you need to look at how the formula is being made up. As Liam is BF, I'm not stressed by it esp as he doesn't have the "classic unsettled" 24 hours before he does his poo... I just stress it will happen when we are out & about & I have him in the pouch & it goes everywhere including all over me & trust my luck Aiden would want a cuddle too, doesn't create a pretty picture... thus him doing it in the bath was ok
Maria, re solids... leave it as close to 6months as you can, the earlier you introduce them the more problems you are likely to have, with increased risk of gasto problems later in life, The World Health Organisation actually recommend 6 months for well researched reasons. About 20% of babies do need solids earlier, but Aiden who weighed 10kg (22lb) at 6 months lasted until 10 days shy of 6 months, I just had to make sure I double offered the breast at each feed from about 4.5 months. I am not going to introduce them to Liam until he is as close to 6 months as possible, for no other reason than it is sooo much more extra work juggling milk & solid feeds. If you do introduce early, I strongly recommend only use fresh food you make yourself, not commercial food until at least 6 months... Yes I do have very strong opinions on the introduction of solid food... when I have more time, I will explain the reasons behind if anyone is interested.
Well Liam is doing well in my opinion, I don't do a DF & he went from 7pm - 1am, then 5am BUT Aiden had a shocker & as I was feeding Liam when he was at his worst, I got back tobed to find him in our bed... only the 2nd time in 2 years & never again... I ended up sleeping from 3-5am in the chair in Liam's room... SO if you ever think about letting your lo's into your bed when teething starts DON'T sleep on a blow up in their room, which is what I have always done, but dh doesn't like doing it & Aiden was being a total daddy's boy last night & wouldn't take my comfort, so what can I do... at least he is on his last lot of teething - we all have that to look forward to & let me tell you like every other milestone, it throws most routines into chaos!!