Dd lost interest in milk

[fizzbuzz]

Started weaning dd 3 weeks ago. Since then he has lost all interest in milk, and is only interested in food.

I give her bottle first, and she takes a bit. Then starts toying with it,looking round, chewing the teat etc. However as soon as solid food appears, she takes loads, even when she has refused bottle. She is eating scary amounts. I would like her to take more milk.

Any advice anyone?

[mamama]

How old is she? I think advice really depends on her age? Will she anything else - eg water or diluted juice?

[fizzbuzz]

She is 5 1/2 months old. I had to wean her a bit early as she was really hungry, and milk wouldn't satisfy her any more.

However she loves all the new tastes and often refuses milk, yet will eat food like a little pig!

I always give bottle first, but she toys with it, whilst waiting for next course, which she immediately demolishes.

[fifiandtheflowertots]

ds was like this about 6 weeks ago, i struggled to get milk into him. He's a bit better now and ive started giving him more cereals, porridge, mash potato etc where i can add his milk into it.

[fizzbuzz]

Yes will try that when she is a bit older, but she is still quite young, and am only on sort of starter foods at the moment.

She sees that spoon and dish, and bottle is immediately rejected, and mouth wide open for goodies! Perhaps I need to bring dish in later...

[figgypud]

hi fizzbuzz
I'm in the same situation as you! my DD is 25 weeks!
I've mixed the purees with milk (either EMB or Form) whatever I've got!

Asked HV today and she said its quite common but to keep offering her milk esp before a feed! As long as she has 2 or more wet nappies in 24 hours theers no problem!

[fizzbuzz]

Thanks Figgypud, I thought they had to have a pint of milk a day.
Dd has plenty of wet nappies believe me!

My concern was more about milk than liquid, IYKWIM

Will try leaving dish in another room tomorrow.

[figgypud]

Yeah it is spose to be a pint a day but think most babes go off milk for a while when they get a taste for real food!

Def leave spoon and dish until after you've tried milk first! personally I'd give it a couple days to a week and pop to see HV if shes still not taking much!

[alibobble]

Hi, am also finding that dd loves REAL food much better than milk. that sais ,have you tasted formula? Yuck! the reason they need the milk is for the protein and irn I think so if you can mix some into the food that counts towards oz per day. dd has moved back towards milk ATM because she's teething and feeling under the weather so it's swings and rdbts.

[fizzbuzz]

Yes, the smell and taste of formula makes me gag. I thought it was for the calcium that they needed it.

[miao]

My DD went off milk too but much older. My concern with your DD is that she is still less than 6mo and so milk should be her primary source of nutrition, not least for her digestive system. Like others have said, try giving her baby rice or other gluten free cereals mixed with EBM or formula. Don't give her porridge, oats have gluten and this should be avoided at all costs before 6 months, or later if possible. Gluten free cereals are basically rice and millet and I'm sure there's something else but can't for the life of me remember it.

BTW, milk is good for calcium, but there are other good sources of this for when she's a bit older (tahini, almonds, green leafy veg, fish etc.). Formula contains iron but normal cow's milk doesn't, so when they're older it really is better they have a varied diet than just loads of milk. At this stage though milk is still vitally important.

HTH

[fizzbuzz]

Yes, that is my concern, but she just wasn't satisfied by milk alone any more.

When ds was young the advice then was to wean from 3-4 months. Ds was a complete pain with milk and wouldn't have it at all, so had to waen him at 12 weeks, with lots of milk based foods. However he didn't seem to suffer for it, so not sure what is right really.

[fizzbuzz]

Interesting spelling of wean in my last message...