I also just looked at my 'on this day' on FB and a picture of DS beside a snowman popped up from last year and I remembered exactly I posted that just a few hours before my grandpa quickly and unexpectedly passed away. So that was a sad reminder. Cancer does suck.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Jan 14, 2016 9:51:29 GMT -5
This perhaps belongs in an SQS thread, but its also pretty random, so Im just gonna go here..
I was boiling water for bottles this morning and LO fell asleep, and like a fucking idiot, so did I. The water was in a teflon coated non-stick type pot. It all boiled out. What level of freak out would you be about fumes in the house? Im tending towards open all the windows, leave and never come back, but I recognize my paranoia. Need help. I never sleep and obviously picked the perfect time tonfinally do so
I've noticed people saying that they don't use rice cereal and only baby food. What do you use to provide iron? I was told by M's pediatrician and nutritionist that she needed the rice cereal, is this wrong?
I've noticed people saying that they don't use rice cereal and only baby food. What do you use to provide iron? I was told by M's pediatrician and nutritionist that she needed the rice cereal, is this wrong?
Black beans were a major go-to for us. Also, lots of tofu. It's such an easy food for babies because on its own it's pretty bland and it's really squishy and easy to eat. Now that DS1 is older I add a touch of sesame oil and some liquid aminos (like soy sauce but less sodium). Kale is a big one. I don't know if you're doing purees but I'm sure it would puree ok. I always saute mine in EVOO and some garlic. Just make sure you cut it up really REALLY small because that's a choke-y one.
ETA: This is obviously for when they are eating more and not relying on formula as much for their main source of nutrition.
This perhaps belongs in an SQS thread, but its also pretty random, so Im just gonna go here..
I was boiling water for bottles this morning and LO fell asleep, and like a fucking idiot, so did I. The water was in a teflon coated non-stick type pot. It all boiled out. What level of freak out would you be about fumes in the house? Im tending towards open all the windows, leave and never come back, but I recognize my paranoia. Need help. I never sleep and obviously picked the perfect time tonfinally do so
Level zero unless your house is a perfectly air-tight box. PTFE will release some perfluoro acids when it gets really hot, but I wouldn't worry about it. Open some windows.
ETA: Credentials--chemical engineer at a plant chock full of PTFE lined piping and equipment.
Wow thanks! I love this board. Professional knowledge about seriously everything.
I use formula and they both said to use rice cereal still. They told me to just mix it into the baby food. I don't want to be giving her too much iron. I might have to call the pediatrician and ask again.
I use formula and they both said to use rice cereal still. They told me to just mix it into the baby food. I don't want to be giving her too much iron. I might have to call the pediatrician and ask again.
We're giving rice cereal and baby oatmeal too. As per ped recommendation. Thats what they told us to give as "first food" but we didn't go in order. She had lots of fruits and veggies before cereal, now she eats them mixed together sometimes. I usually feed her a serving of one or the other for breakfast with a fruit. ETA formula here too.
I use formula and they both said to use rice cereal still. They told me to just mix it into the baby food. I don't want to be giving her too much iron. I might have to call the pediatrician and ask again.
You can look at the side of the containers for cereal and formula to see the iron provided per serving, how much the serving size is, and the % of daily value of iron. I wouldn't worry about giving too much iron unless you plan on providing several servings of rice cereal a day.
@poppyc8 I texted my friend and apparently her mom's friend from Chino Hills bought them lotto tickets. Not the winning one though. Womp womp womp. lol
Ugh, I just realized I left my pumping bottles at home, I have 1 here at work. What would you do?
Since I live in a populated area, I would go to a nearby store and get bags that could be pumped into or pump into the container and then dump into the bags. Or get another clean container or ziplock bags to transfer the milk into.
Eta--TL; DR article summary-Healthy, full-term BF babies absorb a ton of iron through BF. Adding iron supplements can actually cause them to absorb less iron from BF and possibly slow their growth.
Post by beersandweirs on Jan 14, 2016 12:37:36 GMT -5
Thanks all for the tips, I had no idea about the Ziploc bags, good to know! I ended up going to the nearest store and buying cheapie Gerber bottles, they screw into the Medela parts. How big of a deal do you think it is that I can't boil them first? I washed them really well with super hot water.
So, if you breastfeed and don't do cereal, you should be using the drops? My pediatrician didn't say anything about it at her 6 month checkup.
You're fine. There's not a ton of iron in breast milk, but it doesn't have to be broken down like the iron in "supplemental foods" so (I'm making up numbers here) the 5mg she gets from breastmilk gives her body more iron than she would get if you gave her 5mg in drops, vitamins, or food.
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