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Doris Tan (tandory)
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Username: tandory
Post Number: 12
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 11:43 pm: | 
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My 4 mth old daughter drink lesser recently then before. Is it normal? Previously she will drink abt 120ml every 3 hrs. But now she will only drink abt 80-90ml each time. |
Zolldoll (zolldoll)
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Username: zolldoll
Post Number: 1666
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 10:11 am: |
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Ya, this is the stage. My son and few other mummies have this same problem at this time too. I dunno why, but some say due to teething. But it is normal so dun worry. They will lose some weight during this time. |
Doris Tan (tandory)
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Username: tandory
Post Number: 16
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 9:26 pm: |
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Ya i also suspect that as now she is drooling all the time and keep bitting her fingers. Maybe is due to teething. |
mummy_j (jycneo)
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Post Number: 24
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 10:10 pm: |
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does it apply for 5 mth old baby? my gal appetite is quite inconsistent... sigh |
Zolldoll (zolldoll)
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Username: zolldoll
Post Number: 1683
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:31 am: |
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I should think so cos they start teething during this time if they are the earlier ones like my son. |
Jules' Mum (araid22)
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Username: araid22
Post Number: 347
Registered: 2-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 10:55 am: |
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Hi mummies,
My son was like that too. My PD mentioned that some babies got sick of milk and the intake will decrease. It's normal as long as your baby is drinking min 600ml.
After my son started solid at 6 months and started to crawl, his appetite became better. Hope this helps. |
weishy (weishy)
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Username: weishy
Post Number: 1190
Registered: 2-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 8:47 pm: |
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Hi dun worry there's some phases that tehy just dun like to drink  even when on solids........too much stuffs around them to distract them |
COOMOM (coomom)
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Username: coomom
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Friday, March 06, 2009 - 4:14 pm: |
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My baby nw 3 month plus also like dun like to drink milk too..she keeps drooling her saliva and also like to put her hands in her mouth...
everytime drink abt 40 ml..den...starting crying...dun wan milk and must have the pacifier..anyone have this problem too? |
Pauline (makubex)
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Username: makubex
Post Number: 27
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 1:02 pm: |
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My son 5 1/2 mths now, also having battle with him everytime i feed him with milk, and this has last for nearly 2 weeks. he'll start reject the milk after drinking around 10 to 20 ml each time, and can last him few hours. i am so worried he may not have enough intake. everybody so scared of feeding him.
3 days ago i start to feed him rice cereal, he can eat half a packet of sample pack size with 100ml of milk added into it, and after 3 hrs he ask for milk and can drink up to 190 some more. hope he can continue like this. |
Welsie (welsie)
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Username: welsie
Post Number: 31
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 11:05 pm: |
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My girl is 2 and half months old. She is also drinking less than before and started drooling and sucking her fists. Could she be teething also at this age. |
Ong Hui Li (jane0312)
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Username: jane0312
Post Number: 29
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 8:53 pm: |
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Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 103
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 - 10:07 am: |
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Hi Coomom,
I'm having the same experience as you now. My baby is now 3 months old don't seem to like milk. She used to drink 120ml FM every 3 hours. Now even I try to feed her 120ml every 4 hours, she will keep rejecting, crying. Then will keep sucking her hands. But try to feed her again, she will fuss and cry. Now can only feed her when she is really really hungry, which is about 2 hours after her feed time. Sometimes she will drink only half and stop. Wondering is it the formula milk giving her problems?? But she has been drinking Enfalac for about 2 months... So really not sure what's wrong. |
ponyseed (ponyseed)
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Username: ponyseed
Post Number: 10
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 - 4:58 pm: |
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hiya everyone,
now my gal is 5mth plus...gg to be 6mth old? and she seem drinking lesser milk...?or not much appetite..? tot at tis age, as they grow older will wan to eat more...really worrying ~ |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3957
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 8:42 pm: |
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cocoatan
mine too is fussing at feeds. i feed her only when she is about to fall asleep. cos that's when she will only suck. even at the start of the feed she will struggle and push away the bottle, then she will fall asleep and drink. very hard to feed. my body is aching from feeding her. and she's taking so little. how much is your baby taking in a day? |
Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 135
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:53 am: |
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Hi Val,
My girl going to be 4 month old soon, ya, appetite still didn't increase. Still drinking 120ml - 140ml of FM very 4 hours. I think a day, she took about 700ml to 730ml. Her first feed in the morning is the most difficult for us to feed her. She will keep fussing. So we have to let her keep licking her milk bit by bit for at least 5 mins then she will suck her milk. But when she doesn't want, no matter how we coax her, she still refused to drink.
