Guest guest Posted August 28, 1998 Report Share Posted August 28, 1998 Hi to all, hope all is well! has been a bit grumpy, not sure this is related to the weaning but no real change yet. We only changed his dose by 1cc so I am sure it will take a while. Unfortunately, we are already seeing an increase in stools from 2-3 day to 5-6 and much looser. On the good side though, on his own he has been using the potty and even managed to make it to the potty yesterday for a stool which was almost what I would call formed (sorry to be so explicit) He has also been complaining more of tummy pain but I don't know if this is related since we only went down 1cc. Has anyone ever done this weaning before? I am curious for some insight. Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(going on 20) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 1998 Report Share Posted August 28, 1998 Spencer has been weined down from 7cc morning and 7 cc at night to 7 cc morning to 2 cc at night. He is know retching every twenty minutes and haveing very, very loose stooles again. Like every hour or two. He is on tpn and only get about 700 cc's of Vivonex a day. So a lot of poop for so little food. We just went to the doc yesterday and I will update the plan a little later when I have a bit more time today. Lot's of love, ---------- > > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] weaning > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 2:46 PM > > > > Hi to all, hope all is well! > > has been a bit grumpy, not sure this is related to the weaning but no > real change yet. We only changed his dose by 1cc so I am sure it will take > a while. Unfortunately, we are already seeing an increase in stools from > 2-3 day to 5-6 and much looser. On the good side though, on his own he has > been using the potty and even managed to make it to the potty yesterday for > a stool which was almost what I would call formed (sorry to be so explicit) > > He has also been complaining more of tummy pain but I don't know if this is > related since we only went down 1cc. Has anyone ever done this weaning > before? I am curious for some insight. > > Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(going on 20) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic > gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 1998 Report Share Posted August 28, 1998 We weaned two of ours in the spring ove a two-month period. Their symptoms did not return until about a month AFTER we FINISHED the wean. However, Kody was sick before, during and after the wean now that I think about it. THat was back when we let him eat. SJHarlow@... http://www.c4isr.com/harlow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 1998 Report Share Posted August 28, 1998 His idea is that we have him weaned by October 1st, we are going down a cc every 10 days. Then he plans on November 1st doing another biopsy to see if the disease remains gone. Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(going on 20) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) ---------- > From: SJHarlow@... > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] Re: weaning > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 4:46 PM > > We weaned two of ours in the spring ove a two-month period. Their > symptoms did not return until about a month AFTER we FINISHED the wean. > > However, Kody was sick before, during and after the wean now that I > think about it. THat was back when we let him eat. > > SJHarlow@... > http://www.c4isr.com/harlow > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 1998 Report Share Posted September 2, 1998 How is Spencer, we haven't heard from you in a while? Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(in 1st grade, only a few more years before the boys are pounding down the doors) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) ---------- To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] Re: weaning Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 2:22 PM Spencer has been weined down from 7cc morning and 7 cc at night to 7 cc morning to 2 cc at night. He is know retching every twenty minutes and haveing very, very loose stooles again. Like every hour or two. He is on tpn and only get about 700 cc's of Vivonex a day. So a lot of poop for so little food. We just went to the doc yesterday and I will update the plan a little later when I have a bit more time today. Lot's of love, ---------- > > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] weaning > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 2:46 PM > > > > Hi to all, hope all is well! > > has been a bit grumpy, not sure this is related to the weaning but no > real change yet. We only changed his dose by 1cc so I am sure it will take > a while. Unfortunately, we are already seeing an increase in stools from > 2-3 day to 5-6 and much looser. On the good side though, on his own he has > been using the potty and even managed to make it to the potty yesterday for > a stool which was almost what I would call formed (sorry to be so explicit) > > He has also been complaining more of tummy pain but I don't know if this is > related since