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Solid frustrations - my bubs was the same
Hi Lina
I really feel for you as my Charlotte - nearly 9 months was the same until a couple of weeks ago. I just gave her more breastmilk, night and day, and kept trying. I didn't want to make her associate eating with something unpleasant so if she refused it, I didn't push it. She did like rusks though, so a couple of weeks ago I started giving her some finger foods and things which she previously wasn't interested in off a spoon, in pureed form, she suddenly became interested in e.g. carrots (lightly steamed and cut into finger handy pieces). Since being able to take an independent stance and explore the world of food in her own way she has now accepted food off a spoon and has gone from having hardly anything to 3 meals a day, plus mid-morning and afternoon snacks! She's also cut back her breastfeeds enourmously - 3 to 4 during the day and one night feed (she was waking 3 to 4 times at night - not always hungry - but unsettled) - this week she's started sleeping in longer stretches - 8 hours one night! I guess what I'm saying, in a long winded way, is these little'uns have their own agendas and I'm sure she'll take to solids when she's ready. Good luck! I know how frustrating it is! Sarah and Charlotte (born 28 June) "Lina" wrote in message le.rogers.com... Alena won't eat solids. She just down-right refuses them. Well, almost all of them. She'll eat carrots and bananas without a fuss. However, she's been losing weight and I need to get her eating solids on a regular basis or the doctor will have me supplement with formula to bring her weight up. I've tried offering solids before the breast. I've tried mixing bananas and carrots (not at the same time) into her other foods I've tried only giving her solids for a two hour period... Nothing. Maybe a few bites. If I give her nothing but carrots and bananas, she gets really constipated and takes on a yellowish hue... (not yet actually, but I'm worried about this as it has happened to my cousin's baby...) So, mommies and daddies of the group, what should I try now? |
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Update Solid frustrations
"Lina" wrote in message ble.rogers.com...
I called the ped who said that enough was enough and I should stop nursing and give her high calorie formula which he would call in. I hung up on him and am now looking for a new ped. I called the interlologist who told me to come in on the 31st and to try the Reminidine (Zantac) for now. Then I tried all of your advice (everyone's. ) and offered her some of the yam I was going to be eating in about five tiny cubes. She shoved them in her mouth one at a time, chewed a bit and then swallowed. Now she's eaten about 1/4 cup of them!!!!!! I'm not about to stop her. I'll try some other foods later tonight for dinner. We had one coughing episode but otherwise, she's been eating for about 15 minutes! Thank you! I love you all! This group rocks!!!! Good for you! Well done to both of you and hooray for Yam! BTW - Moo would only eat banana at first so I mixed it with everything - carrots, potatoes........ he was quite happy with that but now will go for separate tastes. teapot |
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Update Solid frustrations
Good for you! Well done to both of you and hooray for Yam! BTW - Moo would only eat banana at first so I mixed it with everything - carrots, potatoes........ he was quite happy with that but now will go for separate tastes. teapot You have no idea some of the combinations I've come up with.... Peas and bananas (no carrots at this point, she wouldn't eat them) squash and carrot, avocado and carrot (which made a really pretty color) I could go on... Last night she ate another 1/2 cup of the yam! |
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Update Solid frustrations
Lina wrote:
I called the ped who said that enough was enough and I should stop nursing and give her high calorie formula which he would call in. I hung up on him and am now looking for a new ped. Good on you, Lina! I think that's the absolutely right thing to do. I called the interlologist who told me to come in on the 31st and to try the Reminidine (Zantac) for now. Sounds like a good idea, especially if the Losec doesn't seem to be helping and the Zantac did. Then I tried all of your advice (everyone's. ) and offered her some of the yam I was going to be eating in about five tiny cubes. She shoved them in her mouth one at a time, chewed a bit and then swallowed. Now she's eaten about 1/4 cup of them!!!!!! I'm not about to stop her. I'll try some other foods later tonight for dinner. That is superb! So maybe it really was that she was just not too enthusiastic about the puree. I know when my kids got to about this age, they wanted food that needed chewing, maybe because the sensation of pressure on their gums eased the discomfort of teething. Whatever the reason, if it works, keep doing it! I love you all! This group rocks!!!! And we love you. Keep up the good work, Mama! -- Be well, Barbara (Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [2] mom) All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman |
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Update Solid frustrations
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:06:04 GMT, "Lina"
