My 9 month old daughter has a strong liking/ disliking of the food. She doesn't like the taste of formula at all- I tried various ways to supplement with formula ( switching one brand to another, mixing with cereals and fruits etc. ) from her 5 months but in vein. She simply keeps her mouth shut or makes some funny posture to throw that up. Now it's time for me to go back to work. I'm anxious enough how to tackle this oncoming feeding problem. She's taking some solids ( vege, fruits, cereal) and water , but still milk is the most important food for the few more months. I'm concern much because I think I'm drying up too. She has a leaner body though she is very active. Please help.
2007-01-20 16:09:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Mix her formula with breast milk until she is fully switched over. Use 1/4 formula and 3/4 breast milk and gradually add more formula until that is all she drinks. I think that if she is 9 months old, she needs to be eating solid foods anyway and formula, and not be breatfeeding at all, but that is my opinion. If you are starting to dry up, then that is a sign that your body is ready to be done nursing her! You also can ask your baby's doctor what to do, because if you stop making milk, then she has to eat somehow and sooner or later she will take the formula. She's not going to let herself starve!
2007-01-20 16:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by SuzyBelle04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about the leaner body babies come in different shapes and sizes. Is it the formula or the bottle she doesn't like? Try mixing some express breast milk - gradually increase the amount of formula as the days go on. Or try formula in a cup rather than the bottle. And relax a little. It might help if someone other than you (who is not related to food or comfort as you are) tries for a bit. And remember babies will not starve themsleves so when you do got to work she will eat and drink very well.
2007-01-20 16:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will see a reduction in milk production as she eats more and more solid food. Milk is still her most important food, and if she won't take formula, you may just need to pump. Talk to your local WIC office (even if you don't qualify) or La Leche League. Your doctor can give you a prescription for a breastpump to "increase your milk supply" and most insurance companies will buy you an electric one.
You can try giving her straight breastmilk in a cup. Once she takes that, add a small hint of formula to the milk in the cup. A week later, add a little more and so forth. It may not work and she could get really mad at you so offer her juice from the same cup (an ounce or two every day) so she won't hate the cup.
If you get really desperate, we had to put my son's medicine in a little juice concentrate to get him to take it, but consult your pediatrician before doing that, adding the concentrate will dilute the needed nutrition. If you get the go ahead, mix the concentrate with 1 part water to 4 parts concentrate and then mix the formula in.
Best of luck.
2007-01-20 16:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with my daughter. She would not take a bottle (even if it had breast milk in it!). She would refuse to eat all day long while she was at the sitter, then when I got home, she would feed all evening. It really did worry me - was she getting enough food, would she loose weight, was she healthy? So, I understand what you are feeling.
Best advice I can give is to take her to a health care professional, have her weight monitored. If you can, express some of your milk to put into a sippy cup or a cup with a built in straw. That is what we ended up doing. At about 12 months she finally started drinking formula out of the cup. Good luck, you have a daughter with a very strong will!
2007-01-20 16:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by Wattleseed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no expert, yet i'm in a matching difficulty as you. My toddler is the comparable age, desires a bottle to fall asleep, and he sleeps with us. He would not even comprehend the thank you to apply a pacifier the two. If he's waking up that generally nevertheless during the night, i do no longer think of he's hungry or desires nutrition, I in basic terms think of he awakened and desires convenience/protection that he's getting from breastfeeding. even nevertheless it is far less annoying to grant him what he needs, attempt rocking him or soothing him by way of patting and making gentle shhh sounds. that's what I do, and he falls asleep lower back. If he needs something to suck on nevertheless, attempt giving him a bottle crammed with water. They make lots of nipples so which you would be able to attempt some to work out what he will latch directly to. so a procedures as co-dozing is going, as quickly as my son is sufficiently old to comprehend a communique, i visit talk to him approximately dozing in his own mattress, take him to the save and %. one out that he likes and notice the way it is going from there. with a bit of luck it is not extremely a concern, and as of staggering now I haven't any problems with him dozing in mattress w/ my husband and me. good success.
2016-10-07 11:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in a breast shaped serving device.
2007-01-20 16:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