we only went down 1cc. Has anyone ever done this weaning > before? I am curious for some insight. > > Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(going on 20) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic > gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 1998 Report Share Posted September 3, 1998 I am sending an update in just a few hours........thank you so much for wondering. I really appreciate it. Love, ---------- > > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] Re: weaning > Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 10:06 PM > > > > How is Spencer, we haven't heard from you in a while? > > Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(in 1st grade, only a few more years before the > boys are pounding down the doors) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic > gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) > > ---------- > > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] Re: weaning > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 2:22 PM > > Spencer has been weined down from 7cc morning and 7 cc at night to 7 cc > morning to 2 cc at night. He is know retching every twenty minutes and > haveing very, very loose stooles again. Like every hour or two. He is on > tpn and only get about 700 cc's of Vivonex a day. So a lot of poop for so > little food. We just went to the doc yesterday and I will update the plan > a little later when I have a bit more time today. > > Lot's of love, > > > ---------- > > > > To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com > > Subject: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] weaning > > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 2:46 PM > > > > > > > > Hi to all, hope all is well! > > > > has been a bit grumpy, not sure this is related to the weaning but > no > > real change yet. We only changed his dose by 1cc so I am sure it will > take > > a while. Unfortunately, we are already seeing an increase in stools from > > 2-3 day to 5-6 and much looser. On the good side though, on his own he > has > > been using the potty and even managed to make it to the potty yesterday > for > > a stool which was almost what I would call formed (sorry to be so > explicit) > > > > He has also been complaining more of tummy pain but I don't know if this > is > > related since we only went down 1cc. Has anyone ever done this weaning > > before? I am curious for some insight. > > > > Dawn, mommy to Dakota, 6(going on 20) and , 2-1/2 (eosinophilic > > gastroenteritis, fundo 10/96) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 wrote: > How do you know if baby is ready to wean? My 15 week old baby is still > gaining half a pound a week (which he has done since birth, and is just > breastfed), he sleeps 12 hours a night. > > My HV says to start weaning at 16 weeks, but I am not sure of the > disadvantages of this. Hi 17 years ago they use to say to wean at 4mths but now I'm sure they say between 4-6mths but to wait until baby is ready, your HV shouldn't give a blanket magical number for all babies I'm not sure what the documented signs are but I would take them to be baby seeming unsettled after feeding, wanting to feed more often, generally searching for more, waking more often at night. Mari was solely breastfed until she was 6mths old, she didn't show any signs of wanting anything else, convenience wise it's hassle when they start on solids and as I remember (must refresh my memory on these things!) the documented advantage to introducing solids later is that they are less likely to develop any food allergies. Also if Rohan is sleeping 12 hours at night I would say that he's satisfied with what he's getting and I personally wouldn't want to risk that wonderfully contented sleeping pattern, could be that solids will disturb that. HTH Jenni (& Gethyn) nearly 17yrs, Mari 3yrs (HB), Babi Bach exp.09/2001 " This Day Will Never Dawn Again " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 > sorry if you have recently discussed this subject, but wanted to get your > expert advice. > > How do you know if baby is ready to wean? WHO latest guideline is exclusive bf till 6 months. Presumably before only if desperate which it certainly doesn't sound as if your son is! HTH Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 I wish i had waited for both of mine but peer pressure is so great that you feel guilty so if there is ever a next time i am going to wait!! to put off > that gloop in hair, gloop on floor stage for as long as possible. totally agree with this LOL > It is fun for about a week then, I warn you, it becomes mind-numbingly tedious. and this!! LOL thats exactly what its like. Love http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-soapy-group Re: Weaning > > > > My HV says to start weaning at 16 weeks, but I am not sure of the > > disadvantages of this. I want to start, purely selfishly because I think it > > sounds like fun! > > I have started each one of mine later than the previous one so as > > Lynda > SAHM to (8), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00) > Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch > Area