Probably a dumb question.., breastfeeding & baby food

This is probably a stupid question lol...it's been almost 8 years since I've done this & I forgot...How do you work breastfeeding & baby food? I mean, when do you nurse & when do you feed your baby food? I didn't nurse my son, so this is all new to me. Also, it's funny because at 19 I knew how to do it without any questions asked, & now at 26 I'm completely lost. lol I feel like a brand new mom again!


Anyway, I'm sure when I take Camrynne to the dr. today I'll get the whole "schpeel" from him, but I'd like to hear it from you guys too!




TIA!

Jenn

I always nurse just before feeding Sophia babyfood. That way, she is getting most of her nutrition from the breastmilk, and supplementing it with baby food.

Nods, until they are a year or more, most nutrition should come from your BM, and not solids.....so we always offered the breast first, then fed solids.....

We also expressed and mixed BM with cereal for a little bit, but we mostly waited until they were old enough to do finger food and they just fed themselves that, so it was 7-9 mos before they really got solids.

Ashley nurses about every two hours still. So, at mealtime, she nurses about 1/2-hour after eating solids. She doesn't eat much in regards to solids so I nurse afterwards and she still gets most her nutrition from BM.

I experimented with before and after ... and after worked better for us.

HTH.

Definitely nurse first. That is where they need to get most of their nutrients until age one. Plus you don't want to deal w/early weaning!

Good luck at the ped office!

Julie

not a dumb question, I feed Kaitlin an evening meal about 1/2-1 hour after she has nursed then she will nurse again about 1/2-1 hour after she eats baby food. So we are kinda inbetween. She loves it. I also experminted with how to feed it to her and if I gave it to her after nursing she was to full and if I wate and nurse her right after she only wants a little. So I give her tummy a little time to digest the BM and then give her some then fill her up again. Works for us.

HTH

QUOTE (Cal&Camsmom @ Jul 7 2003, 10:38 AM)

it's funny because at 19 I knew how to do it without any questions asked, & now at 26 I'm completely lost. lol I feel like a brand new mom again!

I know exactly what you mean, at 18 I was ready to go, wasn't afraid of anything and thought I knew it all...I had read all there was to read, taken all the classes there were to take and listened to everyone's advice etc...., now at 26 ready to have my second, I feel lost as a puppy......please tell me it all comes back to you LOL

I agree with most here-nurse first then offer solids. BM is the main source of nutrition for the first year, everything else is extra. Don't worry too much if she doesn't eat a lot of solids, it's not that big of a deal this early. Hannah wasn't that interested in solids that much, and we didn't force the issue. She was about 9 months old before she was really interested in them. Hannah still nurses before and after having solids (well, meals actually). She will go pat the recliner when she wants to nurse, to tell me to come and sit down with her ! I think that's SO cute!

HTH!!

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She will go pat the recliner when she wants to nurse, to tell me to come and sit down with her  ! I think that's SO cute!

That is adorable!! I can't wait until Sophia can really tell me when she wants to nurse rather than just getting really irritable