That is why I still didn't train her not to drink milk in the middle of the night. Cos worried she doesn't take in enough milk for her growing body. But my MIL kept nagging at us not to feed her in the middle of the night... :P
How old is your baby now? |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3958
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 10:11 am: |
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cocoatan
wah 700mls is very good already. my baby takes less than 500mls. she's now almost 4mths too. 6days to 4mths. are you in the january thread?
i thought usually the first feed is the easiest to feed cos they are the hungriest?
which bottle are you using? i'm using the nuk. |
Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 136
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 10:59 am: |
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Ya, I'm from January thread.
Maybe I still feed her in the middle of the night that is why she always fuss during the 1st feed.
Will you be taking your baby for jab soon? If so, do ask the nurse to weigh her so you see if your baby got put on weight. If she is putting on weight, should be fine. Is your baby drinking amount all along the same? Or reduced recently? Could it be your baby is having reflux that makes her fuss during milk? Now I tried to burb my baby whenever I feed her (except during night feeds) which I hope in time to come she will like to drink more.
I'm using Avent. At first she is using the teat 1. She used to drink very fast during her 1st 2 months. So when her appetite seemed to be affected, she drank very slowly. So I switched to teat 2. Now at least she is drinking a bit faser. |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3959
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 2:23 pm: |
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i have a weighing scale at home which i use to weigh her. we weigh ourselves with and without her and take the difference and that's her estimated weight. she seems to be 6kg right now. she put on abt 300gms in 2 weeks(weighed at the clinic).
ever since the CL left, we've bn struggling to feed her. so it's been 3 months since the struggle. did you have a CL? |
Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 137
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 3:46 pm: |
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I do not have CL. My MIL cooked confinement food for me. So when your CL lady feed your baby, she's okay?? Actually since one month back, I can't feed my baby by carrying her, she sure will struggle and cry like anything. But when my MIL carry her to feed her, she seemed okay though she can still fuss abit. But after a while, she will suck. Maybe it's the way we hold her... heehee. So what I do is I lay her down on the bed and I feed her while she is laying down... :P |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3960
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:23 am: |
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cocoatan
when yuo lay her down on bed, do you use a pillow to prop her up? does she still fuss or she drinks without fuss? dunno why these last few days she's been fussing more than usual. could it be becos of her jab on friday? hm... |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3961
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 10:12 am: |
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cocoatan
you know... you shldn't worry abt your girl's feed too much. taking 700mls is very good. my first born when hewas baby also took 700mls and i was also v worried that he's not taking enough and every feed i'm always very stressed. i recorded the quantity of his every feed till he was 7mths old. then when i had my 2nd born, she took even less.... i was lagi worried. then came my 3rd born (my now 4mth old) - she's taking even less than my 2nd born. argh! so you can imagine the anxiety i'm going through. dunno why all my kids give me feeding problems. my sister's kids (now 10yrs and 4yrs) both fed very well to the point of being overweight as babies and on total breast milk. |
Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 139
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 12:55 pm: |
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Hi ValC,
Wow, you are a mother of 3... envy envy...
Ya, I use a pillow to prop her. She still fuss but not as bad as to carry her to feed her. She will play around the teat and keep turning her head left and right for a while before she starts drinking.
