Letdown

[dancerjodi]

Is just fascinating to me (please note: there is talk of bewbs and lactation in this link):
http://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/letdown/

I'm still on that train of "should I keep trying my best" and "should I start to try and back off bit by bit on the breastfeeding. In my head off in the distance is our trip to FL for Celebration VI, where Mina will most likely not be going with us. Hrm.

She is starting to seemingly pay attention to food, which means that more solid things will be coming. I'm debating between the traditional 'spoon feed the mushy stuff' and the baby-lead weaning approach. Maybe a bit of both? Or would that be confusing? http://www.babyledweaning.com/

Comments

[omly.livejournal.com]

FWIW long long ago, when Chiquita was that small, we used a bit both. I think she will let you know her preference. Re: the mushy stuff, my mom really just liked feeding Chiquita I think. I didn't care either way as long as what she was eating was not sweetened. Personalities are going to be huge here, but Chiquita just tended to try to take the spoon herself when spoon-feeding. And if I was eating something, it was absolutely the most fascinating thing ever that she *had* to have as well. (Ah the mommy diet, you never get to finish a meal by yourself.)

I think there is nothing wrong with you doing both. Feeding herself will not only let her explore her world, but it will give her good fine motor skills. You feeding her mushy stuff, ensures that when you are introducing new flavors that it is easy for her to try. She could absolutely try those by tasting things on her own, but especially when she has few teeth it gives her a few more options.

[nepenthedreams]

We did both and it wasn't confusing, I don't think. He didn't eat solid food for a while. We started around 6 months (as advised by the WHO or whatever) but it wasn't until 8 months that he would actually swallow it or take in any actual nutrition that way. Around that same time, we were in Germany and we were told babies there - their first food is pretzel - because they can pick it up and put it in their mouths and eventually it dissolves and they swallow it. So, we did that while we were there.

Probably around the same time, we also started attempting to let him try to feed himself. We'd feed him, but we'd also give him a chance to hold the spoon and try.

I figure - everything is practice - get them started practicing things and eventually they will learn it.