Rep, Region 7 > www.familygarland.co.uk > > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 I was horrified to read in Emma's red book, that she had her first taste of baby rice at 11 weeks (11 WEEKS!!). Not so much peer pressure, although it was recommended by the HV, but boredom on my part. Oh so little I knew. > I wish i had waited for both of mine but peer pressure is so great > that you feel guilty so if there is ever a next time i am going to > wait!! Me too, never going through that 'put it in her mouth, scrape it off, put it back in her mouth, scrape it off again, and so on' until eventually after 10 minutes, she takes a teaspoon full. Next time they will have to be actively cooking it before I start weaning. > to put off > > that gloop in hair, gloop on floor stage for as long as possible. > totally agree with this LOL Oh we went for the pinning her arms down and chucking it in. Emma didn't have her hands on real food until she had finger foods. No mess but no fun either. > > It is fun for about a week then, I warn you, it becomes > mind-numbingly tedious. > and this!! LOL thats exactly what its like. Oh and ROFL this is sooo much like it is. All those tiny teaspoons of food, and cooking an apple and having it frozen for a month until she eats it all. I got really oranise and bought a load of fresh fruit and veg to cook and puree - we threw the last cubes out when we moved here. Never did finish it all. She was onto family foods before it ran out. However - the thing about waiting for the signs (asking for food by name, eating crumbs from under the sofa, begging), is that all babies do this at different times. Some do it at 4 months, some at 10 months - some, like my daughter, never did. Anyway whatever you decide - good luck and don't be peer pressured by us old hands here either. If its time - you will know. Sue NCT BFC who started weaning at 11 WEEKS. Blimey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 > I was horrified to read in Emma's red book, that she had her first taste of > baby rice at 11 weeks (11 WEEKS!!). Not so much peer pressure, although it > was recommended by the HV, but boredom on my part. Oh so little I knew. I *wish* 11 weeks. With my first, born 1968, I had a maternity nurse (horror of horrors, dreadful woman, put me off bf the minute I walked in from hospital, and bottle fed my DD1 by holding her at the end of her lap, not even close in her arms) who stayed with me for THREE weeks and said she would get Sara on solids before she left. THREE WEEKS and she was having pureed carrot until her nose turned orange. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 > > It is fun for about a week then, I warn you, it becomes mind-numbingly > tedious. > > Isn't this true of most aspects of bringing up children. I know what you mean, but on the whole, no, I don't think so. I am getting just as much delight in watching my youngest learning to walk, talk and assert himself as I did with my oldest 8 years ago. I find the real " hands on " stuff, the interacting with them, talking, listening, watching absolutely fascinating, so entertaining and it's different every day. It's all the other in-between bits, the cleaning up, the food preparation, the table laying, the clothes washing and ironing that I find so boring, and sadly the more children you have, the more of this stuff there is to do. Just clearing the table after a meal takes me nearly half an hour these days (clear plates, wipe mats, check my email, pick food up off the floor from under 4 chairs, wipe the high chair, check my email, ......). If I had the money, I would love to employ somebody to do all the tedious jobs for me, not a nanny to look after the children, but a housekeeper to look after the house. Lynda SAHM to (8), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch Area Rep, Region 7 www.familygarland.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 Just clearing the table after a > meal takes me nearly half an hour these days (clear plates, wipe mats, check my > email, pick food up off the floor from under 4 chairs, wipe the high chair, > check my email, ......). ROFLPIMP, my day is one long timetable of cleaning, tidying, checking email, cooking, washing up and checking email. In evenings it revolves around making cups of tea, checking email and chatting on IRC. Talking about weaning - we have a foster kitten here. I managed to age her today at 4 weeks but she is little bigger than a CD and ever so malnourished. You would all be proud of me, she is on formula, syringe fed and cat food. So now my day consists of: Make breakfast, shout at Emma, feed the kitten, clear the table, wipe the kittens bum, see Emma on the school bus, feed the kitten, check my emails, cuddle the kitten, wipe the kittens bum, clean the kittens sticky eye, check my email, cuddle the kitten, put some washing on, check my email, etc.... and that is just up to 10am. Today our boxes arrive and I will have to intersperse the above with unpacking boxes, setting up computer, checking email (just to make sure it works), setting up the TV and Vid and DVD, unpacking kitchen etc etc. But I am taking a well deserved break at the moment to check my emails - cos its been a while. