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I think I can be too defensive sometimes (need to work on that!). I'll get some links up tomorow, feeding Ethan again now as he's ill and typing one handed. He feeds lots more when he's under the weather.Baby Led Weaning - have you heard of it?
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I think I can be too defensive sometimes (need to work on that!). I'll get some links up tomorow, feeding Ethan again now as he's ill and typing one handed. He feeds lots more when he's under the weather.
. We hadn't noticed My wife and I are doing baby-led weaning with our boy.
He started to get interested in what we were eating at almost six months, he was able to sit up etc etc etc, so we just started giving him bits of what we eat, without the salt or seasoning etc. Soooo easy.
Now at 8 months he'll happily munch through three meals a day of "proper" food, without mashing or puree-ing, of anything you care to give him. He won't touch the jars of Heinz etc (can't blame him tb - have ever tried the stuff? Vile!)
Sometimes he's happy to take it off a spoon, sometimes he just wants to get his hands on it and stuff it in by himself. Some days he'll eat a lot, other days he'll prefer milk.
If you look into the research behind it, there are so many benefits to doing it this way. The baby will get interested in food when its gut has matured enough to take anything other than breastmilk, so is less likely to suffer allergies as has been said (even formula milk can cause allergies, since it's based on cows milk, not human milk, and babies aren't designed to take cows milk....)
Co-sleeping is another really good one too, but that's a whole other thread.......
He started to get interested in what we were eating at almost six months, he was able to sit up etc etc etc, so we just started giving him bits of what we eat, without the salt or seasoning etc. Soooo easy.
Now at 8 months he'll happily munch through three meals a day of "proper" food, without mashing or puree-ing, of anything you care to give him. He won't touch the jars of Heinz etc (can't blame him tb - have ever tried the stuff? Vile!)
Sometimes he's happy to take it off a spoon, sometimes he just wants to get his hands on it and stuff it in by himself. Some days he'll eat a lot, other days he'll prefer milk.
If you look into the research behind it, there are so many benefits to doing it this way. The baby will get interested in food when its gut has matured enough to take anything other than breastmilk, so is less likely to suffer allergies as has been said (even formula milk can cause allergies, since it's based on cows milk, not human milk, and babies aren't designed to take cows milk....)
Co-sleeping is another really good one too, but that's a whole other thread.......
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By the way ds2 means darling/dear son 2, it's something used on other forums I post on and slipped in here. 2nd son basically so that would be Ethan, it's quicker that way hehe.
Damn, thought it was some kind of new Gigabyte motherboard, and that BLW was a graphics card brand...
Saw a post by Jokester and automatically assumed this was a hardware forum! 
On the subject of breast/bottle feeding, sometimes it's not the choice of the parent... our son wouldn't take to being breast-fed at all, and couldn't get the hang of it.
On the advice of our doctor (a French doctor as our son is a Parisian... the French health system is so much better than the NHS) we used formula and he got on instantly with a bottle.
No matter how much we tried with breast feeding, he wasn't having any of it. He doesn't take after his dad for everything
Regarding the BLW stuff, isn't there a danger of poisoning the baby, for example, by giving too much salt? I remember hearing about this case where a baby was fed Ready Brek because the parents were unaware of the salt levels in food and what a baby's body can tolerate.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/404667.stm
On the advice of our doctor (a French doctor as our son is a Parisian... the French health system is so much better than the NHS) we used formula and he got on instantly with a bottle.
No matter how much we tried with breast feeding, he wasn't having any of it. He doesn't take after his dad for everything
Regarding the BLW stuff, isn't there a danger of poisoning the baby, for example, by giving too much salt? I remember hearing about this case where a baby was fed Ready Brek because the parents were unaware of the salt levels in food and what a baby's body can tolerate.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/404667.stm
I automatically read 'led' as 'light emitting diode' and wondered what it had to do with weaning. Some kind of new gadget with a pattern of small lights, perhaps.
Maybe I spend too much time with hardware
Maybe I spend too much time with hardware
My wife was really set on breastfeeding our ds (Jodie speak ) but after a few days he had to go on the bottle. TBH she was quite upset about it but it just wasn't happening, the only thing that nurses said would have helped was that he got a a couple of days worth of collosturum(sp?) or something like that.
She was also very strict on no solids before 6 months as I think we seen eczema and asthma linked with early solid problems. I suffered from eczema as a kid and still have asthma so we didn't give him solids during that time.
My mates wife had twins and they've had coke, candy floss, all the crap of the day and a lot of that was within the first 6 months.
When I first read your post Jodie I wondered what the benefit of a breast feeding counciller would be as we got loads of advice in the hospital and than with visits from the health visitor etc. But on a retake I remember reading about breast feeding support groups in our area which I assume you'd have a role in. Good job though, I'm all for giving babies their mothers milk whenever possible.
) but after a few days he had to go on the bottle. TBH she was quite upset about it but it just wasn't happening, the only thing that nurses said would have helped was that he got a a couple of days worth of collosturum(sp?) or something like that.She was also very strict on no solids before 6 months as I think we seen eczema and asthma linked with early solid problems. I suffered from eczema as a kid and still have asthma so we didn't give him solids during that time.
My mates wife had twins and they've had coke, candy floss, all the crap of the day and a lot of that was within the first 6 months.
When I first read your post Jodie I wondered what the benefit of a breast feeding counciller would be as we got loads of advice in the hospital and than with visits from the health visitor etc. But on a retake I remember reading about breast feeding support groups in our area which I assume you'd have a role in. Good job though, I'm all for giving babies their mothers milk whenever possible.
