Its come around far too quickly. All of a sudden (well, for three nights actually) Seth is waking every hour in the night and demanding milk. I can no longer blame his need to comfort suckle. Its gone on for longer than a growth spurt. The chile wants real food. The biggest give away is his drooling, masticating mouth when we sit and eat dinner (he sits with us in Ezra's old high chair) and his delighted giggle when I caught Ezra feeding him marmite flavoured rice cakes. (I did extricate said rice cake before it became a choking hazard.)
He is barely three months old- too young in todays society for solids. I am too old to be feeding him every hour on the hour until he hits sixteen weeks.
What are we going to do? I can hear the baby rice calling from the cupboard..
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Well, there are two possibilities. One is that you offer him a bottle/beaker as well as the boob. I know, shock, horror, but I am just thinking that perhaps with all that has happened, is happening, your milk may be on the wane, or that you follow the lure of the baby rice. You can't go on like this, in my mind I'm full of admiration for how brilliantly you have done. Must be that Northern determination we hear about!
Humm....3 1/2 months is a bit young but every child is different. Seth may just have a big appatite and require solids earlier than other babies.
I say try him with the rice ceral and see what happens. It's not going to hurt him and it may offer you a bit of rest!!!
Three words: For Mu La. I would have thought he's a bit young for cereal, but the old fake milk sometimes does the trick.
Ladies, panic not. I was a tad presumptious and things have settled down. Nights are back to normal- for now. My breast milk is in abundance thankfully-I seem to be producing gallons of the stuff, but as you know, there comes a time when milk just isn't enough.
I could flip to formula- I probably will when we do wean him for real, but my milk isn't the problem- his appetite is. The chances are I could've spent every hour either a. bottle feeding him, or b. listening to a screaming baby (KE- he does have the odd bottle every now an again when I've been making the drinky drinky motion)
Do you know how long it's taken me to realise why this entry is called weaner?
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