At first I worried about my baby demanding appetite. I do not have much BM so I supplement her with FM. So by right, the first month, baby should drink 60ml of FM every 3 hours. But at times she demands milk every 2 hours. So I will feed her whatever BM I had lor. She was 5kg when she was one month old. I worried she was overweight and overdrink. I also worried about her sleeping problem cos she was really a wakeful baby. I also recorded her sleeping hours each day since she was one month old. She slept only 11-12 hours a day only!! Oh dear, so stressed by her.
My baby's appetite was affected since she was diagnosed with meningitis a month back. She used to drink a lot more. Haha, when she drank alot during her first 3 months, I worried. Now she drank lesser than before, I worried also. I guess this is mother's natural instinct. :P
I understand your anxiety... Maybe you monitor for another 3-5 days. If she still fussing after a week, then bring her to see a doc/PD to check what is casuing her to fuss. It could be the jab. |
ValC (valc)
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Username: valc
Post Number: 3962
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:18 am: |
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cocoatan
wow 5kg so big! why should you be worrying then? thought bigger is better. and can never be overweight from bm. what's your baby's weight now?
my baby is the reverse she always slept and often slept past her feeding time after 3 hrs. and i would wake her to feed her. maybe that's why she dun like to drink cos we always tried to feed her when she's not hungry and sleeping. |
Cocoa Tan (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 140
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Friday, May 01, 2009 - 7:07 pm: |
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Hee, that time when she was 5kg, I worried she over drink. I was giving her FM most of the time cos I had low supply of BM. I think she is about 7.5kg at her 4 month now.
Now I worried she is not taking enough milk for her growing body. Like today, she supposed to drink her first feed at 9am. I gave her at 10am, she fussed like no know what. So finally I tried to coax her to drink at about 11+. She is taking lesser than her first 3 months which not suppose to be right? Cos as they grow bigger, should take in more mah.
But I heard from other mummies here in the forum that now older babies know when they are full so I tried to be more relax now lor.
Actually I rather my baby to sleep more. Cos sleeping can help baby to grow mah moreover give me more time to rest. But alas, mine is really really a wakeful baby... :P |
ValC (valc)
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Post Number: 3964
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 7:16 pm: |
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cocoatan
wow! your baby is 7.5kg you have nothing to worry about. i wouldn't worry if my baby was 7.5kg. |
star bright (star_bright)
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Post Number: 590
Registered: 3-2008
| | Posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 - 2:28 pm: |
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my baby is 4.5 months old now.
i remember he fussed a lot when he was +-3 months, refuse to drink milk, gets upset easily. my hubby would coaxed him to drink, sing a song or talk to him nicely. he grumbles a lot while sucking his bottle too. however, in the end, i still stick to schedule and make him drink his bottle, whether it is 5 minutes later, or 15 minutes later.
and yes, he was already sucking his fingers and fist at 2 months old. i don't think it's a teething coz babies only show signs of teething a couple of days/weeks before & after the tooth emerges.
i suspect babies undergo tremendous emotional change at that stage, coz they are beginning to differentiate day and night, recognise people, understand cause and effect. they are starting to explore their tongues too coz the suckling reflex is soon diminishing.
some form of confusion may force them to reject milk so mummies please DO NOT assume that your baby doesn't need milk. continue to feed on demand coz that's all they grow with which without, they probably can't thrive.
