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Thread for Soremummy, please come and help those of you who have had non-eating babies.

22 replies

Aitch · 17/01/2008 23:19

she's having a rough time with the HVs etc, and it does sound as if her wee one is really a bit on the wee side, so she could do with some support i think.

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soremummy · 18/01/2008 00:15

thanks aitch

will be back tomorrow

BoysAreLikeDogs · 18/01/2008 00:17

Sorry Aitch,and Soremummy, got involved in od thread, will bump for her tomorrow

Tapster · 18/01/2008 09:27

details?

Aitch · 18/01/2008 12:52

come on soremummy, tell us what ails you...

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 18/01/2008 12:57

Hoping that soremummy can give us more info.

I am deffo not the best-placed to help with weaning issues, my babies are now 8 and 5 but I am an experienced CM, so might be able to help.

BoysAreLikeDogs · 18/01/2008 16:53

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soremummy · 22/01/2008 12:54

Hi all sorry I haven't been back on this thread but I have had a bug..

Update now with the details

Had her weighed today and ended up walking out of the clinic because I object to having a 28yr old telling me what to do with my child. She is 36 weeks old and has lost 2oz in the last 2 weeks. Now weighs 11lb 13oz. Totally b/f, trying to wean for last 10 weeks, tried everything! Doesnt like to be spoon fed (understatement) the only thing she ever eats is toast, crust of bread (breaks the soft part up and throws it) yorkshire pudding, she hasnt got a great pincer grip and cant hold pear, carrot etc so she just screams instead...
She has lots of wet nappies etc, trying to crawl forward/ has mastered backward and circle crawling! Can sit unaided / hardly sleeps on a good day sleeps for 30 mins during the day any ideas what we can do regarding weight/food before they send me to paed? Btw she was 4lb 3 at birth and has always been below 4th centile only getting further below it now.

soremummy · 22/01/2008 12:55

Hi all sorry I haven't been back on this thread but I have had a bug..

Update now with the details

Had her weighed today and ended up walking out of the clinic because I object to having a 28yr old telling me what to do with my child. She is 36 weeks old and has lost 2oz in the last 2 weeks. Now weighs 11lb 13oz. Totally b/f, trying to wean for last 10 weeks, tried everything! Doesnt like to be spoon fed (understatement) the only thing she ever eats is toast, crust of bread (breaks the soft part up and throws it) yorkshire pudding, she hasnt got a great pincer grip and cant hold pear, carrot etc so she just screams instead...
She has lots of wet nappies etc, trying to crawl forward/ has mastered backward and circle crawling! Can sit unaided / hardly sleeps on a good day sleeps for 30 mins during the day any ideas what we can do regarding weight/food before they send me to paed? Btw she was 4lb 3 at birth and has always been below 4th centile only getting further below it now.

soremummy · 22/01/2008 12:55

oops

lulumama · 22/01/2008 13:05

my DD was not as little as your DD, but did drop from just above the 50th to below the 25th centile , she was snacker, from birth. small amounts of milk ,little and often, when she was 10 months old she refused all solids for 10 days after an illness.

i had to change my expectations of her and stop comparing her to her brother who would eat from morning till night...!

i did BLW after i got tired of seeing my lovely organic homeade purees refused, and she enjoyed being more in control of her intake. it took until she was 2 years old to actually ask for food and say she was hungry

if she is busy playing or colouring, she won;t eat

i give 6 small meals a day, and she will sit and eat with us, but not eat much.

she is not a fan of water or juice. also, i know if she does not eat much, she has a good pint of milk or so a day.

she is developmentally fine, always has been , slow to talk, but is catching up. happy, healthy , alert , no digestive problems.

HV told be to stop bringing her for weighing so often as it was upsetting me! HV totally fine about it.

for there to be an average, 50th centile, some babies need to be above it, some below it.

my friends DD was same size as my DD at birth, but rapidly hit the 90th centile, very chunky baby, exclusively BF for 6 months, but really a big baby. we both used to sit and bemoan our babies, one skinnymalinks , one chunky !!

they have pretty much evened out, although DD is more delicate, she finally got a pot belly on her ,and does not have that awful hollow belly when she lies down now

anyway , enough rambling....

DD is not a big eater, i doubt she ever will be, there is more to a child's health than their weight gain...

DD will eat anything, but just tiny amounts

hope that helps a bit !

Tapster · 22/01/2008 16:06

Losing weight is common when they start crawling. lulumama has lots of good advice. My DD did not get the point of solids until 13 months and really did eat only 6 peas for lunch sometimes and it drove me nuts throwing food away.

Have you tried pasta - one of the few things my DD loves with various sauces with hidden vegetables (in your case I would add mascapone or double cream). I loathe to recommend Annabel Karmel's little pasta shapes but they worked for DD only now at 14 months will she be okay eating adult pasta chopped up. My DD also hated purees - crackers, homamade biscuits or organix stuff as snacks.

Concentrate on getting several little meals into her rather than 3 big meals. Let her play with the food and make lots of mess and she may enjoy it all a bit more and eventually eat.

soremummy · 22/01/2008 16:12

might try bigger pasta! her problem seems to be holding stuff thats soft or small or slippery. She sometimes has a chunk of apple and doesnt have a problem with gagging or anything, cheerios/shreddies are too small to ppick up but give her half a yorkshire pudding and she eats it and last weak stole a chunk of chicken off my plate and ate it. she is still a bit little in the highchair despite sitting on a cushion foled in half so might have to try her on my knee at table

Aitch · 22/01/2008 23:24

that sounds great, though, with the chicken and the yorkshire pudding. what about more things like that?

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soremummy · 23/01/2008 09:44

tried bigger pasta last night although she could pick it up thats all she did with it. think im gonna have to start cooking full carrots etc instead of chopping them into battons seems to be a problem with smaller stuff

beckmo · 23/01/2008 09:52

Have you tried eating at the same time as her with her on your knee? It's a bit messy but it's how I got my DD eating.Worth a try...

soremummy · 23/01/2008 09:57

Thats the only time she eats cos she pinches food off our plates just gonna make some eggy bread toast? she will she pinch that!

soremummy · 23/01/2008 09:57

see even lol

bourboncream · 23/01/2008 17:45

why object to having a 28 year old telling you what to do? fair enough what she said might not have been what you wanted to hear or the right thing but that is her job.

I am 23 and a mum of dd17m.Does that mean you are a better mum and know more about being a parent than me because you are older? sorry to divert thread but i get sick of older mums looking down on me just because im younger and get comments such as "oooh are you still with the father?" i mean Whaaaat?? would you ask that to an older person?? you certainly would not!!! sorry for going off on a tangent! im not aiming all of this at you....sorry.I mean no matter what age she is she obviously worked hard to get where she is even if she doesnt seem to know crap all

bourboncream · 23/01/2008 17:48

and i had a very hard time getting dd to eat but hey what would i know,im only 23.i wouldnt want to tell you what to do.

soremummy · 23/01/2008 18:27

bourboncream
I objected to the way / tone she used. I have 3 other children the eldest is 17. This is a new health visitor btw and she just thinks every child should be text book she has no kids and in my opinion hasn't had enough training! I don't look down on other people and never have fgs one of my daughters class mates had a baby a few weeks ago and have been helping her/talking to her to help her along. But if she suggested a way of encouraging my little one to eat I would not be offended.

soremummy · 23/01/2008 18:29

imo there is a huge difference between being told what to do and being helpful/suggestive with things

Aitch · 27/01/2008 11:52

how are you getting on now, soremummy?

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