Weaning Baby

[Notveryhappy]

My baby is 8 weeks old and weighs 12 pound. She is always hungry and requires more feeds that she should really be having.

Is it too young to maybe introduce her to baby porridge or rusks. I'm not too sure and don't want to do it too young.

Thanks for advice.

P.S This is in parenting too, but thought i'd get more feedback here

[No,Knowledge]

you will get lots of good answers , most of the women on here are great, great, great grannies.

[madmaggot]

Are you breast feeding? If so you would be better I think to give some formular for one feed to give your milk time to build up for the next. Drink plenty of fluids and eat iron rich foods.
It used to be thought ok to wean babies early and I started my 1st child on cereal at 8 weeks. He put on too much weight. My 2nd was just on milk until 6 months and she easily stayed within the correct weight.
If she is on formular anyway ask your health visitor whether she is on the right one, it may be that she requires a richer feed.

[pink-kittens]

Goodness no, 8 weeks is far too young for rusk - have you seen what is them? - or weaning. Rusks are not recommended until at least 6 months because of the gluten

Weaning should not start now until 6 months this is because research has shown babies digestive system is not mature enough for solid food until this age. Baby should be able to sit unaided and if you wait until 6 months you dont have to make mush but can give pieces of soft fruit and vegetable, cooked

stacks of info out there about the age thing as well, but no way should you start at 8 weeks old, whether breast or formula fed. If baby is hungry up the milk they are having by either giving larger feeds or more frequent smaller feeds. Who said she 'should' be having a certain amount each day? your baby will eat what she needs not what other people say she should have :-). She may take more or she may even take less

http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/baby/w eaning/#cat227288

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/baby_w eaning.html

Baby led Weaning is a wonderful way to wean
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/startingsolid s/babyledweaning/

So much information out there :-)
hth

[pink-kittens]

"Are you breast feeding? If so you would be better I think to give some formular for one feed to give your milk time to build up for the next"

Sorry madmaggot, - supply and demand as far as breastfeeding is concerned, your breast will always have milk, they do not run dry, they do not need 'time to top up'. In fact the worst thing to do is introduce formula as this can be the end of BF'ing

As for formula? Well they are all much of a muchness - made from cows milk with added proteins etc, but the 'hungry baby' milks have added a thickener rather like cornflour to fill a baby up for longer HTH

[naughtyboy]

.......a good old vindaloo washed down with six pints of bass does it for me.....but I wouldn't recomend it at eight weeks.....nine yeah but not eight.....