let's not take for granted & must constantly calculate the intake of milk for the baby:
baby's weight (lb) x 2.5 oz = daily intake |
Anna Kwek (annak)
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Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 - 3:53 pm: |
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my baby is 6weeks old and he is drinking ard 125ml and sometimes seems not enough. Is it normal? Will he overeat? |
jo's mummy (jo3309)
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 5-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:54 am: |
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My baby is 4mths plus, weigh 7.5kg and is drinking 90ml Isomil every 2.5 to 3hrs (previously is drinking 120ml every 3hrs until doctor said he is over weight). he seems not getting enuf and start crying after he finished the milk. he is also drooling a lot and likes to suck his fist. recently always cry at night when sleeping, very difficult to settle him as he twist and turn his body (althou he still have not learn to roll over).he cries every 2hrs in the midnight keep fussing and i take a long time to settle him to sleep.anyone know what might happened to my baby? |
highheels (highheels)
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Post Number: 72
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 12:10 pm: |
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jo's mummy,
My baby is 3.5mths old and keeps fussing as well. The period after midnight is the worst! She will keep waking up every 2-3hours! I was just talking about this in another thread:
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/36738/2598072.html
I'm surviving on 4 hours of sleep everyday now. Feeling tired and stressed and frustrated |
jo's mummy (jo3309)
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Registered: 5-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 3:15 pm: |
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thanks highheels,
am feeling tired and stressed too..i've tried to bath him with J&J bedtime bath & apply bedtime lotion to try to calm him..hopes it helps.. |
Esther (j2mum)
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Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 6:40 pm: |
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My baby now 4mths old. He start pushing me away and cry when i want to BF him, but once i put him down and talk to him he will be laughing. Doctor say baby is playful now, don't want to drink but love to play and talk. She say can start with semi solid food as they will enjoy it. |
Esther Yong Sheau Shan (ecyss)
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Registered: 12-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 9:04 pm: |
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My son is 4 month plus, weighing 8.4kg. He used to drink 120ml every 3 hours, but now only 70ml every 3 hours. I was a worried at first, why so little milk?? Now i guess its due to his body natural adjustment to slow down his growth at this stage. |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Post Number: 22
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 12:02 pm: |
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Hi,
My bb is 8.5mths old now. I'm feeding her with 3 meals of solids (ie cereal and 2 meals of porridge) as she drinks very little milk. As a guideline, can any mommies tell me how much portion size of minced pork, chicken or fish that we should add to bb's cereal and porridge at each feeding? Can advise based on our finger size? |
CocoaButter (cocoabuttertree)
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Post Number: 172
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 5:33 pm: |
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Hi ValC,
How's your baby now? Is she able to drink more milk now?
Just a little update on my baby progress. When she was 4 months old til 7 months old, these 3-4 months are really a stressful time for me and all her caregivers (MIL, my mum, my hubby). She was totally on milk strike. And we can only fed her when she was asleep. So throughout these months, I had to wake up during wee hours (12am, 5am) to feed her milk because she may not drink during the daytime. So throughout the 24 hours, she drank about 4-5 times, 4-4oz each time. During these period, I've tried many different brands on her but still once she tasted milk, she sure fuss and reject sucking.
I brought her to 3 different PDs. One told me to train her to drink while awake to prevent choking. She said babies will drink eventually when they are hungry. We tried for half a day and we gave up cos she was only 4+ months old and we can't bear her not taking in any nutrients for straight 12 hours. Another told me she's probably teething that's why rejecting milk. But now she is 8 months old, still no tooth. The 3rd PD said he cames across many babies who were like mine on milk strike. Probably sick of milk throughout the first 4 months. He told me to start her on solids since she doesn't like milk. He said in fact, giving babies solids is more nutritious than milk. I'm suprised when he said that and he actually went on to say babies in the past why got drink milk for so long but they still grow up strong and healthy. He even said "ang mo" babies start drinking fresh milk once they reached 1 yr old. So he told me not to worry if my baby is not drinking much FM as long as she is taking solids well. And he told me that this is a passing phrase. He said once baby is on solids, baby will eventually drink more milk.
So finally I'm more relieved and start feeding her solids. My MIL cook fish porridge for her since she was 5 months old. Occasionally will feed her blended beef porridge when she was 6 months old. And she loved it!!! She can finish half bowl of porridge (about 3 oz). So since then, she only drink milk 2 times a day (we feed her when she was sleeping).
Then suddenly one day, about 2 weeks back, I realised she is able to drink milk willingly. Now she is coming to 8 months, she can finish 7 oz of milk. I'm so happy. Perhaps like what the doctor said, this is a passing phrase. But even when baby is not drinking much milk, we can still use solids to replace the milk.
