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my son is 11 mos. i sorta want to ween fromday feedings. basically i want to fed him of the morning and at night for a while. he refuses formula, although he drinks water and juice from a cup. not much really. mostly exploration or like when he just 'needs a drink'. maybe an ounce a day 2 if he has been eating food. seems as if WHEN he eats he drinks out of a cup more that day. i have 2 problems if not more but here they are. when i give him formula he will try it but gags and pukes from gaging. he rarely eats though. i try to cut a bf so he will eat a solid but most deays he just wont eat it. table or baby. the problem within that problem is he gets mad at me for trying to feed him. he wants to feed himself but he really cant. i mean he is 11 mos. and im all for letting him learn but there is no way he can get the food on the spoon and then get it to his mouth. he mostly enjoys playing and making a mess. that being said one day out of say 10 he will eat really good. and i mean really good for him. like sz 2 baby food 2 of them and table food all day. he may do this for 2 days in a row. so we will say 2 days in 2 wekks he eats food. but if you give him a french fry, he eats it every time everyday. and cheese sliced. everytime everyday. but that is not a healthy6 diet so im concerned. usually he nurses me to death. it is a comfort thing totally. he eats during those time as well but what triggers needing to nurse is not always hunger. im long winded i know. im sorry. if anyone can make sense out of this and figure out what the crap i need to do, please tell me. i need him to eat more and drink milk or formula. oh yeah he will not drink a bunch at a time in his cup either. how is he going to drink a whole cup of milk at a time and does he have to? ok im done for now im sorry! ↓
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| Name: LindsayK | Date: Jan 17th, 2007 11:19 PM |
| I'm no expert, my daugter's only 3/12 months, but if I were in your shoes I think I would stick it out another month till he's at least a year, then try cows milk. I don't blame him for not taking formula, have you tasted that stuff? It's disgusting. lol Also if he does start eating more, you won't have to worry about him drinking a whole cup of milk at once, he can get calcium from lots of other sources, like cheese and yogurt. Good Luck! ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 2:53 AM |
r u giving him finger foods at all or just baby food. my son hated and still does to be fed by someone else. HE WANTS TO DO IT! he gets very angry if you try and feed it to him. even if i give him something like applesause or mashe potatoes that he can't pick up with his fingers he will spit it out and then push it back in himself. he is very stubborn this way. when they feed themselves, yes it is very messy but they do get quite a bit in their mouths if they have practice. if he isn't eating solids very much then you shouldn't cut out any nursing sessions. that is the only way he is getting his nurtition. maybe try putting him in his high chair and giving him cheese and some kind of lunch meat cut up small so he can do it himself then when he is done nurse him just to make sure he got all the "food" he needs.
i don't think it is something you should worry about just yet. i have known many people whose babies just weren't big eaters until after their 1st birthday. have you expressed your concerns with his doctor? what do they think?
anyway good luck and i hope i helped a little. sorry didn't mean to write a book. lol... i'm good at that. ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 2:54 AM |
| oh also do u pump at all? if you are tired of nursing all day long give it to him in a sippy cup. or you could freeze it and make breastmilk slushies for him. ↑ |
| Name: bmes | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 11:33 AM |
| when we started giving formula to our daughter, she didn't want any of it either...we bought every kind of formula they had in the store and just tried each one until we found one she liked! My hubby tasted them too to see what they were like, and FINALLY we found one!! It's called Isomil, BUT it's soy!! but James said it was the only one that tasted kind of like a milk shake, and he said it was WAY tastier than all the rest of them! lol...brave man!! anyways, that what i would do, just keep trying different ones until you find one. Also, there's only a month left until you can give him cow's milk. But I'm not sure about all the nutrients and stuff....I think formula is much better for them than cows milk, and I personally have decided to give her formula for longer and just slowly introduce a bit of reg. milk to her! ↑ |
| Name: mama_ash | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 5:22 PM |
| thank you everone. and to think, i was worried i would not get a response! lol! anyways, it doesnt seem that the doc really ever explains much to me. i get caught up and forget to remind him to tell me. anyway. they did say he needed to eat and eat good! but i still am not sure about the milk thing, cows milk, does that replace the nursing? ↑ |
| Name: koz | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 10:01 PM |
| my baby is 10 mos old and also is nursing she eats baby food through the day and cereal....i would try pumping and put it in a sippy cup like what was already suggested...i know nursing so much after so long is hard and exhausting...talk to your doc though...i think with my baby its also comforting to nurse!! Shes spoiled rotten!!!! i would also forget the formula at this point...maybe pump and then mix the milk with cereal if he will eat it....good luck ↑ |
| Name: mama_ash | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 10:49 PM |
| thank you all very much! any advice you can share about sleeping bedtime eating nursing ect i would be vey happy to listen. we can talk to eachother eveyday if you want. good luck to all of you and your little ones!!!! ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Jan 18th, 2007 11:51 PM |
you shouldn't introduce cow's milk until at least 1 yr of age. it shouldn't replace nursing because it doesn't have the nurtrinets that your baby needs. it is ok for a drink just like how you would give water but it shouldn't supsitute nursing or formula. be careful when you do indroduce cow's milk. there are alot of children that are allergic to it. my son can't drink it, he gets dirrea and rashes everywhere the poop touches. the only reason kids need cow's milk at all is for the calcium and there are tons of other ways that you can get him that. there are all kinds of foods that have it in it.
