I don't think mpi because he wasn't ill enough as a baby to suggest any intolerance. He had silent reflux which at it's worst became spit ups (up to 3hrs after a feed) and then we got meds which he still takes. They haven't been increased for a long long time as there doesn't appear to have been a need.
2ml ranitidine morning and 2ml evening.
carobel milk thickener in his morning milk as this is (was) the larger drink.
The evening sippy of milk is so small (a few sips) there is no need to thicken.
In the past we had occasions of vomiting water if he drank too much in one go, eg with a new straw cup or water bottle etc he would e so excited about the new cup he would drink lots for the fun of it then throw up.
We did BLW and he tried just about everything he was offered, a wide variety of things, only he rarely liked anything mushy or bitty or liquidy so no mash potato or rice for example and no cereal with milk like wheetabix or oats because it's mushy (although ate lots of humous which is mushy). He ate very little in the way of meat or fish but at that young age he did try them. He still tries them sometimes now but he mostly recognizes meat and fish and doesn't want it.
Because of a previous worry about protein I've made breakfast a protein meal because he is hungry then and it means I can relax about protein the rest of the day. I got totally fed up of making home made meatballs and meat or bean burgers in the hopes of tempting him he only once ate meat balls and about twice home made meat burgers a very small amount. he did eat bean fritters/pancake/burger type things but it was a bit random based on seasoning and flavours.
Morning WU milk was about 150-180ml, now about 50-100ml
Breakfast:
1 sausage (yes not great, but I buy the best quality I can)
or
1 egg omelet
or
eggy bread (half slice bread half an egg)
(all these he has 1-2 tsp of ketchup to dip)
about 1 day per week we have toast, fruit bread toast or pancakes instead
every now and then he has muesli balls (baby muesli mixed with a couple of spoons milk to make a v thick mix and roll into balls)
plus a piece of fruit, if he has had all his protein I let him have more fruit, if he hasn't had much of the breakfast I only give a little fruit because i don't want him to replace his meals with fruit which he would do!
snack: fruit or home made mini muffin or home made pancakes or shop bought cracker
muffins are often carrot or sweet pot with dried fruit like figs, sultanas or prunes. Sometimes banana, sometimes with added ground oats, ground almonds, or desiccated coconut, I tend to make it up on the day and freeze batches. he often makes muffins with me and eats a load of raw grated carrot or sweet pot.
lunch:
cheese sandwich
or
pasta with tom/veg sauce and cheese
or
baked beans and tortilla/bread
or
steamed veg and bread/tortilla
plus fruit
after nap snack:
small serving dried or fresh fruit
sometimes bits of veg whilst we cook (esp if he is cooking with me), raw carrot, raw pepper
dinner:
range of meals, some slight variation for example to separate veg into piles for him rather than mixed up, sometimes some additional veg element for DS if we are having something we know he isn't going to go for. He is regularly offered food he doesn't like to familiarise him with it (eg broccoli, fresh fish, meat) and offered dip of ketchup or lemon juice, mayo, mint sauce things like that - he'll even have a water dip. He will also be given an extra carbs element if we have something he doesn't like, he is still given the part he doesn't like, eg rice or couscous and he gets a piece of tortilla bread, garlic bread or flat bread.
Range of stuff really, stew and dumplings, pasta dishes, meat, fish, lentils, beans, oven baked home made chips (sweet pot, pot, turnip), steamed veg, etc. I make white sauces with cream cheese, he will eat as much as will stick to the pasta so depends how many pieces of pasta he eats, or he uses as a dip for veg. Sometimes home made pizza, chinese stir fry and noodles...
He likes/will eat (but depends on his taste that day, sometimes will have none, sometimes stuffs himself with loads)
carrots
sweet pot
sweet corn and baby corn
peppers
courgette
aubergine
mange tout
sugar snap peas
peas
asparagus
green beans
mushrooms
onion
spring onion
tomatoes
and he is offered lots of others he won't eat
cauli
broccoli
cabbage, green and red
spring greens
bean sprouts
spinach
hmm...can't think of anything else right now, but you get the idea. I usually don't worry about the veg but now I see that he is a bit limited esp in the area of providing calcium.
After dinner some fruit, I watch out for him replacing his meal with fruit though but always let him have a little even if it is a little later as I don't use it as a treat or reward.
Supper:
sippy milk, few sips, and if he didn't eat much dinner then maybe bread stick, toast, crumpet, mini muffin or some sugar free vegi cake or pancake or a cracker. he is generally not hungry at this time now but used to have a bit of supper so I still offer, this is 1hr before BT.
The times I've made muffins with cheese or spinach in he tried a little then wouldn't eat any of that batch even after they were frozen and brought out another time.
Well, I don't know what you can do with all that info - so much to read - sorry!
I look at his daily food and don't see anything 'bad' or 'wrong' everything that goes in his mouth is healthy and yet his intake isn't balanced now that the milk has dropped down so little.
This morning he had about 50ml milk and one of those awful milk puddings I made yesterday - he wolfed it down, about 100ml worth of milk! So it looks good but I need to see how it effects the rest of his day because if it means he won't eat proper breakfast now then I'll be back to the no protein problem. We'll see, it looks promising.
[posted same time - sorry but if my LO had that much milk and yogurt, not that he can have yogurt and won't take that amount of milk, but if he did, there would be literally no space left in his body to eat veg, protein or grains, it would be back to a NB diet of milk. I don't know if he even had that much dairy as a baby!]