Hi onsansg,
My mother-in-law put about 3cm x 3cm of fish into her porridge. I think shouldn't matter if give more. Fish has several essential minerals such as iron, phosphorous, selenium and iodine. Since your baby not drinking much milk, then do give her more vege and fish ya. |
babyalychan (babyalychan)
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Post Number: 16
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 9:08 pm: |
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Hi,
my baby is about 5 mths old and she is rejecting milk too. one feed takes ages to finish. sometimes she suck on the teat for an hour only to finish 100ml. sometimes she dun even drink from the bottle, just play around with the teat in her mouth. sometimes she'll keep fussing abt n my mil, n hubby tink i'm like 'torturing' or 'forcing' her to drink milk. i keep track of how much she drinks n she's drink sometimes almost 200ml less than when she's at 3-4 mths.
i hope it's a passing phase. if so, usually how long is this phase? will she have enough nutrients to grow? should i start on solids? |
elseve (elseve)
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| | Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 10:56 pm: |
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My gal is 24wks old. Ever since her 5-in-1 and rotar virus immunization,she has drank lesser BM. Esp on the 1st week after immunization. Does anyone has the same situation too? |
Anna Kwek (annak)
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| | Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 10:21 pm: |
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Hey, mine too. Since his 1st 5-in-1 and rotavirus injection when he was 13weeks. He is 17weeks now and still drinking lesser milk than before... He used to finish 150ml every 2hrs. Now about 100-120ml each feed at 3-3.5hrs intervals. Sometimes he only drank 40ml and can last for 2 hours... But he is still active and happy, so I decided not to worry too much... |
elseve (elseve)
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| | Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 10:46 pm: |
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I guess if they are still happy and gaining weigh, there is no worries to it.... |
onsansg (onsansg)
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| | Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 5:52 pm: |
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hi, my experience similar to cocoabutter. i tink she went to the same doc as mine for the 3rd opinion cos he also said the same thing. my tactic now is to try to thirst her by having 2 solids before a milk, and she will drink.. |
Poko1 (poko1)
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Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 11:40 pm: |
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Hi! I have a twin. The gal has not much prob drinking her milk though she may resist after a while. If I play wif her or sing to distract her, she may finish it.
The boy takes eternity to finish. Normally stops at abt 60 mls and to feed the remaining 40 mil, have to do it at least half hr to an hr later. And they only take 100 ml at 3 half months!
The twins dont show particular interest in their feeds. They tend to cry when i try to feed them, and we very seldom have them crying for milk bcos of hungry.
I think they have never experienced hunger cos we always try to feed them every 2 half hrs or so.
They are born light as they were premature and light weight so they are much smaller than an average 3 months old. But i am honestly not too worried as they are still active, bright eyed and putting weight. |
onsansg (onsansg)
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| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 11:30 am: |
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Well done, Poko1. I was more of a worrier from the day my bb was born, as she was light weight and dislike milk and it was a struggle for months when i first introduced her solids. Till today, she still vomits on milk/solid feeds, once a week (it was worse in the past 9 months). I thot she din gain weight to my ideal wish but bb doc said she is catching up (moving from 10% at birth till today, at 25%percentile). I start to accept the situation and minimise the amount of feeds to lessen occurence of her vomitting. She is still drinking 60ml-120ml of milk per feed (din increase since birth). I've accepted as it is, finally thought deep down I yearn that she has bigger appetite and heavier. |
freya (freyasoo)
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Post Number: 184
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 11:22 am: |
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Hi,
i am confused whether my gal is taking enough milk..
she is 8.5months now.. and taking 4oz every 3 hours since she is 6months till now..
i wonder how to drag the timing longer and to feed her more oz..
cos even if i give her 5oz.. she will left over one or half oz for the basin! |
onsansg (onsansg)
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| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 12:27 pm: |
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It's ok. my bb also drink 3-4oz per feed and in a total daily milk intake, it's actually about 200ml. I have been pumping more milk for her from 4oz to 6oz, but can say, 99% of the feedings are thrown to the basin too.
