Hi there,
I am so desprated with my baby's feeding recently. It will be highly appreciated if you could help me with my questions.
My DD is 9 month now with weight only 7.3 kg, about 10% on the growth chart. In recent one month, her appetite seems getting worse. So I am worried about she would fell off the growth chart soon. She gets Thalssamia from me but she looks thriving (that means she is anaemic). My breast milk is not enough, so I am using supply line to give her formula an d breast milk at the same time.
Here is her EASY:
7:30 approx. 130 ml milk total
9:30 cereal with fruit (today she had 1 strawberry, 1/3 of banana and 1 slice of avocado)
10:00 45 mins nap
11:30 130ml milk
12:30 couscous porridge with egg yolk/ meat and veggie
2:30 1 hour nap
3:30 130 ml milk
5:30 avacodo slices and steamed carrots/pumpkin
7:00 130 ml milk
8:00 sleep
With solids, she doesn't eat much. And 130 ml milk is the ideal amount, most of the time, she could only finish 100-110 ml.
today, she seems have more solids than usual , so at 11:30 & 3:30 milk feelings, she only has about 40 ml each time. This drove me crazy.
My question is that:
Am i giving my DD too many times of feeding and solids considering she has a small appetite? Should I omit one milk or solids?
Milk and solids, which is more important for 9-12 month baby? I read somewhere that milk is the most important food for baby under 12 month. And baby under 12mon could reply only on milk without solids. Solids is only for exploring for this age. But some say that from 9 month, babies should be given solids first and milk is for in-between.
And do you have any suggestions on increasing baby' appetite? Thank you very much for your help.
Anna