My DS is 5 months now and over the last month or so has started refusing to take his milk. He went almost 2 days without taking anything so obviously was screaming and crying through hunger.
In a desperate attempt to get some milk into him, I mixed his formula with baby rice and spoon fed it to him. He took it and was happy. I know the rules on weaning but didn't really know what else to do with him. Now he will only take formula if it is in with his rice. I am thinking of just perservering with this because atm it is the only way I can get anything into him. Although he is a big baby, he has never taken large amounts of formula, but used to take anything between 5 and 6 ozs. When formula is mixed with rice, he can eat loads.
So, should I carry on in this way, or drop the rice and hope he doesn't go back to refusing his bottle? I don't feed him rice everytime he is hungry, twice a day tops and am perservering with the bottles in between when he may take 1/2 ozs tops. Just doesn't seem enough and he is constantly distressed because he is not getting enough milk.