Not to worry, since your bb is taking solids or semi-solids already and the statistics of growth is moving up the curve. I have consulted a bb doc as well as another doctor (who is of a different discipline),both of them tell me that milk is crucial for a bb up to 4mth old. Thereafter, it is the nutritional solids that counts. They say milk only provides a few spoonful of nutrients and the rest are made of water. This explanations has taken me for a few months to finally accept as it is. |
Poko1 (poko1)
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| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 11:53 pm: |
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Ongsansg,
How old is yr babe now??? Just wondering... |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Monday, October 05, 2009 - 9:57 am: |
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Hi, my bb is entering her 11mth old now and will be 1 yr old by Nov 24. Is your bb much younger, how old? |
ling (fengfeng)
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Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 11:10 pm: |
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hi all mummies,normali hw long ur bb take to finis up the milk |
Cecilia (sissy)
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Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 2:42 pm: |
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I have a 4 and a half month old baby boy. He has the weirdest feeding habits.. At 4 months, he was taking 9oz of formula every 6 hourly. Now that I have started introducing him to solids, he has began rejecting milk! Typically, he takes about 6oz of milk in the morning, then about 1 80g of baby food mixed with milk and rice cereal for lunch + about 3oz of milk, then the same for dinner and a 9oz bottle around midnight. I wonder is this normal and sufficient? |
cheesecake (cheese_cake)
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Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 7:42 am: |
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So glad to found this thread.. I thought only my baby is rejecting milk.. She's 5months plus, keep playing with teats and look here and there, just dont want to drink.. sometimes, feeding her like going to battle.. But I duno if want to intro cereals now, since PD said to wait till 6mths..
Think she is small sized too.. now I think only 6kg..
ling - last time my girl took only 5mins to finish 150ml.. now depends on her mood.. sometimes can take 10mins or more than 30mins to drink 200ml (but sometimes wont finish) |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Username: onsansg
Post Number: 42
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 2:50 pm: |
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Hi, so long as your bb is on solids, her milk intake will definitely be reduced. This is the tricky part that we need to keep constantly try to feed bb with liquids at intervals. |
mschan (mschan)
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Username: mschan
Post Number: 74
Registered: 11-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 11:06 pm: |
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Hi cheesecake,
Probably your child feels something else like teething which may be a reason that she doesn't want milk. Just be patient and give her time. Of course when she becomes hungry she'll ask for it. Don't give solids yet until she's 6 months old. Follow PD's advice. |
cheesecake (cheese_cake)
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Username: cheese_cake
Post Number: 56
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 11:21 pm: |
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Hi mschan, I intro cereals after she's 6 mths and currently porridge as per PD advice. Surprisingly, she managed to drink more milk after taking solids.. |
MyMiracle (mymiracle)
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Username: mymiracle
Post Number: 13
Registered: 4-2008
| | Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 1:17 pm: |
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Hi all
Oh no...i realised most babies are drinking abt 120ml on the average for your 4 mth olds. I just called an adviser to complain that my baby is drinking lesser than the recommended. but now i realised my baby isnt drinking so little compared to the rest. Hope im not over feeding him. He is drinking 180ml! |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Username: onsansg
Post Number: 55
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 4:21 pm: |
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So good, my bb now at 1 yr old only starts to drink 180ml recently..but to my amazement, she eats 1 full bowl of porridge for each lunch and dinner too.. |
Christina (music79)
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Username: music79
Post Number: 6
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 9:36 am: |
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Hi all,
My ger sick for past 1 month, recently just recover from the horrible cough. Bought her to see PD last week for review of the cough. She weights 5.6kg, 62cm at 5 months 2 weeks. So pathetic right. Doc said she underweight lor. Anyboday facing same problem?
