hi mommies,
tks for your words of encouragement. keeps me wanting to continue BF
some updates from my visit to PD today for jonah's 6-in-1 jab:
1) can feed stage 1 or stage 2 FM depending on which one u prefer. stage 2 has more nutrients to suit bb's growing needs but stage 1 is more digestible. if i need to move on to FM, i will finish my tin of enfalac first before buying enfapro.
2) bb's crying can be due to many reasons. she agrees that a bit hard to give milk now coz' he will fuss a lot or be distracted. if bb doesn't seem interested in milk, can start solids a little earlier, say 2 weeks before 6 mths. try and see if bb is interested in cereal. best to feed in between milk feeds, e.g. for me it would be 10am since he feeds at 8am and 12pm. feeding cereal might help him cry less if he's crying due to hunger. PD also says ok to feed more milk since he's not overweight (if he's willing to take it...coz nowdays he latch on for abt 5-10 mins only, then dun want liao). oh, and i didn't know this...if bb cries and is hungry and u dun feed him, he won't have gastric. just have a very irritable bb, haha.
3) fd can be frozen in cubes but will lose vitamin c. protein and other nutrients will be retained. hmmm...now i wonder if i wanna freeze my food still. my friend said since got maid, might as well ask her to prepare fresh...ultimately still best for bb.
4) gd to continue giving BM till 1 year coz it gives bb immunity. it has antioxidents which FM does not have, but lacks in iron. so impt for bb to eat fd with iron and cereal. later as bb eats more solids, then BM does not play such a crucial role since he will get most of his nutrients from solid food.
oh yes, jonah is now 6.4kg and 64.9cm. 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height. doc says he's more tall than heavy, prob like his dad bah!
and surprisingly, he's in a very gd mood today. not much tantrums. slept in this morning, and when we brought him to doc, didn't cry at all. take 2 jabs also never cry...weird! 2nd one for pneumoccocal, he just cried for 3 seconds and that's it! gosh, this boy never fails to surprise me!