does your babe seem interested in what your eating? does he try and grab things off your plate? i just give my son what ever i'm eating. when he was your son's age he got what i eat but just mashed up a little so he wouldn't choke. do you and your son's dad eat dinner together? does your son see you eat? maybe he would be more interested in eating if you all do it together.
also if you are still nursing at least 4 times a day then your baby is getting all the calcium, vitiams, and fat that he needs. as long as your still nusing then you don't have to "freak out" about his not eating. just hang in there. he will get the hang of it soon. ↑ |
| Name: mama_ash | Date: Jan 19th, 2007 2:37 PM |
| melissa thank you for your reply. ethan does act interested in my food nd when he does eat it is mostly from our plate. hubby works evenings so we dont get to eat together much but he watches us eat. i think that is why he wants to feed himself. see he eats chereos and kix and goldfish but not food much. when he does eat he like baby food if i thicken it some. i liked the bm slushie thing but i have a hard time for my milk to llet down at times and rarley pumping. even when ethans eating at times it wont come down and that frustrates us both but yes he eats boobie milk all day long. when ever he wants but ive tried to rid some of the comfort feedings. and nap time. i will feed him but try to keep him awake and then rock him. he is very attached and im sure you know what i hear from people. even about him still nursing! it is true he uses me as a pacy but i wish they would all cram it up there asses! ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Jan 20th, 2007 3:25 AM |
| why not just stop with the baby food all together? if he can eat goldfish and cherrios then he can eat tons of other finger foods. about the whole using your boob as a paci just think the boob is the oringnal paci. : ) u are doing a good job nursing for this long. the AAP reccomends at least 1 yr of breastfeeding and the WHO reccomends at least 2. so just ignore everyone. if you want to still nurse than do it. your not spoiling your baby. in fact there is research that states a nursing toddler is more confident. if you would like i can give you some links on the benifits of extended breastfeeding. ↑ |
| Name: Melissa | Date: Jan 20th, 2007 3:27 AM |
| oh just wanted to add that my boyfriend works nights too, so it is hard to have a "family" meal together. me and Cody just eat together. ↑ |
| Name: mama_ash | Date: Jan 20th, 2007 9:40 PM |
| Still has not eat much, i guess about 2 weeks now. he eats boobie though, really good i might add.i wish i could get him to sleep while i am out without whooping out my boob. see when he eats he watches everything so in turn everyone sees my boobs. no blanket either. he has never let that happen. even as a little littl baby he swats at it with his arm. any suggestions on that? oh i tried to put him to bed in his crib, which he never sleeps in, the other night for bed. wow he screamed for 40 min. i finally got him and put him to bed with me and that wouldnt calm him. his daddy had to come get him and he right to sleep. but hubby is very unpredictable when it comes to parenting. sometimes he will mostly not though. ive got a 4 year old girl that needs way more attention than she gets. ethan is very jealous of her time so usually gets shafted. i need help with that too. i mostly feel like a single parent. im not! ↑ |
| Name: lizset | Date: Jan 20th, 2007 11:48 PM |
| my daughter is 13 months now still nursing and sleeps in my bed. I dont have a set schedule yet for her as far as bed time or nap time. I had a hard time feeding her too but eventually i decided to do away with baby food,no formula and i introduced her to table food, organic whole milk.. with my fingers crossed no allergies, i gave her sweet oranges very tiny piece peeled and spinach steamed with milk . and what i found helpfull was the thinly sliced deli meat(oven roasted turkey-no honey) i would add olive oil and feed him mostly with my fingers. Ofcourse she wanted to feed herself so i just gave her a spoon and a plate with very little food meanwhile i feed her. she like string cheese. she drinks lots of juice and warm milk only while half asleep in a bottle she does not have to finish anything cos i still breastfeed.It was a battle but now she eats everything from fish to egg and peas, watermelon. so dont freak out. Now about your daughter, i would suggest having some time just you and her or daddy and her. your husband can watch the baby and you can go to the playground just you and her,stop for an icecream or just have time in the library with her at least once a week.. ... i hope this helps ↑ |
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