what i did with my kids and i probably will do the same with erika is start with the pablum at night only for about a week then i'll start to give it to her in the morning as breakfast for another week then give it to her again for lunch. I keep that for about 2 to 3 weeks then i started with the veggies at lunch replacing the pablum for a week then added veggies at dinner time. I did that to get them into a breakfast, lunch and dinner schedule and it worked well. I started them on cow milk at 6 months. took the soother away at 8 months and the bottles went bye bye at 1 year.
What i will do different with erika is keep her on the formula for the full 1 year then put her on a second step formula and give her the last step at 2 instead of giving her vitamins.
by the time my kids were 5 or 6 months old, they were on the same schedule as us where eating was concerned. they were sleeping 12 to 13 hours a night also.
I don't know why these doctors keep changing the rules all the time. my kids are alive and healthy and erika loves her pablum and there is no problem with her digesting it. I'm doing what's right for her and for me. If i kept her strictly on the bottle like they say to do, then she'll start waking up again in the night wanting to feed. Not happening! that pablum keeps her tummy full enough to make it through the night.
She'll wake up at around 4 but only to cuddle with me. I bring her into our bed and she passes right out until 7. She'll be just like my kids were. jumping into bed with us in the middle of the night to cuddle. I do miss that and i'm happy i get to have that again!
