Pureed Food Unneccesary

[Janie]

Ryn, I agree with the others....you're doing a great job hun

For those worried about choking, don't forget that most of us have a good, strong gag reflex. It might look your bub is choking, but it really is their gag reflex doing a good job of stopping them from choking. Obviously watch your baby while they're eating until you're confident that they'll be okay though

[Jennifer13]

As a side point re the iron from cord blood, we decided to have DD's cord blood collected and stored and the ob got back to us with the amounts taken, etc. (This does mean no delayed clamping, so is not for everyone). I had a c/s due to placenta praevia and although I forget the actual amount stored it was only a small amount above the minimum to make it a viable exercise. Apparently in a c/s there is less blood in the cord at collection time and since I never went into labour at all I'm guessing that might have affected it to?

Not sure if anyone needs the info but from that I surmise that if you had a vaginal delivery your baby's cord would have had more blood in it at time of delivery than if you had a c/s. Not sure if that changes with an emergency c/s as opposed to a scheduled one.

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

I tried the finger-foods with Aurelia a few days ago, she nearly choked on a piece of banana. Scared the living daylights out of me. I guess she's just too young at 7 months, I read an article that said it wasn't a choking hazard, but alas, it is. She doesn't know how to manage with real food, she doesn't know to take a small "bite", mush it with her mouth and swallow it. Right now i'm giving her lumpy puree and I think we'll stick with that for the time being.

[Mel6374]

My boy is 5 months now and has began grabbing for my food etc but I see this as interest rather than hunger. He breastfeeds 2.5-4 hourly and seems happy with this. I'm planning on skipping the mushy food stage this time around and going straight to finger food when he shows all the signs of being ready.

With my daughter I started her on solids at 5.5 months and pureed all her food at home. I remember she got constipated quite early on and so I stopped the pureed food and breastfed until the constipation had gone. That taught me to slow down with the solids.

My daughter was diagnosed with dairy allergy quite soon after solids were started. I'm hoping to avoid that this time by delaying solids with my boy.

Hi Claire
My baby, Jack is 7 months old and since starting solids a month ago he's had constipation. I went to a dietitian last weekend who seems to think he might be intolerant to dairy (via my breast milk) because he's had eczema since very early on and also has had a lot of wind since day one (hard to settle etc). So, I've now gone dairy free to see if it makes a difference. The thing I'm confused about is most of the symptoms of dairy intolerance seems to be the opposite of constipation. Do you have any words of wisdom? It's difficult seeing him crying everytime he does a poo and I really want to help him out as best I can.
Cheers