feeding problems
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Topic: feeding problems
Posted By: TysMummy
Subject: feeding problems
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 2:53pm
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ok my 10mnth old refuses to be spoon feed.......and only puts alittle finger food in mouth......she also refuses to drink milk from bottle or sipper....she will drink ooooodles of water from sipper...........i need to go back to work so with her not eating solids well and not wanting milk unless from me.....im at a loss as wat to do or how to get her to feed well. and how do i go about dropping BF? my boy just wanted bottle at *9mnths and didnt want me at all............im stressing majorly especially with a boy who is in and out of surgery ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 7:03pm
| Teething? Maybe try a bit of bonjela before she has her bottle or food. |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 7:49pm
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nah this has been happening since day dot ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 9:07pm
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How long is she going to be in daycare for? I have friends who are BF and there bubbas who are the same age as your girl and refuse to take a bottle so they just have water in a sippy cup at daycare and BF as soon as they are picked up. Surely she will eat if she is hungry and you aren't there to feed her?? Maybe watching the other kids at daycare eat will encourage her? -------------  
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 9:15pm
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she wont be in daycare...she will be with grandparents......i was thining daycare but i wont be able to concentrate if i know she is screaming for a feed ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 9:53pm
| okay so how long is she going to be away from you for during the day? and how old will she be when you go back to work? |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 7:11am
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as soon as i find work and all day ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 9:51am
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No help, but good luck.
How about just giving std adult food? Maybe she doesn't like being treated like a baby? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 1:54pm
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she is having what we eat but you cant give it to her by spoon...so you give her chanks of veges but most of that iis on the floor...she isnt gaining weight the way she should ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 4:36pm
Have you tried different types of bottles? Or someone else giving her a bottle of milk with you nowhere near her? Will she eat fruit out of one of those mesh feeder things? Alot of Ty's finger food ended up on the floor too (still does), until I found out what he did and didn't like... sticks of cheese are a fav, as are little sandwiches. Sorry I can't be of much help, I hope you find a solution soon  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: anon
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 10:11pm
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TysMummy I think you should try the Plunket Family Centre. I'm not sure whether they have them in the Waikato - so if not, try Plunketline. They have been SO helpful to me when I've got stumped with my baby (both Plunketline and the Family Cntr).
A couple of suggestions you've probably already tried. Offer solids FIRST, BEFORE offering milk. Give your soft food that needs to be fed to her, then finger food, eg. fish fingers, pasta shapes and THEN give her milk or water in a cup. If you give milk or water first, she will get full and not be interested in solids. But I'm assuming you're already doing that. Many babies prefer finger food as opposed to being fed so see what you can do with that. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 7:42am
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thanks unfortantly i tried family centre here with Ty and i honestly would not recomend that place to my worst enemy............long story and off the topic but too many people have been having probs since then with them but pretty sure its the same women with all our kids ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 9:41am
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Really feel for you. Sounds like you're trying everything you can think of and I doubt I've got anything new to add.
Different foods? My DS loves greek yoghurt mixed with mushed fruit (banana/prunes/pears). Smoother food? Chunkier food? Some babies prefer fruit, some veges. DS prefers watties meat meals to home made. He prefers it when I wipe a little on his lips then give him a minute to lick it off and have a think about whether he wants to eat it. (open mouth is yes, closed mouth is 'have you got a better offer?') Have you tried letting her have the spoon and guiding it to her mouth? (with suction bowl) Tried this with DS, but think he was a bit young. Oh year, and if it's a weight thing your worried about. Milk (BF or FF) is better for putting on weight than solids (to spite popular opinion). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 10:41am
thanks isaacsmum and yes tried all that too  am i bad to start work and put her in care when she hasnt been off BF........... idont like her screaming ...like really crying screaming so now i wont be able to work if i know she is doing that...........tried giving her normal milk but no go......she actually opened her mouth the other day but got a bit excited and now she hasnt done it again........i told her when she was born she was the good baby that didnt get sick and did everything well.........im sure she is getting even with me.........3 times in hospital since birth and constintly sick and now eating problems ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr........good thing she is cute  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: anon
Date Posted: 28 March 2010 at 1:18pm
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Have you phoned Plunketline for ideas/advice? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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