I am hoping against hope that someone on the forums here will be able to help me, or at least have had a child that has gone through the same thing?
I have a 6 and a half month old, who started weaning at 5 and a half months. I should point out at this stage that ever since he was born, he has had one scary moment after another with hospitalisation and tests after screaming after feeds and vomiting. Hhe is on meds for severe reflux. All I am used to doing is monitoring his weight and his food intake as he has been labelled as failure to thrive, he has been bottle fed from 10 weeks as his reflux meant breastfeeding was a nightmare and I tried for as long as I could. Before he started solids my little boy was regularly back on track with his weight and feeding on a regular basis. I was just starting to relax again when......
My little boy started solids and everything was fine. At first. He now eats 3 meals a day and laps up his solids. When he first started, he was eating 28oz of milk every day as well as his 3 meals. But over the past couple of days he has changed completely. He has gone from 28oz to around 20oz a day, sometimes less. I of course add milk to all his feeds and I know this counts too, but I'm scared that he isn't getting enough from the bottle and I know that his main source of nutrition should be his milk until he is 1 year old. It is getting to the point though that he gets upset when he sees the bottle as he thinks I will be forcefeeding him. He drinks great in the morning and great before he goes to bed, but during the day he just isn't interested in feeding on milk to a schedule, whereas before he was feeding every 2-3 hours like clockwork. Sometimes he goes 5 hours before he is even interested in milk, but even then he doesn't drink very much at all! I know his milk intake is supposed to go down but I feel this drop is a little drastic?!
HV has said that if my little boy is eating solids that is fantastic, and that as long as he averages 20oz a day he is fine, but I am literally making myself ill with worry. Like I said I am so used to worrying about his weight that it is hard for me to back off in case he loses weight again. I am at the end of my rope, it has made me so anxious and ill that he isn't getting enough milk and today was the last straw as I ended up crying most of the afternoon with worry. He just isn't interested in milk anymore!
What shall I do? Should I be worried? Some say to cut back on solids until he gets his milk intake up again whereas others say he is doing just fine, that babies are different and that they just eat and drink what they want to drink. But what am I supposed to believe?! He doesn't drink water or juice as it is so if he suddenly drops his milk he will get dehydrated won't he? The last thing I want is for him to end up in hospital again! I'm so worried!
Some advice and/or reassurance would be great, please? Thanks.
08-05-12, 21:16
6 month old refusing milk but loves his solids! Please help!
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