i dont want to switch to formula, besides i really doubt he would take a bottle at this point.
2007-11-05 08:00:06 · 15 answers · asked by pattypouter_freddyfit 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
well....it looks like i wont be weaning him then!!!! the boob it is! thank you
2007-11-05 08:09:31 · update #1
Nope. No milk until 12 mos, so it either has to be breastmilk or formula and if you're weaning, then he won't get the breastmilk. Alternately, no solids until 6 mos. He wouldn't get enough nutrients if you weaned him now and he'd be underweight, and you'd be compromising his brain development. He'd take a bottle if he had no other option--you couldn't be the one to start him on it. It'd have to be someone else.
2007-11-05 08:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sit'nTeach'nNanny 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Until a baby is a year old, he/she must have breast milk or formula. After 12 months, most babies can begin drinking whole cow's milk without trouble. If you are not going to continue breast feeding him then he will have to have formula. There is no other way for him to have the multitude of vitamins and nutrients he needs for proper growth and development. Baby foods alone do not contain adequate nutrition for a growing baby. Many babies will go from breast feeding to bottle feeding with no trouble at all. It is actually a rare baby who refuses to drink from any nipple if he is hungry. Some will fuss and balk at first, but when it is the only thing offered, a bottle nipple is better than nothing at all. You may have to experiment with which type of nipple he likes best, but he will take to one eventually. Until around 6 months, he still needs the same amount of milk (breast or formula) every day and if solids are introduced before then, they should only be in addition to his milk intake. Even when he is eating solids 3 meals a day he still needs breast milk or formula.
2007-11-05 08:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a 4 month old first source of nutrition has to be breastmilk or formula, solids are only a little part of their diets. Cows milk is too heavy on their stomachs (not recommended until their first birthday). So, either you stick with breastmilk (the best option) or you gotta switch to formula.
2007-11-05 08:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pitusi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't use formula for my babies. My 4 month old just started solids. He sill drinks from me mostly. He will wean himself. He will start eating more solids and need less milk. In a few months I will add another fluid option while still breastfeeding (such as half apple juice and half water)... The time will come where I am only breastfeeding in the evening... but I am not ready for that. In fact it makes me sad to think about it! They grow so fast
My daughter refused breastmilk at 13 months. Wouldn't take anymore... she always was resistent, lol
2007-11-05 08:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, you baby need to be on breast milk or formula until he is a year old since that is where they get most of their nutrition. Please call your pediatrician they can recommend a formula for you. If he doesn't like the bottle then try a sippy cup. And the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't even recommend that you starts most solids until 6 months of age.
2007-11-05 08:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the two one is fantastic. We presented solids to my son whilst he grew to become into 4 months corrected (quite 5 months yet he grew to become right into a preemie). We began out with one million tbsp of solids, two times an afternoon, and worked up slowly from there. in case you start up on some solids, you will prefer to adhere with the comparable nutrition for no less than 3 days, to rule out any allergic reactions, then progressively contain new ones (comparable element, each and every nutrition 3 days in a row). i could save breastfeeding and pumping as established, do no longer shrink the milk in any respect!
2016-10-03 10:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by albury 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
babies should have breast milk or formula till they are 1 yr old then switch to milk for the iron and added vitamins at 6 months they usually start on baby food but still get formula. your baby should even though has been breast feeding be able to switch to the bottle easily
2007-11-05 08:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by Manda P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you do that? Solids are purely for experimentation in the first year and shouldn't even be introduced until 6 months or later.
Here are the facts on weaning and early introduction of solids, so you can understand the basic biology of infant development:
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/solids-when.html
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/weaning/index.html
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/risks_of_formula_08-02.html
2007-11-05 08:10:21 · answer #8 · answered by Terrible Threes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unless he can hold a sippy cup to get fluids he should either have formula or breastmilk. The breastmilk has many nutrients that he needs right now also if you haven't lost the baby weight- keep breastfeeding- that'll do it!
2007-11-05 08:07:17 · answer #9 · answered by jesse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bulk of his nutrition will come from nursing or formula until he's over a year old.
You can give him solids, and he will nurse less, but its not for the purpose of weening. He HAS to nurse, his body cannot get all the nutrients it needs from food because his digestive system isnt developed enough unti he's a year.
2007-11-05 08:04:53 · answer #10 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