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DS started on mush a couple of months ago, just once a day, he's only 6 months old, so I wasn't too stressed about him eating a lot of food. We've recently amped it up (not all at once) to 3 times a day and I think it might be taking his body a bit of time to adjust. His poos are nuggety and there's really not that much of it... usually they're a few a day and still BM poos (if that makes sense).
Is this pretty normal when adjusting to more food?
Completely normal. He also has to learn how to do solider pooh!
Make sure he has lots of water/BM as well as his food.
Emma went through a stage or two like that - I just made sure she had pears at least once a day (I just used the tinned Heinz pears), and went through a process of elimination (hehe, pun intended) to work out which foods were particularly bad for "blocking" her up. I found banana to be the main culprit. If she was still having trouble I either changed 2 meals on one day to pears, or dropped off one solids meal and amped up the fluids until she returned to "normal". :)
Does he seem to be uncomfortable?
he doesn't seem too uncomfortable, at least he's not whingey (not that he ever is!). I'm making sure he's getting pears every day.... and his lunch and dinner were pumpkin based with a few other veggies, but it was mostly pumpkin.
I'm going to drop his lunch tomorrow and see what happens- thanks xxxx
poor little man is not happy today- he just got woken up from his morning sleep because he was passing a big nugget and i think it scared him. Is going a day with only BM okay you think?
Oh no! :( That's not fun!
Yes, i definitely think a day with only BM would be fine! Sorry, I just saw this now! Hope he's feeling better now. xoxo
Hun, nuggets are a sign that he needs some more fluid or is reacting to the food. I think bm only for a week or so is a great idea. Then when you re-introduce the solids, start slowly. I'm a big fan of baby led solids as giving the baby control really eliminates a lot of the problems with spoon feeding. If you are interested in knowing more about it, there is a a chatter thread here - https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...er-5-a-148037/ and some other interesting threads in that sub-forum. You can also get some great information by googling.
Also, solids replace milk so try to keep offering the breast often and many mums find that this is a good time to start offering some water in a cup as well.
Thanks MantaRay
He's been on BM only today, poor poppet. Tomorrow as well, if he's still the same, now is the time I'd welcome a poonami! I really thought I'd been going slowly enough, and he's having only fruit and veggies, stewed at home, and have been offering milk just as often. I think maybe there's been TOO MUCH food, you're right.
I've been interested in the BLS and reading for a couple of months, still don't know where I am on it, but appreciate the links, Thanks.
Well I don't say this often LOL, but I hope you have a poo-nami today hun :hug:
haha, thanks MantaRay!! He's happier today, so we'll see what happens! x