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Offline Luke-n-Me

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Only 3 bf's/day at 6 mos?
« on: March 01, 2006, 02:58:54 am »
Hello!

I just need a little advice.  My dd is 6 mos and I really think that she is weaning herself onto only 3 bf's/day.  She honestly has only had 6 max since she was a newborn, by 3 months she was only eating 4x's/day, at 4.5 mos we started some solids as she seemed hungry, but WOULD NOT take more breastmilk, so now at 6 mos., she wants to eat at 7am, 11:30/12 and then she's been refusing the mid afternoon feed, will take solids at 5 and then one last bf before bed.  Does this seem okay?  Part of me says yes because she had already weaned to 4 bf's/day at 3 mos., it just seems young.  In all honesty, I can't force her to take it if she won't anyway, but I just feel a little weird about it.  Has anyone else had this experience?  My son took 5 bottles/day for a very long time and was still doing 4 bottles at 11 mos., guess I shouldn't compare, but it's hard not too!  TIA!
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Re: Only 3 bf's/day at 6 mos?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2006, 09:30:11 am »
Sounds exactly like my DD, she was having 4 bottles by 3 months and we dropped to 3 bottles at 5 months. She is also having 3 decent sized solid meals a day and also drinks 50-100mls of water a day.

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Re: Only 3 bf's/day at 6 mos?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2006, 12:54:15 pm »
Well, that makes me feel better.  Did you just give her water with meals during the feed that she dropped?  Thanks!
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Re: Only 3 bf's/day at 6 mos?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2006, 23:03:34 pm »
She has water with all her meals. She was having a bottle at 7,11,3&7. Now her schedule looks like this:

7.30am - Bottle 7oz
8.15am - Cereal with yoghurt and approx 50ml of cows milk Drink of Water
12pm - Fruit or Jelly and Custard Drink of Water
1pm - Bottle 7oz
5pm - Meat with veges and sometimes pasta Drink of Water
6.30pm - Bottle 7oz

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