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Vegetables At 6 Weeks Posted: 06-07-06 11:50am
Hey yall!!! Kayoni had a .Dr's appt
yesterday and here's how it went!!!
I initially went in for dehydration due to
diareahhea...
She was weighed in her diaper only when
she got there and was 10lbs. Even. On
her last visit 3 1/2 weeks ago she was
8.4/5 lbs. According to her .Dr she
.T.R.I.P.P.L.E.D the weight she was
supposed to gain. She was supposed to
gain 9oz and tacked on 30!!! He doesn't
believe that I only feed her formula every
4 hours with sugar water in between her
feedings. I thinks I feed her every time
she cries. But honestly, she doesn't look
10lbs...But she feels it.
Then I asked about her diarrehea and he
said "well when you stuff her full of
formula it's gotta come out
somehow!"....She only eats 4oz every
4hours. She only feeds for 25 minutes,
burbing included. So I don't know what
the f*ck he's taking about.
Then I asked about her belly button. He
said it was "an umbilical herniation(aka
an outie) and it's herniated further than
normal because she's so fat."-end quote!!
Are you f*ckin serious!! He said it
should start to sink in when she's about
4.
We're gonna tape a quarter to her belly
over her belly button and sort of force it
back down. I push on it all the time and
it doesn't bother her, so i'm sure the
quarter will be painless. If it doesn't
work...Oh well.
So then he tells me to take her off of the
cereal at night and start giving her
vegetables throughout the day with a spoon
only. She's been eating oatmeal cereal
for 3 weeks w/a spoon, so she basically a
pro!!
Then he tells me I can start giving her
diluted kool-aid, power aid, gator aid,
10k, or propelle instead of sugar water.
She's 6.3 weeks old and doing and eating
things most babies don't do until 4months.
She eats from a spoon and eats
veggies...
Sarah
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Becky
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Same As Teen Pre Reply Posted: 06-07-06 13:10pm
I wouldn't recommend feeding her solids so
early. Speaking from personal
experience, I put my daughter on solids at
10 weeks old and she became obese.
Here's the evidence:
at the time I thought I was doing good but
by the time she was 6 months old she
weighed the same as a 1 year old. My
doctor went mad and I had to cut down her
food.
P.S just in case anyone (i.E dalicia)
health forum about me posting photo's
again, it is purely photographic evidence
to back up the point I am trying to make
Last edited by Becky on 06-07-06 13:39pm; edited 1 time in total
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 06-07-06 13:14pm
I don't think the quarter thing is going
to work.Its her body pushing it out so the
only way it will go back in(i'm sure) is
if her body does it on its own.Props to
you if it does work.I would have told the
doc "look,i feed her what I am suppose to
and thats it.Now why would she have
diahrrea(sp?)" your doc sounds a little
harsh!Thats awesome she is eating stuff
like thats already,i thought it was bad
for them to eat that kind of food that
early
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Re: Same As Teen Pre Reply Posted: 06-07-06 13:51pm
beckster06
wrote:
i wouldn't recommend feeding
her solids so early. Speaking from
personal experience, I put my daughter on
solids at 10 weeks old and she became
obese. Here's the evidence:
at the time I thought I was doing good but
by the time she was 6 months old she
weighed the same as a 1 year old. My
doctor went mad and I had to cut down her
food.
P.S just in case anyone (i.E dalicia)
health forum about me posting photo's
again, it is purely photographic evidence
to back up the point I am trying to
make
i don't care about petty things like that
ya know??
But on the solids note...I think your baby
is adorable..Not obese!! Yea, she's
chunky...But that's healthy and will shed
when she starts walking.
I don't understand why he would tell me to
give her solids one second and then
criticize me about her weight. It's kinda
hypocrytical on his part...Ya know?
I'm going to continue to follow his orders
and if he b*tches me out next time...I
think i'm going to just put plugs in my
ears!!
Sarah
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Becky
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Posted: 06-07-06 14:01pm
Ok but just be careful she doesn't get too
big thats all
p.S doctors are great at being
hypocrytical. One week they say one
thing, the next another
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 06-07-06 14:04pm
Who is the woman in that pic?
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Becky
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Posted: 06-07-06 14:06pm
Thats my mother. We got all 'gothed' up-
(if thats what you call it) as we were
going to see the rocky horror show
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AlliE_18
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Posted: 06-07-06 14:55pm
Yeh that doesnt sound good. Ive read
and been told you shouldnt give a baby
.A.N.Y solid foods until they are 4 months
old. Some people even wait until 5-6
months. This includes cereal in a
bottle which is also a bad thing to do.
Ok your baby might sleep better because it
fills them up but its still wrong thing to
do. Not good for their digestive system
when they are under 4 months old. Only
give milk and water. People seem to
shove a bottle in their babies mouth just
to stop them crying, so they end up fat,
to me thats abuse by lazy parents. They
should comfort him/her in other ways and
stuff not keep feeding them just to shut
them up! -no wonder they get diarohea
and allergies, cos they are given too
much. (maybe water instead of more n
more milk, if you .H.A.V.E to give a
bottle, would be better?...Idk and im not
on about anyone here personally, just in
general)
im still breastfeeding my son 100%, hes
perfect average weight for his age. Im
going to start introducing him to baby
rice mixed with milk when hes 4 months old
like the health professionals say is
right. Then pureed (sp) fruits, then
veggies.
what are you on about taping stuff to her
belly button. Thats total madness and
cruel! Plus they are really dirty, so
it could give her belly button an
infection.....Gawd just leave it alone,
the doctor said it will heal itself in
time! Damnit.
