Each baby is different from one another which makes it hard when it comes to trying to understand for a new mom.
For a few days now, I have been trying the advices. At this moment, I think DD is interested in everything that she could get her hands on... eventually, it goes into her mouth. She loves it for a few minutes and then she gets distracted by something else. I was so discouraged at the beginning because I have tried so many things and putting in so much efforts to a point that I feel like a total failure in motherhood. I asked myself how come DD is so different from other babies... she just doesn't like to eat/drink. The reason why I started her on pureed food was because she was not so interested in her formula.
I tried keeping her just on the formula thinking she might not be ready for pureed foods yet. But I don't think this is the case right now. She seems so difficult to please. When she takes a nap, she usually takes her bottle but only after she sucked on her pacifier for a few seconds. She wasn't like this when she was younger... I don't know why she's turned out this way, but I just kept with her pace so that she will drink enough to keep up with her output and weight gain.
I spoke with my doctor and she didn't seem to say much of it. And being a first time mommy only puts more stress on me since I don't know if it's normal for DD to be acting this way. I think I worry too much but then again I still find myself worrying and thinking about these issues the moment I get a chance to.
These few days, I have tried to let her eat her biscuits, mashed bananas, and bread. So far, she has been okay on them. She like the bananas more (I feed her the mashed bananas on a spoon) and she drops the biscuits and bread often. She also like to suck on the juice of tomato and unfortunately, I can't let her hold it as it will create a big mess. The rest of the food, I let her eat, drop, and explore since it won't create such a mess. I am waiting for the avocadoes to ripen so that she could try on those. Oh, as for the brocoli, she didn't really chew on them... she looked at them and it all ended up on the floor.
Right now, I feed her 3 times/day (food) and then bottle an hour after her meal (on average she drinks 26oz). Do you think I should alter the feeding time. I kwow most moms prefer to feed bottle then food but it didn't work on DD as she would reflux the milk up... what should I do?
I think the reason they feed bubs food after the bottle is coz bfing or ffing is the main source of nutrition for the first 12 months.
It is more important than solids, so it is better to give it after, or bubs can be too full from the food to take the formula feed.
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