Breastfeeding 8+ monthers
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Topic: Breastfeeding 8+ monthers
Posted By: Dylans_Mummy
Subject: Breastfeeding 8+ monthers
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 1:37pm
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How mean breastfeeds per day is your 7/8/9 monther having?
My little boy has 3 solid meals a day and will have approx 4 - 5 breastfeeds per day. The first feed of the day is always guzzled down, but the others seem to be just short snacky feeds. I know plunket recommends baby has 600ml of breastmilk a day at this age but how can you tell if you are breastfeeding? I'm not so much worried.. just curious as to what other babies are doing! Thanks    ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 1:52pm
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my 17 mth old can have up to four a day sometimes... and she was doing that pretty much from the time she came home! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: mumzrule
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 1:55pm
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When Lilly was 8-9 months she was having 4-5 feeds a day. They were not big feeds, but she was still happy and healthy.
Keep up the good work dylans_mummy  -------------  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 2:02pm
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We are still on about 6-7 feeds a day here, sometimes more. Mine doesn't eat very well at all though. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 3:05pm
| normally 4 feeds through out the day and depending if he wakes up or not sometimes 1 at night. Morning and night feeds are long good ones, day ones are quite short with lots of pulling off and looking around etc... |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 3:23pm
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Hmmm Taylah will have about 7. lol it seems a lot.
She also sometimes wakes once during the night. She is the same she will have one decent one in the morning, one decent one at about 930-10pm. The rest are just small snack feed, she doesnt stay on the boob longer than 3-5 mins the whole day!!! -------------  
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 3:28pm
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I was wondering this the other day aswell so thanks for asking lol!
Rory has 4 it's generally at 6, 10, 2 and one just before bed the morning and just before bed feeds are good ones about 5-10mins each side the other 2 are probably 5 mins all up he eats 3 big solid meals a day aswell. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Dylans_Mummy
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 4:35pm
| Thanks ladies =) He is pretty happy and lotsa wet naps so i'm sure he's getting all he needs!! It's nice to not be feeding 24/7 (well that's what it used to feel like haha) but it also feels strange like I should be feeding him more but really he's just fine! If you get what I mean...lol. |
Posted By: crakars
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 5:10pm
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Im exactly the same as noodle! - except the first one is around 7 - i have read that apparently the first one to go would be that mid morning one - give water/juice instead - anyone else heard this?
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 7:33pm
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Hmmm interesting. Jody usually has 5-6 a day with 3 meals. But has recently dropped her mid morning one. I haven't replaced it with water or juice. Just sleep and toys. -------------   
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 9:35pm
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Spencer was bottle fed so a bit different but he dropped the mid morning one first purely cos he started sleeping through it, I didn't replace it with anything, but as he got older and slept less then he started having a snack around 10ish instead.
I wouldn't replace a milk feed with juice personally, not sure I would try to replace it with water either. -------------
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 22 August 2009 at 9:51pm
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ok so my problem is kinda the opposite, i dont think David is having enough! he is 10mth old has three solid feeds during the day & sometimes lots of snacks, but i struggle to get hijm to feed off me during the day :S -------------   
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