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EAT => Feeding Solid Food => Topic started by: ~Jency's*Momma~ on January 13, 2006, 15:34:14 pm
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Jency was eating 2oz of a fruit cereal mix fir breakfast then he would have 2oz of veggies at lunch and then 2oz veggies and 2oz of fruit for dinner, plus bf 4 times a day and once at night.
But all of a sudden he started eating 2 times at night. Then he stopped wanting to eat breakfast or lunch. Last night I only fed him once and he still refused to eat breakfast.
He gets up at 7:30am and I've always bf him and then fed breakfast at 8:30am. This hasn't changed. Same for lunch. He wakes around 11:00 and I BF him at 11:30 and then feed solids anywhere from 12:00-12:30. Then he goes back down for nap around 1:00/1:30. Then he wakes 2:30/3:00 and I bf him at 3:30 and he gets those fruit and veggie puffs (only a couple) Then he sometimes takes a cat nap and then has dinner at 5:30ish then bf at 7:30ish.
Can anyone tell me why he has been doing this? Is there anything I can be doing differently? should I go ahead and feed him solids before bfing? Should I feed him only solids he likes for awhile.
He loves banana's and sweet potatos.
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It sounds like teething or a growth spurt to me. When he wakes at night, is it clear that he's hungry? Did you try PU/PD or another way to soothe him back to sleep without eating? I wouldn't change anything for right now, he's still young enough that it's important that he fill up on breastmilk, not solids. Variations in appetite are normal, so your best bet is to stick with the way things are for now and try to ride it out. Keep us posted!
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Thanks. I don't really have prob with the night wakings. We are used to it. I usually sooth him back to sleep or DH does. I only feed him once and that depends on what time he wakes. Last night he ate at 12am and then didn't eat again until 7:15 this morning (he woke 2 other times, once do to teeth) and then only took one breast and still refused the solids this morning!