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 Just clearing the table after a > meal takes me nearly half an hour these days (clear plates, wipe mats, check my > email, pick food up off the floor from under 4 chairs, wipe the high chair, > check my email, ......). ROFLPIMP, my day is one long timetable of cleaning, tidying, checking email, cooking, washing up and checking email. In evenings it revolves around making cups of tea, checking email and chatting on IRC. Talking about weaning - we have a foster kitten here. I managed to age her today at 4 weeks but she is little bigger than a CD and ever so malnourished. You would all be proud of me, she is on formula, syringe fed and cat food. So now my day consists of: Make breakfast, shout at Emma, feed the kitten, clear the table, wipe the kittens bum, see Emma on the school bus, feed the kitten, check my emails, cuddle the kitten, wipe the kittens bum, clean the kittens sticky eye, check my email, cuddle the kitten, put some washing on, check my email, etc.... and that is just up to 10am. Today our boxes arrive and I will have to intersperse the above with unpacking boxes, setting up computer, checking email (just to make sure it works), setting up the TV and Vid and DVD, unpacking kitchen etc etc. But I am taking a well deserved break at the moment to check my emails - cos its been a while. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 > Next time they will have to be actively >cooking it before I start weaning. LOL! >to put off > > that gloop in hair, gloop on floor stage for as long as possible. In spite of my HV and her line about how he would never eat lumpy food if he didn’t have it before he was 6 months old, I didn’t do more than make a few token attempts, motivated by guilt. We really started when Calvin was about 7 months and then he didn’t really get the hang of it and eat anything resembling a meal until about 9 months. > > It is fun for about a week then, I warn you, it becomes > mind-numbingly tedious. Definitely. And frustrating when they won’t eat. And made me angry when he would spit it out, etc etc. > we threw the last cubes out when we moved here. >Never did finish it all. She was onto family foods before it ran out. I did feed him the last of this stuff recently. Whenever he’s teething or grumpy, he still likes a nice jar of slushy fruit instead of being required to chew. >Sue >NCT BFC who started weaning at 11 WEEKS. >Blimey! Yes, Blimey! Phyllis (mom to Calvin, 17 months old and will eat almost anything) __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 Hear, hear!! And I only have the one toddler! and a two bed apartment! Janet ----------------- If I had the money, I would love to employ somebody > to do all the tedious jobs for me, not a nanny to look after the children, but > a housekeeper to look after the house. > > Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 > How do you know if baby is ready to wean? My 15 week old baby is still > gaining half a pound a week (which he has done since birth, and is just > breastfed), he sleeps 12 hours a night. He makes chewing actions when he > watches me eat, but thats the only sign I have seen. > > My HV says to start weaning at 16 weeks, but I am not sure of the > disadvantages of this. I want to start, purely selfishly because I think it > sounds like fun!<< Sounds like he's quite happy the way he is at the moment. I know how you feel though, with my DS1 I just about hung on until he hit 4 months and then straight in with the weaning. Pretty soon it got to be a bore and such a tie. With bf it doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing, you can still feed and don't need any preparation, once you start weaning you have to start carting food around if you're going to be out etc etc. By the time I got to No. 4 I just put off weaning as long as possible. He made it to nearly 6 months old by the time I started. The only sign that made me want to start was when my kids started waking up at night when they'd previously been sleeping through. Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 > In spite of my HV and her line about how he would never eat > lumpy food if he didn't have it before he was 6 months old, > I didn't do more than make a few token attempts, motivated > by guilt. We really started when Calvin was about 7 months > and then he didn't really get the hang of it and eat > anything resembling a meal until about 9 months.<< Yes this was very like ph who I half-heartedly started at nearly 6 months, but never really got into it until around 10 or 11 months really. Due I'm sure partly to me and my blase attitude to it all, plus hardly ever having time to fit food in - if he was asleep when it was served up then there never seemed to be the time to give it to him when he did wake as by then we were on the run to somewhere else. Should really call him the " tupperware boy " as a lot of his meals were eaten on the run, round Sainsbury, on the school run etc etc. Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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