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Posted: 06-07-06 15:02pm
You probably shouldn't be feeding her any
kind of solids at all right now (veggies,
cereal, etc). I've heard that such young
babies have a hard time digesting those
things since their systems are still so
young. Also, if you're feeding her every
time she cries instead of every time she's
genuinely hungry, maybe you should try
giving her a pacifier instead. A lot of
babies are comforted more by the sucking
than by feeding. It might help control
her weight gain as well.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 06-07-06 15:39pm
Wow...Did no one actually read my post?!?!
I said that I feed her 4oz of formula
every 4 hours and sugar water in between
feedings.
Allie: look, I am not a dramatic person
and hate to start drama...So I am gonna
take what you said and sh*t on it. Your
past "track record" shows that you, of all
people, should not be breast feeding.
Alcohol is just as bad for a digestive
tract. And what's the statement "i'm
breastfeeding 100%" supposed to mean? Do
you think I didn't breastfeed beacause I
didn't doing it want to??!! I was told to
stop so that my baby could get over her
.Jaundice.
I am very sensitive about the
breastfeeding topic and you reeeeaallly
don't want to go there.
Beckster: I wasn't saying I don't care
about what you suggested...I was saying I
didn't mind you posting your babys pics.
To whomever it may concern: I .D.O .N.O.T
stuff a bottle in my childs mouth when she
cries. I go for alternative methods of
soothing. I use her nook and white noise
to soothe her.
How anyone got that I "stuff" food into
her mouth absolutely misunderstood my
post.
I am a very 'trial and error' type person
and if 3 table spoons of vegetables is to
hard on her belly, I will lessen the
amount.
As for her belly button: there is a such
thing as sterilization, and I plan on
sterilizing the coin. She has .N.O open
wound...It just pokes out. It's more of
an old wives take and a hazzard for my
child.
I do appreciate those who took the time to
actually read my post and respond
accordingly. Those who quickly read
through and raced to state their opinion,
please don't waste my time.
Sarah
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Posted: 06-07-06 15:54pm
babymajic0506
wrote:
beckster: I wasn't saying I don't care
about what you suggested...I was saying I
didn't mind you posting your babys pics.
To whomever it may concern: I .D.O .N.O.T
stuff a bottle in my childs mouth when she
cries. I go for alternative methods of
soothing. I use her nook and white
noise to soothe her.
How anyone got that I "stuff" food into
her mouth absolutely misunderstood my
post.
Sarah
i knew you weren't having a go at me and I
know exactly what its like to have people
say you are stuffing your baby with
bottles. Before I put my daughter on
solids she used to wake up every hour on a
night for bottles. When I spoke to my
doctor she suggested I put her on a
formula for hungrier babies. I did and
although she was having the recommended
number of bottles per day, as it had more
calories in it she was piling on the
pounds and people kept telling me to stop
giving her som many bottles.
It really p!Ssed me off and thats why I
gave her solids at 10 weeks old but she
just had the same number of bottles and
ate the solids too! Haha.
Lil piggy!
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Re: Vegetables At 6 Weeks Posted: 06-07-06 16:02pm
babymajic0506
wrote:
i thinks I feed her every
time she cries. But honestly, she
doesn't look 10lbs...But she feels
it.
i didn't say you "stuff a bottle" into
your child's mouth. I said that, instead
of feeding her when she cries (which, as
i've quoted, is what you said you think
you do), maybe you should consider
alternate ways of comforting her, such as
a pacifier. I'm not sure where you got
"stuff" from, but it sure as heck wasn't
from my post. Perhaps you should go back
and re-read it. And if you mistyped "i
think I feed her every time she cries",
you should say so, because you're giving
the impression that it's what you do, then
getting defensive about it. Otherwise,
don't jump down my throat. It's
completely uncalled for.
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Posted: 06-07-06 16:09pm
Holt sh*t....I'mmm soooo sorry!!! Wow!!
I shoud've put "he" instead of
"i"...That's totally my mistake and I do
apologize.
Although I apologize, you shoud've
realized that I made a mistake. I am
gramatically correct 99 out of 100 times
and to see that I put "i thinks" totally
goes against .M.Y "normal" grammar. I am
not the type to not capatalize my "i's."
beckster: I know people are gonna say sh*t
and that I can't let it get to me.
Because i, like everyone else, have an
opinion on many things. If my .Dr were to
insist that I not feed my child solids
until 4 months and someone comes on here
saying they're giving it to their 6 week
old, I would prob. Respond the same
way!
Sarah
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Posted: 06-07-06 16:17pm
babymajic0506
wrote:
holt sh*t....I'mmm soooo
sorry!!! Wow!! I shoud've put "he"
instead of "i"...That's totally my mistake
and I do apologize.