Her milk intake like 140(after adding in formula)at 3 to 4 hours interval. |
cheesecake (cheese_cake)
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Username: cheese_cake
Post Number: 81
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:14 am: |
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Hi Christina,
My girl is not sick but also very light. or rather gain weight very slowly. Think she weigh only around 5.9kg at 6.5 months. PD didnt say underweight, only said she falls in the 10 percentile only and not to worry as different babies are different, as long as do not fall below 10 percentile is ok.. |
Ann (mdew)
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Username: mdew
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 1:42 pm: |
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Hi , my gal is only 2 and half month and is rejecting milk , what to do ? she just suck a little then turn away her head , she will cry if we keep on pushing her the milk bottle . she is too small to go on solid food . I dont think she is having any ulcer since most of the time she dont cry. Sometimes we even try to feed her with a spoon , still when she tasted milk, she will just cry. if we feed her with water, she is ok with it . |
Christina (music79)
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Username: music79
Post Number: 9
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 - 8:40 am: |
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Hi Ann,
Is she rejecting bm or fm? You may wish to bring her to consult PD. Her weight normal etc? Btw, does she like to drink water cos my ger like water more than milk. |
Ann (mdew)
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Username: mdew
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2010
| | Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 - 4:40 pm: |
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She is rejecting fm . All the while i never give her bm . Her weight is ok . She gets very frustrated during feeding time .Somtimes got to wait till she very tired , then push her the milk bottle and let her drink unconsciously.... Sometimes she likes to drink water, sometimes dont . |
VRB (happydad2009)
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Username: happydad2009
Post Number: 16
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 11:25 am: |
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My baby used to reject milk when she had Oral thrush, we realized the reason only after some time. You can check if it is due to that. It is not very serious if detected early.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/basics/thrush.html |
CocoaButter (cocoabuttertree)
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Username: cocoabuttertree
Post Number: 173
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 9:50 pm: |
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Hi Ann,
How's your baby now? Hope she's getting better.
Another reason for baby to reject milk is probably due to reflux.
http://www.pollywogbaby.com/refluxandcolic/refluxsymptoms.html
Below is a list of symptoms of acid reflux in infants.
- Poor weight gain or rapid weight gain
- Frequent spitting up or gulping with a painful look on the face, as if heartburn
- Projectile vomit, sometimes out the nose
- Sour breath
- Persistent hiccups or cough
- Excessive fussiness, crying or colic
- Sudden bursts of painful crying
- Poor day and/or nighttime sleep habits
- Constantly wants to nurse or refuses to nurse
- Poor feeding habits - arches back, pulls up legs, stiffens or screams while feeding or refuses to eat while still hungry
- Prefers upright or inclined positions
- Always wants to be held |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Username: onsansg
Post Number: 59
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 11:10 am: |
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Hi VBR,
What's the apprearance of oral thrush and how long it takes to cure, and what type of medication to treat it? Bsides, oral thrush, does your bb has nappy rash yeast infection too? Reason i ask, cos my bb is having stubborn nappy rash yeast infection that doesn't go off despite fungicort and daktacort, for 2 mths already. On nappy area,it appears red pimply dots. Any doctors you can recommend that treated your bb of oral thrush? |
VRB (happydad2009)
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Username: happydad2009
Post Number: 21
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 10:26 pm: |
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hi onsang,
Oral thrush appears as a white layer in baby mouth. Our baby had nappy rash too. We also used same medicatin but it used to reappear once we stop medication. My bb also suffered for two months as it seems to reappear again and again. After taking below additional precautions she got cured.
1. Wash all baby towels separately in hot water after each use.
2.Apply fungal infection cream in mouth and diaper area
3. After each feeding give some water. If baby below 6 months as in our case give 1tsp to wash her mouth. Use separate bottles for feeding only water.
4. Used wet washed cloth to clean baby mouth, while giving her bath.
5. After finishing the course of medication, throw all the teats and replaced with new ones.
6. When nursing apply the cream to nipple as well otherwise painful. (natural remedy is apply some yogurt and before feeding wipe clean)
Hope it helps to cure your bb too. |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Username: onsansg
Post Number: 60
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 6:44 pm: |
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hi VRB, thanks for replying. I'll incorporate your methods too. Right now, I have some questions of during and post-care on bb as I'm at a loss if we do correctly on our daily process..I even wake up at 12mn, 3am and 6am to air and apply barrier cream, change to new disposable Mamy Poko diaper.
1. Was your bb nappy rash diagnosed as yeast infection too? Was the rash appeared on genitalia area or at buttock area? How did the rash appear like - red pimply dots or red patches?
