Celia,
I agree with calamus, I'll ask my helper to wait until at certain time then feed her, when she's hungry or tired, eventually, she'll eat! Don't worry BB don't eat enough, as my PD said, they will eat if they're hungry, just let him cry a bit and don't force him. How often you feed him now? I'm now training my bb to eat every 4-5 hours in routine.
I come across similar problems when my baby drinks from bottle. Before the Easter holiday, he had 190 ml each time. During the holiday, I BF him directly all the time. After the holiday, he had only 120 ml - 150 ml each time. But now, yesterday, he had 180 - 190 ml each. I think we need not force the baby to have milk. When he is hungry, he will have what he needs.
Did anyone start giving the baby try cereal (mic woo)? My husband & father-in-law ask me to let the baby try. My baby is just 4 1/2 months. I think he is too small for it. But I notice there are two small white spots on his gum. I don't know whether they are teeth or not. I'll check it again tonight. Do your babies have tooth?
emily_lai ,
It's ok to let bb try eating mashed food start from 4 months old but it's just tasting, not really feeding. You can try giving bb one spoon first, and one more spoon the next day, the next next day...and then..more. If it's ok, you can start giving another kind of food. They've to get used to different food and prepare to start eating solid food from 6 months. Not every bb like eating solid food right away. Before, I even tried giving my elder son bread when he was only 4 months' old. haa...luckily, he likes eating. He eats any kind of food I introduced to him. When he was only 5months, he has already started eating one solid food meal a day since he eats a lot and sole milk seems not enuf. He also had tooth early in 4 months' old but my daughter still hasn't had any tooth yet.
zucca,
According to what you say, are those 2 white spots really teeth? I have tried to touch the white spots and they seem hard. But they are on one side only, not on both and two spots instead of one. So I'm still not sure whether they are teeth or not.
If you want to quit BF, you need to quit gradually. Maybe you can still feed your baby once a day e.g. every night.
Thank you for your advice. Since the second week when I went back to work, my boy drank less milk.
Now I feed him at 6:30 before I go to work. He is not willing to drink until 11:00 or 12:00. Then my maid will give him the milk at 3:00 to 4:00 again. Sometimes, he drinks 3oz or 4oz, sometimes just 1oz or 2oz.(If baby just drink 1oz or 2oz, I ask my maid to give him again one hour later.) Until I go back home at about 7:00. My boy will only drink 5.5oz to 9oz the whole day.
He has only about 5 wet nappies and he seems gain so little weight (0.4kg in two months) when I weight him at the scale at home. I am using Nuk bottle, shall I try avent bottle? Or shall I start to give him 糊仔when he is four months old? I know the nurse in Health Centre suggests BF baby to have 糊仔until 6 months.
My bb also doesn't like eat much early in the morning before I go to work and then she'll eat a lot at around 11:30am. Celia, don't worry, doctor always say everything is fine as long as the bb is healthy and not sick. Some bb eat more, some bb eat less. Now, I really don't care much how much she eats. One meal eating less, she'll eat more in another meal. How about sleeping? Does he sleep well? Sleeping is also important for gaining weight.
I don't suggest giving him 糊仔 too early either, at least wait until 5 months. I gave my elder starting eating at about 5 months before. But u can start letting him trying / tasting. 1 or 2 spoon only.
The same to my bb la. Just went to Doctor today, she only gained about 0.6 kg for the last 2 months. The doctor said it's fine and I don't care either since I really can't force her eating much. If she wants, I'll feed her and not much I can do if she doesn't want, right?
My baby's poo poo also smells since 3 month old. He has 3-4 times of poo pooevery day. But yesterday he just had 2 times. My baby is now over 8 kg. When I'm away for work, he has 2 times of milk totally 14 oz.