DS loved solids, now gone off them - what should I do??

[naturopath]

Paediatrician strongly advised we wean at 17 weeks. Actually started at 19 weeks after much deliberation (see previous threads etc.) - don't have a go at me for not waiting until 6 months - I know that's the advice and the reasons for it (!)

Anyway, he absolutely loved baby rice and pear (his first meals) and tried to feed himself for about a week. Butternut squash was ok as well.

Now has gone off any food at all - baby rice, pear, apple, carrot, squash - doesn't want them at all and gags, spits out etc. There are absolutely no lumps in what I'm giving him.

He also has a cold, a cough and wheezing.

Do you think he has gone off food or is it just being under the weather that's making him like this?

Should I leave off feeding for a couple of weeks or just keep on offering (I neveer force it - I just offer and let him not eat if he doesn't want to).

Thanks!

Thanks Meg, that's good to know. I have actually held off offering for a couple of days now - doesn't seem much point really - but might try again in another couple.

Yes, Megglevache, I thought of doing that. Haven't expressed much (he's exclusively bf) but might give it a go again for these purposes. Am pretty sure that would work actually.

[No. But we probably would if we were to meet in RL - I obsess about it in my desperate quest for sleep LOL]

Meg, I've got 3 children: no1 pretty much sorted himself out, sleepwise. No2 needed a bit of help - which involved crying - at about 6m and also became an excellent sleeper. You would think I know what I'm doing! Ha ha ha

MegBusset - how did you get your lo to lie quietly and send self back to sleep??

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Naturopath that's the point he doesn't! He goes to sleep quite happily without boob for naps and bedtime but when he wakes in the night (which is v often at the moment as he's ill) he still cries out and will quickly escalate if not attended to

Ah MB, I see.. yes, ds has a curious knack of going to sleep without me during the day (albeit has to be when walking or driving, otherwise, tis down to me again..) but not when he wakes during the middle of the night. Yes, re-read your post. Oh well. I thought it was too good to be true

naturopath definitely try the muslin in your bra so it smells of you, or you could try spraying it with your perfume.

is his cot next to your bed? if so can you drop one side down so it is like a big extension to your bed?

try feeding him before bed so he gets sleepy but is put in his cot still slightly awake rather than feeding him right to sleep.

also very controversial but my ds would only sleep on his side or tummy - never his back.

would he take a dummy at all??

my ds loved being but at 22 weeks it might be too late to start this.

oh and have you tried white noise?

we got this cd when ds was a month or so old and it really helped.

Thanks - has never liked dummies (which I'm quite happy with, as half my friends seem to be up several times in the night putting the dummy back in their babies' mouths!)..
cot is in our room but kind of wrong level to drop down to our bed.
Haven't worn perfume since he was born as don't want to confuse the smell of me, and he seems to be pretty allergic/eczema/wheezy so I have held off on those grounds as well.
Only really likes sleeping on his back anyway. Used to sleep on his tummy/side, but not for a long time so he's not used to it any more.
Will def go for the muslin in bra thing though.

maybe just try putting the cot next to your bed then?

does he like to be swaddled?

Tried white noise a while ago as well - he wasn't buying it - it's mummy or nothing!

hates swaddling

how many weeks was he born at? you may think this is a completely random question, but i have just had a thought.

Was late - I had to be induced and he was born a day before 42 weeks (so he's def not premature if that's what you were thinking!)

no but as he was 2 weeks late he will hit certain growth and developmental spurts 2 weeks earlier than he should.

this may interest you

particularly this bit:

"I think the reason the "4-month sleep regression" is such a big deal is that babies wake up a lot in the few weeks it takes while they're working on the 19-week spurt (or 17 weeks as he was late), and then once they've gone through that spurt they only have a week or two (if that) of respite before they start prepping for the 26-week (or 24 week) spurt. So it's kind of one long stretch of bad sleep and cranky moods during that stage of your baby's life"

hmm, could be

I hope so. It's just that I seem to be the only one out of all my friends with a baby like this...

maybe he's just a high need baby?

have you ruled out any other allergies - wheat for example?

actually, haven't had him allergy-tested yet but that's next on my list of things to do..!

you might find that the gp will want you to do a food diary before they will do any allergy testing. that's what we had to do when we thought ds might have a cows milk allergy.

You need to read this book. It may not solve the problem for you, but I found that it gave me a lot of excellent tips on how to reduce the feeding-to-sleep.

ahh - Amazon had suggested that to me before, but you never know with books - the title always looks so promising but the content isn't always. Did you use it? Did it work?

there used to be a thread on it.

you could try bumping it.

no cry sleep soloution