wrote: I've heard a lot about it. I was looking into it as well. It's blooming expensive... something like $1.45 per ounce of breastmilk.... yikes... When my youngest was discharged from the hospital, we were instructed to add regular formula powder to bottles of breastmilk (basically, use regular formula as caloric/nutritional fortifier). One scoop of powdered fomula is forty calories plus a number of nutrients; when you're interviewing new pediatricians, I'd ask about that. |
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Solid frustrations
Cadie ) wrote:
I personally believe that if babies needed the amounts of each nutrition in formula, then breastmilk would have those amounts. But I've also been labeled as crazy... The amounts in formula are well within the normal variation for breastmilk, and are set where they are, rather than right at the mean for breastmilk, because the formula has a longer shelf life with those proportions. I don't consider those slight differences in nutrients to be at all significant, compared to the other differences between formula and breastmilk. --Helen |
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"H Schinske" wrote in message ... wrote: I've heard a lot about it. I was looking into it as well. It's blooming expensive... something like $1.45 per ounce of breastmilk.... yikes... But I'd do it. Why couldn't you just mix a little formula into expressed breastmilk? When you're not dealing with specific nutritional needs of a premie or whatever, I don't see why you would have to have the expensive, carefully calibrated stuff. (Not sure it's the solution for you anyway, but in general.) --Helen For me it's the point that formula really wouldn't help her. It might in fact make her reflux worse. Right, I was just saying theoretically. The human milk fortifier would be essentially the same thing as formula, I should think, in terms of reflux and all. I hope the fiber in the yam doesn't bother her too much. My kids used to get some diaper rash if they ate too much (but I think it was a *lot*, I relied on yam or sweet potato quite a bit for a while there). --Helen |
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Update Solid frustrations
That's great Lina, that she ate so much, not about the doctor. Good luck on
finding another doctor that will listen to you and has much more knowledge about breastfeeding. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Lina wrote in message le.rogers.com... I called the ped who said that enough was enough and I should stop nursing and give her high calorie formula which he would call in. I hung up on him and am now looking for a new ped. I called the interlologist who told me to come in on the 31st and to try the Reminidine (Zantac) for now. Then I tried all of your advice (everyone's. ) and offered her some of the yam I was going to be eating in about five tiny cubes. She shoved them in her mouth one at a time, chewed a bit and then swallowed. Now she's eaten about 1/4 cup of them!!!!!! I'm not about to stop her. I'll try some other foods later tonight for dinner. We had one coughing episode but otherwise, she's been eating for about 15 minutes! Thank you! I love you all! This group rocks!!!! |
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Solid frustrations
Have you tried finger foods? DD wouldn't eat puree, but took to finger foods
like a charm. -- Melissa (in Los Angeles) Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03 "Lina" wrote in message le.rogers.com... Alena won't eat solids. She just down-right refuses them. Well, almost all of them. She'll eat carrots and bananas without a fuss. However, she's been losing weight and I need to get her eating solids on a regular basis or the doctor will have me supplement with formula to bring her weight up. I've tried offering solids before the breast. I've tried mixing bananas and carrots (not at the same time) into her other foods I've tried only giving her solids for a two hour period... Nothing. Maybe a few bites. If I give her nothing but carrots and bananas, she gets really constipated and takes on a yellowish hue... (not yet actually, but I'm worried about this as it has happened to my cousin's baby...) So, mommies and daddies of the group, what should I try now? |
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Update Solid frustrations
"Lina" wrote in message le.rogers.com... "H Schinske" wrote in message ... wrote: I've heard a lot about it. I was looking into it as well. It's blooming expensive... something like $1.45 per ounce of breastmilk.... yikes... But I'd do it. Why couldn't you just mix a little formula into expressed breastmilk? When you're not dealing with specific nutritional needs of a premie or whatever, I don't see why you would have to have the expensive, carefully calibrated stuff. (Not sure it's the solution for you anyway, but in general.) --Helen For me it's the point that formula really wouldn't help her. It might in fact make her reflux worse. As well, she's never had a bottle past the first day of no NG tube. The bottle taught her how to suck. I don't think I could get her to take one now anyway. If it ever does come to giving your baby formula there are formulas which are designed for reflux babies. My son was miserable on normal formula but a changed wee man on the thickened reflux formula. I have a friend who found the same. So don't worry about that :-) Judy |
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