Babies Born November 2006 #39

**christy** · May 7th, 2008, 09:08 PM

Kim, I am so confused? Whats wrong with bottles? I mean they say you can bf until they are 2 fine, so why can't they have bottles until they are 2?? (I'm getting on my high horse at the MCHN.... not you

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I just get cranky hearing things that MCHN's tell mothers, but there is no apparent reason for, I mean its her opinion? No one ever told me to get Matilda off bottles. And she stopped having her nightly bottle, when she turned 3... maybe that was too late, but it was a sanity saver. And in my mind, sanity is so important.... or saving sanity I should say.

Well... I started a blog today. I've been making changes in my life this year, so I thought I'd document the journey I'm on.

Good news!!! Our chickens laid their first eggs today!! You could probably hear our celebration this morning around 9am. Poor chooks it was noisy....

Anything else??? Not that I can think of right now.

**visitor1** · May 7th, 2008, 10:37 PM

She never said why Chelsea cant have bottles...just that 'She should be off them by now". I copped it at 12 months...and again now pretty much. Ill keep giving them. I guess she (MCHN) sees me giving her formula as a way out of giving calcium/dairy foods. But in actual fact Chels gets yoghurt, custard, cheese (normally needs vegimite on it though) plus foods with calcium....??

Only 2 milks a day 150ml...

Oh and she said that she siint eating cos im giving her formula which is a load of hog wash too....we have good and bad eating days.

Woohoo on the chooks

**christy** · May 8th, 2008, 07:36 AM

Its funny isn't it Kim, our specialist told us when Matilda was diagnosed with her milk allergy not to worry too much about calcium, but make sure we have magnesium in the diet because that is what helps the body absorb calcium in other foods. He also said that its a load of crap the calcium thing... TBH I still worry about it.

Both my girls may have a glass of rice milk a day which is fortified with calcium, but I have to make sure they eat something else like broccoli (hidden of course) daily and thats about all. I don't push the calcium thing & 6 months on from the diagnosis, 12 months since I've been off milk & I had a blood test recently, my calcium levels are fine.

**taralee** · May 8th, 2008, 08:55 AM

I agree with you Christy - whatever you have to do to stay sane then do it. i cant believe all the stuff i worried about and it doesnt matter now. i say i'll do heaps different with this baby but who knows! lol all the things you're told not to do are the things you need to do so just do them. kids turn out fine in the end...well, most of them! lol