megangrohl
Mama to Lily!
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My little girl, or should I say BIG girl! is a very fussy eater. She doesn't seem to want to eat but she goes through so many diapers everyday it's insane and she is gaining lots of weight. She is 15 lbs at 3 months.
So my question is, are there any women out there with babies that are fussy eaters and don't eat very much? On average I'd say she has 25 oz a day, sometimes less, sometimes more (usually only by 1-2 oz).
I know that if she is peeing lots she is well hydrated and she is gaining so not to worry. My mom said that she is just a curious baby, all she wants to do is look around at the world and see everything. And the only way I can actually get her to eat a lot in 1 sitting is if she is half asleep. And if she goes too long during the day before eating she refuses the bottle even if she is so hungry.
She is a very happy baby though so I am not worried about that. It's just that the doctors don't make sense. They say she should be getting 2 oz per pound of weight for the lower side of normal and 2.5 oz per pound for the higher side of normal. That would put her at 30 oz a day MINIMUM!
I've tried her on various different bottles but they gag her as she is used to the NUK bottles we use. I have also tried different formula but nothing works. I honestly think she is just curious about everything. She is such a strange eating baby. Any thoughts?
So my question is, are there any women out there with babies that are fussy eaters and don't eat very much? On average I'd say she has 25 oz a day, sometimes less, sometimes more (usually only by 1-2 oz).
I know that if she is peeing lots she is well hydrated and she is gaining so not to worry. My mom said that she is just a curious baby, all she wants to do is look around at the world and see everything. And the only way I can actually get her to eat a lot in 1 sitting is if she is half asleep. And if she goes too long during the day before eating she refuses the bottle even if she is so hungry.
She is a very happy baby though so I am not worried about that. It's just that the doctors don't make sense. They say she should be getting 2 oz per pound of weight for the lower side of normal and 2.5 oz per pound for the higher side of normal. That would put her at 30 oz a day MINIMUM!
I've tried her on various different bottles but they gag her as she is used to the NUK bottles we use. I have also tried different formula but nothing works. I honestly think she is just curious about everything. She is such a strange eating baby. Any thoughts?