I automatically read 'led' as 'light emitting diode' and wondered what it had to do with weaning. Some kind of new gadget with a pattern of small lights, perhaps.
Maybe I spend too much time with hardware
You're not the only one
Everything needs to be checked before it's prepared for the baby. As with an adults diet, there should be no need to add anything (particularly salt) as food contains enough natural salt anyway, so those parents probably overdosed him on Ready Brek by giving it to him all the time.
Porridge on the other hand is much better than Ready Brek as it has way less salt. It's about checking everything and making sure it's ok. There are plenty of books on nutrition for babies that make it very clear what baby can and can't eat. Most of it is common sense tbh.
The point in BLW is that you give the baby lots of different things to try out for themselves, to let the baby decide what they like/don't like and what/when they will/won't eat.
I automatically read 'led' as 'light emitting diode' and wondered what it had to do with weaning. Some kind of new gadget with a pattern of small lights, perhaps.
Maybe I spend too much time with hardware
Same
By the way ds2 means darling/dear son 2, it's something used on other forums I post on and slipped in here. 2nd son basically so that would be Ethan, it's quicker that way hehe.
thanks for that, i have been using some pregnancy and childcare sites and the DD and DS and DD4 has been confusing me a little!
Glad you cleared that up. I was picturing you trying to breast feed an early incarnation of a space station.By the way ds2 means darling/dear son 2, it's something used on other forums I post on and slipped in here. 2nd son basically so that would be Ethan, it's quicker that way hehe.
Er, not that I was picturing you breast feeding.
/nervously looks over shoulder
Seems a bit odd/pointless to me to ask people if they know what something is
and then two seconds later before giving people a chance to respond explain exactly what it is?
or could it just be that this is another opportunity to explain to the great unwashed how amazing breast feeding is, how it's totally the only way to go and how your going to be a counselor etc etc etc
and then two seconds later before giving people a chance to respond explain exactly what it is?
or could it just be that this is another opportunity to explain to the great unwashed how amazing breast feeding is, how it's totally the only way to go and how your going to be a counselor etc etc etc
If you eat fresh food, there is not enough salt and your diet should be supplemented.
Salt is very good for you and is essential. Large salt intake only affects very few people. The rest of us can eat pretty much as much salt as we want with no adverse side effects. The chance of getting health problems from salt is reduced even further if you use sea salt and not the processed crap.
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Actually - I'm not pro-breast. Not feeding anyway
With our son, we were basically forced to breast feed by the nurse. I can't really put it any other way. We were going to do it anyway, but we were forced after the birth
Then 2 days later at home (with our son screaming the house down and distressed) - we mentioned to the midwife who called round that we thought something was up with him. She said he was fine etc etc.
We ended up atking him to the night clinic & he was rushed into casualty. After a few hours of tests, we were told he was severly dehydrated, and he had to be placed in an incubator and pumped full of Salts / water as he hadn;t got anything since he was born.
Turns out my wife hadn't been producing any milk, the midwife never noticed & the doctor stated my only son was about 6 hours away from going into a coma. The doctor also stated that this is a regular occurance and he would be having a word with someone about it. Apparently 2 out of 1000 babies are usually hospitalised due to breastfeeding not working, but this doctor stated it was more like 1 or 2 a week in his department.
I place all the blame on the midwife though - as there were many signs our son was very sick from day one. Luckily she apologised when she finally had the decency to call around again (I even asked her how many kids she had.......the 40+ year old had none funnily enough)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05278/582435.stm
With our son, we were basically forced to breast feed by the nurse. I can't really put it any other way. We were going to do it anyway, but we were forced after the birth
Then 2 days later at home (with our son screaming the house down and distressed) - we mentioned to the midwife who called round that we thought something was up with him. She said he was fine etc etc.
We ended up atking him to the night clinic & he was rushed into casualty. After a few hours of tests, we were told he was severly dehydrated, and he had to be placed in an incubator and pumped full of Salts / water as he hadn;t got anything since he was born.
Turns out my wife hadn't been producing any milk, the midwife never noticed & the doctor stated my only son was about 6 hours away from going into a coma. The doctor also stated that this is a regular occurance and he would be having a word with someone about it. Apparently 2 out of 1000 babies are usually hospitalised due to breastfeeding not working, but this doctor stated it was more like 1 or 2 a week in his department.
I place all the blame on the midwife though - as there were many signs our son was very sick from day one. Luckily she apologised when she finally had the decency to call around again (I even asked her how many kids she had.......the 40+ year old had none funnily enough)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05278/582435.stm
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Agree, I do that too
Seems a bit odd/pointless to me to ask people if they know what something is
and then two seconds later before giving people a chance to respond explain exactly what it is?
or could it just be that this is another opportunity to explain to the great unwashed how amazing breast feeding is, how it's totally the only way to go and how your going to be a counselor etc etc etc
I'm not like that at all, if you knew me you'd know that and I'm sure the people that have been around these forums for a while know that too. It's a shame that you think that but you seem to be very aggressive about an innocent post, have I said something to offend you somewhere without realising? I never professor to know everything and I do think breastfeeding is best but I am not biased as I've been on both sides. I bottle fed my daughter who was premature and had to stay in special care being tube fed and I still feel guilty over never breastfeeding her now. If I knew then what I know now then I would have tried but I didn't and I didn't have the support or have anyone explaining anything to me. Mabye that's why I want to train as a breastfeeding counsellor. I wouldn't force anything onto a new mother, on here I'm discussing things but in reality I would try to help and not judge at all.
Sorry to all those that thought this thread was about something else
Hehe.