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Offline nesh60

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need advice- 5 months old - worried about solids
« on: August 26, 2006, 20:23:33 pm »
Hi
My ds is 5 months and 1 week old - I breast feed 3 meals a day and give him formula for 2 meals(including dream feed)
 i started giving him rice cereal a week ago - the first 3 days it was once a day and the last 3 days it has been twice a day.
He has been constipated for the last two days.
I also gave him sweet potato today for the first time- in the afternoon for his dinner (before his bottle at 6:30)
My question is- am i mixing up too much for him? i mean BF and Formula and now Rice cereal and Sweet potato?? Is this why he is constipated and has green poops??
Im a little worried and would love as much advice as possible
thank you

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Re: need advice- 5 months old - worried about solids
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2006, 20:25:17 pm »
rice cereal is very constipating for some LO's  , we had to switch to oatmeal .
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Re: need advice- 5 months old - worried about solids
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2006, 20:49:44 pm »
Ditto on the rice.   We started solids a little early - and the rice was a MESS!   I threw it out!!!   I read somewhere that the P foods "move" a little better...prune, pear, peaches
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Re: need advice- 5 months old - worried about solids
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2006, 20:06:14 pm »
When we started to wean - we also started DS on rice cereal, and this constipated him terribly. 

Definitely agree with the P foods.
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Re: need advice- 5 months old - worried about solids
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2006, 20:29:09 pm »
Hi Nesh60

Do you mind if I ask your reasons for starting solids?  Breastfeed LO's get all they need up until 6months from breastmilk and there isn't normally a need to start solids early.

DS had a very unsettled night after having sweet potato, they are pretty starchy - how are you cooking them?

Here is some breastfeed/solids info https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=68751.0

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