My LO is nearly twelve months old. I had wanted to wait until one year to begin child led weaning, but it seemed my child was ready for food a few weeks earlier than the one year mark. I began with sweet potatoes, sweet peas, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, sliced kiwi, blueberries, carrots, and pear, a tiny bit of mashed potato on a couple of occasions. Now, just a couple weeks later and my LO eats three meals a day. I'm still nursing my LO between food meals and usually after eating, my LO wants to nurse in addition to consuming distilled water while eating the actual food. Over the past week my LO has had harder stools and bits of blood have been on the stool on more than two occasions. Also, while passing the stool, my LO cries like there is something frightening happening. No tears, so it does not seem to be an emotional cry. Also, my LO sometimes shakes and feels slightly warmer to the touch than usual. I sometimes try to nurse my LO to soothe and sometimes that helps and other times it doesn't. A friend of mine seems to think maybe the new sensation is frightening, which seems likely. I'm just wondering why my LO's stools went from being totally liquid-y to totally big-kid like within a short time... and with all the nursing that is still occurring... I don't quite understand it. I must have given my LO half a cup of blueberries between yesterday and this morning and that still didn't soften the stool, like I was hoping for.Â
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Can anyone else relate to this? Oh, I forgot to mention that my child doesn't seem to have any trouble passing to stool, like constipation, just discomfort while it's actually occurring. I'm desperate for answers because it breaks my heart to see my baby so upset while going to the bathroom.
