Not exact matches
Others will get it
back when they
introduce solid foods to their baby — which shouldn't happen before six to eight months at the earliest.
Some of these things are extremely important, like the new recommendations to keep newborns and infants sleeping on their
backs to reduce the risk of SIDS, and others are less important, like this one about water or some of the stricter guidelines about the order of
introducing solid baby
foods.
At the same time, follow the advice of your baby's doctor regarding the right time to
introduce solid foods and scale
back on formula.
And «
back in the day» my daughter slept on her tummy from the first day in her crib with bumpers, and my mother helped me
introduce solid foods at 4 months (all my aunties said «feed that child», too!).
We have started weaning onto
solid foods but Alex does not seem to want to drop any of his milk feeds yet and that's fine, he will naturally cut
back on his milk as we
introduce more
solids into his diet.
Some of these things are extremely important, like the new recommendations to keep newborns and infants sleeping on their
backs to reduce the risk of SIDS, and others are less important, like this one about water or some of the guidelines about the order of
introducing solid baby
foods.
Most mothers tend to stop breast feeding their babies once they grow teeth or when they
introduce solid foods or they tend to wean once they start going
back to work.
Also it
backs up the whole idea of breastfeeding on demand - your baby know how much
food they need and when they need it, why change that pattern when you
introduce solids!
Estrogen levels tend to start bouncing
back once you
introduce solid foods.
Breastfeeding also pushes
back the age where you need to start
introducing solid foods.
Your baby may be showing you that he or she is ready to start weaning the week before you're going on vacation, but for the sake of convenience, you might want to wait to
introduce solid foods until you get
back home and things have become settled once again.
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