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Pennsylvania
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6/28/08
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Re: 10-month-old with problems eating
Jul 5, 2008 4:53 PM
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I replied to your other blog not knowing the age of your son. If he is dependant on having the bottle for comfort feedings that is a whole different ball game. The thing is that he thinks of the bottle as "his" and he doesn't want to give it up for anything. Maybe you should try to not let him carry the bottle with him. Give him snacks so he's not crabby between meals. Only let him have the bottle during times that he is in his high chair eating his other foods and try to give him a cup with formula too. Even if the cup is just a toy that he takes occasional sips from it's still a learning experience. Sometimes babies think of the bottle as a companion or toy. If it bothers you, and he cries for his friend the bottle, try to substitute with a pacifier, (As long as he's not really hungry!). This way he's not snacking on the bottle between meal times and he may be more interested in solid foods. Despite what the other mom said it's not a good idea to let the baby have a bottle in bed all night. It can easily cause tooth decay called "bottle rot" where the front baby teeth decay so badly that they turn black and break or fall out prematurely. The baby will fall asleep with the bottle resting on the front teeth and the formula is pretty sugar filled (with corn syrup and sucrose in the first line of ingredients) to be dripping on those tiny teeth! A floride substitute should be something you ask the doc about if you have well water or live in an area without floride in the water (I have to use floride with my son). I do agree with the other mom that a healthy diet for your son is super important! There is no reason to be giving a baby junk food! If your baby gets into a bad eating pattern now chances are that he will choose bad foods in the future and have some weight issues. My son did prefer the banana, apple, peach, strawberries, cantalope, and other fruits over any other foods and snacks. Cheerios are a good finger food instead of cookies too (once the baby can chew & grasp well enough to eat them). I work with pregnant women teaching about labor, nutrition, and child care. I came to this site to try to give good info and also learn more about my second pregnancy which I am 7months along in now. Hope this helped to give a different view. After all that's what this is for! Good luck, and keep up the good work mom!
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PoconoMom(Donna)
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From:
Ontario
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6/21/08
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Re: 10-month-old with problems eating
Jul 5, 2008 10:16 AM
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I can totally relate to this subject!!!!!! My son was exactly like that..... all of a sudden he stopped wanting solids and only the bottle. And he could drink back dozens of bottles no problem. However this is NOT good, he started getting constipated, he stopped sleeping through the night and became fussy. He found great comfort in the bottle so much he was on teh bottle until 2 .....
he only ate when he had growth spurts or if we had a family meal.
Today at just over 3 years he has a much better apetite but only because there is NO MORE BOTTLE since he was 2.
My sugestion is to start taking the bottle away (leave 1 bottle for bed time for as long as you want him to have one)
I was weak and i had a difficult time saying no to the bottle, I often gave in, it helps if you have a good suport system where everyone else will stand by and encourage you through the process of taking away teh bottle.
Before doing so, find a cup that doesnt look to close to being a bottle.
I personaly believe babies are babies for the first 3 years and they should be allowed to make their own choices regarding the bottle, but when the bottle becomes the main source of food then a parent must step in and take charge.
at age 2 i told my son it was time to say good bye to bahbah, I showed him his new straw cups and asked him if he wanted it. he said yes mommy, so i gave him the garbage bag and said well if you want it you have to make a choice between bahbah and the straw cup. He was more than proud to put his bottles into the garbage!!!!!!!!!
my daughter eats concstantly, and still breastfeeds (only for pacifying as she has never taken to a pacifier) she takes a bottle to bed and I DO NOT have a problem with that as she is a baby.
I found that my daughters eating habbits reflect mine ... we much often together, strawberries, kiwi, apples, bananas, oranges, yogurt, crackers, areoroot cookies,
my son will only eat bananas and apples and oranges, crackers, areoroot cookies and sometimes yogurt, instead i buy him pudding as a snack but that is as far as it goes.
Occationaly they get to have SUNCHIPS multigrained.
If our children eat junk and then we try to get them to eat healthy ... it can make it difficult as they ofcourse want the sweet stuff.
So avoid all junkfoods and offer healthy snacks, and do the oposites of what the books tell u (bottle then food until 12 months) NO WAY !!!!! that only makes the child full on liquid, it should be food than bottle.
I hope that helps
God Bless
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7/5/08
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10-month-old with problems eating
Jul 5, 2008 8:52 AM
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I have a 10-month-old who doesn't like to eat anything you put in front of him. I didn't have any problems when he was 6 to 8 months old, but in the last couple of months the problem seems to have gotten worse. He only ever wants his bottle, so much so it's even hard to get him to eat snacks. If anyone has any ideas on how to get my little guy to eat more regularly, I would appreciate the advice.
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