2. During the course of fungal steroid cream, do you also apply nappy rash barrier cream like Drapolene, Desitin, White Soft Paraffin and etc? Do you wash bb with potassium permanganate?
3. How about after the nappy rash clear off, what kind of barrier cream you used on bb now? 4. Put any talcum powder on her nappy area too?
5. Is she now on disposable diaper, panty or cloth nappy throughout the day? If on cloth nappy, do you put nappy liner on it?
6. Is your bb potty-trained and how old is she now? |
VRB (happydad2009)
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Username: happydad2009
Post Number: 23
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 4:00 pm: |
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hi onsansg,
1. PD advised her thrush travel to nappy. It was more like a big round ring near anal and poo was painful. Its more like red patches than pimple dots.
2. We only used fungal steroid cream and apply aloe vera gel. And we used cloth diapers during that time, once she recovered back to disposable.
3. No rash/thrush appearing recently. If any rash appear we put fucicort (as per PD) otherwise use normal moisturiser after bath on buttocks and upper part of vaginal area (we using GAIA moisturiser) we dint use talcum powder.
4. She mostly on disposable as no more thrush. On and off we use cloth diaper. we prefer mamy poko and huggies ultra. we dont put nappy liner, we got cloth liners which r like nappy liners and washable, feels dry and doesnt cause rash.
5. She is not yet potty trained, she now 8months. potty training ideal to start around 24months when they can hold bladder muscles. |
VRB (happydad2009)
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Username: happydad2009
Post Number: 24
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 4:22 pm: |
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By the way, we also change disposable diaper every 2-3 hrs even if diaper is not full and day time we leave her for 10-15mins w/o diaper until recovery.
No choice lor must wake up every 3 hrs, bb patterns will change around 4+ months. Some mummies shared drypers cause rash freq, and based on their feed back we using mamy poko but recently shifted to huggies ultra. |
onsansg (onsansg)
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Username: onsansg
Post Number: 61
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 11:00 pm: |
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hi VRB, thanks for the insight. Please let me know the brand of aloe vera gel, GAIA moisturiser and cloth liners as well as the price and where you get them from? I'd like to give these a try on my bb too. Btw, how often does your bb urinates in 1 hour? I noticed mine still urinates about 4-6 times in 1 hour at 14 months still, just a tad bit lesser lately.. |
shirley lee (shirley_lee)
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Username: shirley_lee
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 12:24 am: |
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Hello mothers,
I am a SMU student working on a project to find out more about how moms and dads think about infant milk formula.
Could u kindly help me to complete a short survey... Please do not answer if your kid is not drinking infant formula.
Please click on the URL link to start the survey. The link is as follows:
http://smusg.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_d1g0kScZuvCWqj2&SVID=Prod
Thks alot!
Shirley |
eggs (eggs)
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Username: eggs
Post Number: 3
Registered: 6-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 10:01 am: |
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hi mummies..
my bb doesn't seems to like milk.. she is 4mths now but still drinking 100ml or lesser per feed.. i think abt 5 feeds or lesser per day.. y is it so..? she doesnt like milk or she wants starts semisolids already? i've changed milk powder also...
isn't she too young to have teething signs? she's 4 months only...
and last nite 12am, she had 150ml, and 4am she had 60ml...
daytime have diff to make her drink.. she will fuss alot when she taste milk..
anything i can add to the milk to make it more 'tasty' for her..?
thnks alot! |
Alice (babyalice)
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Username: babyalice
Post Number: 6
Registered: 6-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 4:33 pm: |
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EA (temjin68)
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Username: temjin68
Post Number: 4029
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 12:28 pm: |
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Hi
My baby coming to 4 months. All along she does not drink her milk. I am breastfeeding. At most she drink only 40 ml... she weight less than 5 kg now. Whelter it is direct or bottle she only drink a little.
Help!!! |
EA (temjin68)
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Username: temjin68
Post Number: 4030
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 12:28 pm: |
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She can go without milk for hours |
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