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    Aug 2008
    Adelaide
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    Am I not feeding her enough?

    Currently at 11:30pm DD is eating her dinner leftovers off the floor. Hmm....better explain that a bit further When she finished dinner, I'd picked up the bits she'd dropped but I had left them on her tray as she was getting cranky. I fell asleep when she did and hadn't gotten around to clearing them yet. I'm still getting used to the fact that she can now reach her tray.

    Anyway, typically in a day, DD will eat:

    Breakfast: 2x weetbix or bowl of cornflakes with full cream milk
    Lunch: Whatever we had for dinner the night before (generally meat/chicken & veg, sometimes with pasta or rice)
    Afternoon: fruit with or without yoghurt
    Dinner: Whatever I'm having or sandwich/toast or a rafferty's meal if I'm pressed for time/feeling lazy

    She also has breastfeeds first thing in the morning then around 10pm and feeds to sleep at around 1am (10pm - 1am is generally play time around here). We've only just dropped the feed she was having just before bed around 7pm because she wasn't feeding very much and then would wake every 45-60 minutes until wanting another feed at 10pm. Since we've dropped this one, she's been sleeping much better and then feeding better at 10pm. I don't think she needs the 1am feed for any other than to sleep.

    This brings me to tonight. She fed after waking at 10:30 and spent about 30 minutes on one side before I decided to call it quits and swap sides. But she didn't want the second side. Half an hour later, I notice her eating the leftovers of her dinner.

    I'm not really worried (our floor is clean), but am just wondering how much more to feed her? If she makes a fuss when I'm eating I'll either share it with her, if suitable, or give her a small snack of her own. Often though, it's just a case of her wanting what mum's got.

    ETA - DH just made me a sandwich since I haven't eaten tonight. DD is stealing it!
    Last edited by Tuesday's Child; January 10th, 2011 at 11:03 PM.