Re: Breastfeeding & ? about nosebleeds

[Guest guest]

Have you researched it much? Do you know how long it is

>healthy for the baby to do that? Is there some point at which they are

>unable to get all of the nutrients they need from breast milk?

I haven't been able to find any info on it. I've just talked to some friends

that have exclusively nursed their babies up to app. 14 months. I believe

most Drs. say at about 6 months you need to get more iron in their diet, but

I think they're underestimating breast milk. My son has always been pretty

good size (he was 9 1/2 lbs. at birth) he has gained weight and was on the

high side of the growth chart the one time he went to the Dr. So I haven't

worried about it.

How often does he nurse each day? How often at night?

Most days he nurses more at night than he does through the day(or at least

it seems that way) I'd guess that he nurses every 1-2 hours through the

night. I really don't know how often he nurses through the day a couple

times an hour for very brief periods while he's awake.

How interested is he in the things you are eating?

Probably starting at 4-6 months he was always trying to grab my food(which

of course signaled to everyone that I should be feeding him) but I think

that's just natural and not really a sign that they want to eat. Tues. he'll

be a year and it's just been the last 2 weeks that he has been very

insistent that he wants tastes of my food. He acts very insistent and gets

angry if I'm not paying attention and don't give it to him. But he's still

just getting small tastes of things, it's certainly nothing significant. He

seems satisfied with that, so we'll keep on like this indefinately.

I don't know how strict this list is to staying on topic, I have a OT ? but

if it's inapp. just let me know. My DS (the 1 yo) keeps bumping his nose and

getting nose bleeds, 4 times this week. My other 2 kids have never had a

nose bleed, does anyone have any info. on this. They're not bad they just

bleed for a second and stop on their own. It just seems weird to me.

Sheila Terry

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Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so study without

liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.

-Leonardo Da Vinci

[Guest guest]

Have you talked to La Leche League? They are the breastfeeding experts and

I have learned alot from attending their meetings every month. I have a

friend who just weaned her Kindergartener from bf but he was not exclusive

to that anymore. I think her almost 2 year old is eating solid foods...

And I'm thinking that around 4-6 months I'll start my now 2 month old on

some Earth's Best cereal.

Priscilla

At 10:39 PM 10/25/98 -0500, you wrote:

>From: " sheilat111 " <sheilat111@...>

>Have you researched it much? Do you know how long it is

>>healthy for the baby to do that? Is there some point at which they are

>>unable to get all of the nutrients they need from breast milk?

>

>I haven't been able to find any info on it. I've just talked to some friends

>that have exclusively nursed their babies up to app. 14 months.

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