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Hi Leanne
I have a 7 month old daughter who has suffered severe reflux and is also completely lactose intolerant, we have been in and out of hospital for observation and with all of this the pedeatrition suggested not starting solids till 6 months. Unfortunately i can`t get her to take interest in her food or a bottle..i do all my own food but her bottles have also reduced dramatically aswell. She is still waking 4 times through the night and not eating more than 2 mouthfulls a day, what can i do to encourage her to feed better? PLease help i need sleep.....
It is reasonably common that some bubs while being interested in what you put to your mouth (remembering that ‘the mouth’ to a baby is their whole world, if it goes in your mouth it must be interesting…) are still not sold on solids. Keep on as you are, offering food but letting it go if it is rejected.
Sometimes bubs skip the whole mushy food stage (who can blame them) and go to finger foods, that’s where a feeding mesh can be really helpful. Your bub may in a few weeks be okay with some finger foods (say some slithers of banana or avo)? Once these bubs get going they can really make up for lost time so batten down the hatches and watch your food bill.
If you find that things just don’t improve you might look at another option, a speech pathologist, they are great with all things oral, and can often pick up little issue with oral development that affect feeding.
I would highly recommend talking to a paediatric speech pathologist such as the gals at No Fuss Feeding (website of same name). If your bub found chunky food difficult it may also strengthen this idea. Paediatric speech pathologists deal with all things to do with the mouth. Much of what a baby eats or rather when they can eat certain foods is determined by their oral development. I really think you will find them helpful, you can also find them in the yellow pages.
I hope that helps.
All the best,
Leanne