My 7.5 month old dd is what I have heard referred to as a happy starver. She doesn't seem to get all that hungry. The only time she ever asks to be fed is in the night - we are generally down to one milk feed between 2 and 4 - and she gobbles that enthusiastically.
She had untreated reflux until 6 weeks ago (bl**dy HV and all that...). I wonder if it is still an association of eating with pain?
She quite enjoys feeding herself, mostly, and has eaten everything we've tried (doing mostly BLW with some mush thrown in) except spinach - which is fair enough, IMO!
She was 'failure to thrive' and a formula fed prem newborn - so for the initial months I was always being told to push and push for her to eat. And she did regain her centiles, but remains petite now.
Are there others with happy starvers? Do you push them to eat/ drink milk? Do you push highly calorific food? Is it safe to try and night wean, since that's the only time she's really hungry?
Thank you for any thoughts and suggestions.
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'Happy starvers' - how do you manage yours?
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mylittlefreya · 04/08/2007 11:56
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