Well, my elation at Megan's eating was short lived. She refused her dinner last night. I tried her on mashed potato, carrot, cauliflower and salmon that we were having and she hated it all. She has been having it pureed but I thought due to her new pincer grip I would try it just on her tray. Anyway she just mushed it all in her fingers and wouldn't even eat any of it if I gave it to her. I tried her on one of my purees after that and she just spat it out. Just don't know what to feed her anymore. She won't eat purees, won't eat lumps and will only eat cheerios, cheese sandwiches (if broken up and given to her), and toast (same as sandwiches). Oh and soy yoghurt. Why did I get one of these babies?????????????? Everything has been a struggle with her!
Hmmm, I can't remember whether you are BF or FF. Anyway, it doesn't really matter - the point I wanted to say was that I think even at this age, if your baby isn't eating too much solid stuff it isn't neces a HUGE issue. Of course you would dearly love her to wolf down her food, but it could just be that what with her various probs that she's been through she might be just a little delayed in terms of eating and digestive stuff compared with other babies. You know how some babies crawl early but others can barely shuffle even at age 18months? Well maybe that's the same for Megan in terms of eating. Soooo, what I am trying to say in a very long-winded fashion is maybe her little digestive system just isn't quite ready yet for 'real' food and she'd still rather have either formula or breastmilk. We've been through a few feeding strikes with Monty, either with him not breastfeeding or not eating solids - quite often it turns out to be a teething issue, so a few days after his refusal to eat a new tooth pops out or at least starts to appear.
My suggestion, FWIW (I'm defo no expert on the baby front, ha ha), is to keep trying her with solids each day, just let her play with the food, even if she doesn't eat it. I seem to remember Florabean saying she did this with Harry, am I right? I recall something about having a mad food-game session, where you covered the change mat with lots of yummy stuff and eventually he decided to start eating. So maybe that's worth a shot? In the meantime, just keep up her calories by giving her lots of lovely milk.
And hey, I bet we've all been there with thinking 'why me? Why my baby?' I certainly felt like that far too often in the early days. I bet in a few months time you will look with adoring eyes on your little bundle and think 'gosh, was it really that hard back then' - ha, you'll probably also be thinking 'Blimey, girl, are you trying to eat us out of house and home?'
Hope my waffling helps a little. Sorry, I can't help myself but write entire essays once I get going!
Have a great time in Norwich!
sounds like you're having a time of it again. Hope things get better and you manage to sort Noah's temp.
) and then refusing point blank to go back to sleep. I lost it and simply put him down in his cot and walked away, so OH then took over and spent another hour by the cot lying him down every 30seconds because he kept trying to stand up or crawl. I think we got two lots of 3hours of sleep last night, with an interval of just over an hour. That's kind of pretty standard now. It's not the lack of sleep per se that bothers me, but the broken nature of the sleep. If I got those six hours combined every night, I'd almost be ecstatic with it now. I simply can't believe that at 10months, my biggest topic of conversation is still sleep! We are currently researching some sleep practitioners online - you know like the one Megewansmum recommended? Only she's in Canada, so I thought we'd try a little closer to Sheffield first ;-)
