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Q: Vegetables At 6 Weeks

asked by: Eyes Wide Shut on June 7th, 2006

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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

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Same As Teen Pre Reply

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.

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

Melissa_20

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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

Eyes Wide Shut

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Re: Same As Teen Pre Reply

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.

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) 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 me out next time...I think i'm going to just put plugs in my ears!!

Sarah

Becky

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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

Melissa_20

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Who is the woman in that pic?

Becky

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Thats my mother. We got all 'gothed' up- (if thats what you call it) as we were going to see the rocky horror show

AlliE_18

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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.

AyaMiyaki

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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.

Eyes Wide Shut

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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

Becky

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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!

AyaMiyaki

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Re: Vegetables At 6 Weeks

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.

Eyes Wide Shut

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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

AyaMiyaki

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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.

tigresacanela24

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Hormones ladies? Let's calm down.... Sarah, i've got an fool doctor story too only mine actually harmed my child...

diamondsz

replied on June 7th, 2006

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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?

replied on June 7th, 2006

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Fat Babies

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.

Kimmeh

replied on June 8th, 2006

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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.

foxy

replied on June 8th, 2006

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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.

tigresacanela24

replied on June 8th, 2006

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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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