Although I apologize, you shoud've
realized that I made a mistake. I am
gramatically correct 99 out of 100 times
and to see that I put "i thinks" totally
goes against .M.Y "normal" grammar. I am
not the type to not capatalize my
"i's."
i'm not trying to be the grammar police.
My point is, you gave the impression in
your original post that you might be
feeding her every time she cries, and then
later on down the road you start flipping
out that you *don't* feed her every time
she cries, and how dare people assume that
you're "stuffing" a bottle into your
child's mouth. People only know what you
tell them, so if you tell them one thing,
how are they supposed to automatically
know what you really meant? That's what I
meant by "if you mistyped, you should say
so" so that we know what you really meant
instead of what you actually typed.
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Posted: 06-07-06 19:06pm
Hormones ladies? Let's calm down....
Sarah, i've got an fool doctor story too
only mine actually harmed my child...
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Posted: 06-07-06 22:11pm
I think that obese cr2p is bs my daughter
got huge really wuick and slimmed down at
a year and now is stable at 32 lbs 3 feet.
Anyways my point is I started her on
cereal at about 6 weeks in her bottle, she
was on veggies/fruit before 3 mths, she
start meats/home at 6/7 mths with drs
approval with cam I dont even ask anymore
I just do it. Anyways cams 18 lbs hes
already 27 inches long hes a big baby but
the kids likes to eat and im not going to
starve him.
I think if a kid needs to be fed feed them
regardless of what anyone says that 4-6
month rule is complete bs it may apply to
some babies but it doesnt apply to every
baby that is for the average baby but how
many ppl can say they have the average
baby?
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El
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Fat Babies Posted: 06-07-06 22:54pm
I totally believe you babymajic- my
daughter is almost 7 months old now- she
is a big fat roly-poly, at 6 months, she
weighed in at 8.3 kilos- I think that's
about 18 and a half pounds.
She only takes 4-5 feeds a day, and only
takes a maximum of 200ml each feed.
According to the feeding guide on the
formula tin, she should be taking 50 ml
more each feed. She is (apparently)
eating what a 2-4 month old should take.
I'm still trying to get her to take solids
but she refuses it as often as not- she
does like "finger foods" though- piece iof
apple or toast she can nibbble at
herself.
She has rolls, folds and little baby
boobies.
Some kids are just litttle fatso's no
matter what you do.
My sister was enormous, and the nurses
went mental at my mother, telling her my
sister should be put on a diet, as "an
obese child is an obese adult" my mother
never had the heart to put my sister on a
diet, and just as well too, becuase my
sister is now the skinniest person I know.
She has to be carefull because she looses
weight when she's stressed or ill. It's
as if the fat she put on in infancy was
her whole fat "share" for life !!
Ps- do not give your baby sports drinks!!
I don't know what your doctor is telling
you- over here, they tell you babues are
to have milk only (formula or breast) and
water (if formula fed)only until they are
4-6 months opld. My maternal and child
health nurse told me to leave solids to as
close to 6 months as possible. 6 weeks is
way too early.
I heard water for babies is not
good...That's what i've been told
everywhere I go. Formula fed babies can
(but it's not needed) have a small ammount
of water a day and breastfed babies don't
need it at all.
Just what I heard.
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foxy
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Posted: 06-08-06 08:16am
I have an adopted son, that I raised since
he was 5 hours old. He was on cereal
mixed with the formula at six weeks....Not
too much cereal but just enough to give
the formula some substance. And he was a
chunky baby, and his doctor loved it
because he was extremely healthy and
happy, he actually told me that whatever I
was doing to just keep on doing it. As
far as the vegetables etc. Just like
people, all babies are different some can
handle the puree vegetables at an early
age while others cannot. That stages
thing where they say how old your baby
should be before eating certain things is
just a guide, I think by monitoring your
baby you can determine if this type of
feeding is suitable for her. The only
thing I was admant about was not giving my
baby honey, nuts (including peanut butter)
and any seafood before he was two because
it has been found that this things can
bring about allergies.
Now as far as the chunkiness goes, I would
say don't worry about it unless your baby
is becoming grossly obese because as soon
as she starts getting active i.E.
Walking, running the weight is going to
fall off very quickly.
The belly button, we call the protruding
ones outies....I hate to disappoint you
but in my experience once you have an
outie, you will always have an outie, I
have never seen an outie turn into an
innie (i stand to be corrected), I have
two cousins who were born with outies, one
is now 18 and the other is around six I
think and they still have the outie. So
nothing can help that, no quarters, no
tape.....Nothing besides plastic surgery
(which I know is not an option. Your
best bet is to just teach your daughter
that an outie doesn't make her less of a
person or less beautiful.
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 06-08-06 08:31am
I hate to disappoint you but i've read
that whether or not you have an innie or
an outie is dependent upon the structure
of your abdominal muscles which is
dependent upon your genetics. So it's
not gonna change. My whole family has
innies, hubby's family has innies, I have
an innie, hubbie has an innie and now that
.Matt's umbilical cord has fallen off, he
has an innie too. Hope that doesn't
disappoint you too much.
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