Sorry it took me longer than I thought to finish my reply… Got busy with looking after Arielle.
I’m not sure what u mean when you asked me how many times did I feed Arielle when I started weaning… Do u mean when I started weaning Arielle on to bottles? Or solids?
After Arielle was about a week old we started giving her 1 or 2 bottles of formula milk at night to help her sleep more longer coz it would feel her up more coz I couldn’t handle being the only one who could feed her all the time, coz I think I had been breastfeeding her every 3 hrs n I was sleeping 2 hrs a night for the first week of Elle’s life n I couldn’t cope being so tired n worn out.
So most nights after Elle was 1 week old I would give Elle her Last breastfeed at I think about 11pm… Then I would go to sleep about midnight n my bf would give her a bottle at 2am n sometimes another bottle at 7am wen he would bring her in to me before going work n I would give her a breastfeed at about 9.30am but then I think he would mainly give her a 2am feed (so she mainly had just the one bottle of milk) then I would give her a breastfeed when she woke up about 7am n next fees about 9.30am… I think I was breastfeeding her every 2.5 to 3hrs… Feeds would usually be at least 45 minutes long or sometimes an hr long…
I think Arielle had about 6 feeds a day of breastfeeding n then the (1 or 2) but mainly 1 bottle of formula milk in the night.
When she would cluster feed I remember sitting on the sofa breastfeeding her for sometimes up to 3 hrs with mayb a 10 min gap between feeds was exhausting… I got worried n rang midwives who reassured me it’s cluster feeding.
So I think ur giving more breastfeeds to Poppy then I use to have to with Elle. I just mainly remember her breastfeeding being every 3 hrs usually n bottle feeds would be every 4 hrs I think coz as she got bigger I remember her def having 2 bottles of formula n rest was breastfeeding. Then I started weaning her onto solids when she was 5 months old starting with just one meal a day of aptimal baby rice and rest of her feeds was milk. Then after I think a few weeks I would give Elle baby rice still once a day at lunch time I think and puree fruit like apple n pear in the eve, so it took a while before she would have 3 meals a day. I would introduce just one new food at a time so I knew she wasn’t having a bad reaction to it.
I think I was mainly pureeing her fruit n vegetables for first few months which she really liked oh n I gave her toast cut in solders which she still loves n banana porridge she still has for breakfast now with the toast (soilders) she also has wheatabix for breakfast sometimes with cows milk now but I use to give it to her with formula milk but u can also give it with boiled water I think but I preferred to make it with milk coz Arielle’s always been tiny so I wanted to help her gain more weight. She use to have mashed banana too n I remember early on giving her lil yogurts which she still loves now n them pot puree fruit pots.
Sorry iv gone on a bit… I hope that helps u.
It’s good u are managing to go to bed early as u def need ur sleep. How old is Poppy now??
My bf has said hel have Elle tonight n I got her to sleep at 9.10 pm, is good for her as lately she’s been going sleep about 10pm.im going to bed in bit so I can have a break n rest my back coz started hurting again this morning. I hope ur ok n that all u ladies are ok… Hopefully hear from you all soon. X x x