Hi..all experienced moms there...
My Mahika is 3+ months. She is on BM now. I have got her introduced to Formula Milk (as suggested by doctor) as i have to rejoin work soon. I would like to know if i should introduce her to juices/dal water etc, and also, if it is ok to give her water.
Waiting for ur replies. Dana replied. Panna,
have you tried using a breast pump ?try it out b4 going to work, u might b able to ffeed more bm to ur baby that way, and elay introducing other food to her.

rgds,
Dana paru replied. i found one of the messages, u can search more

try this link after removing brackets

http(:)//www.indiaparenting(.)com/boards/showmessage(.)cgi?messageid=599&table_name=dis_crying_colic paru replied. my doc had suggested me to give water to baby when i start the formula. Reason being the formula is heavier to digest, and baby will get constipated.

Give as much as water to the baby.

Do not dilute the formula as it will reduce the nutrition. Give it separately.

paru paru replied. - as for diet for your baby at 3m, please refer to other messages in this section, replies from Hetal and u ll know it

- your doc suggested u to start formula as u are rejoining work. I m surprised the doc did not tell u about daal/juice and water !!?? If not, please ask the doc about it.
I resumed work when baby was 4m and my doc had started giving me instructions since baby was 2m. Though she (doc) insisted on starting formula-bottle as late as possible, i started it early.

Doc asked me to start with daal-ka-pani at 3.5m, one week one new thing. Daal-pani (yellow moong_, then orange/mausmi juice next week, then apple juice, then rice pani third week. Slowly, convert daal-pani into mashed daal (semi solid) ... similarly with rice ..... then in next weeks moce to apple pie (semi solid) .... then sooji or rice kheer, then introduce veggies ...

- my doc has also insits on doing away with the bottle asap .. so she has planned it for me such a way that while i m at work, baby who takes 3 feeds now takes daal/rice/kheer/juice/apple pie etc and when i m home i breastfeed. Though practically it has not been possible, the bottle milk has reduced to 1-2 bottles a day now. I have kept the bottle habit for outings or when i am too tired.

paru