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Oh my gosh! Did you really? These babies! I bet Myles wouldn’t drink it either.
Well, Myles is doing much better. After a week of refusing all bottles and puking up nearly every feed, he suddenly just turned the corner and is doing just fine again. I’m thrilled of course,
but I honestly just don’t know what the problem was or why he’s fine now. I wish I knew so I could prevent it from happening again. That’s the million dollar question around here, isn’t it? Why the back and forth with symptoms?He’s still not very interested in his bottle so I am mostly spoon feeding him. Breast milk mixed with some oatmeal cereal, and two jars of baby food per day. He gets thirsty in the afternoon and finally takes a 4 ounce bottle and then most nights he will drink a bottle before bed. So, only two bottles per day but he’s eating his solids like a champ. I’m trying to get him interested in a sippy cut, but no interest yet. I’ve tried a tiny bottle that he can hold himself, but that’s a no go so far. But, at least he’s eating and getting enough.
Thanks for all your suggestions and support.
The only theory I have is that maybe there was something in the batch of frozen breast milk he was eating that week. Maybe I was eating onions or something back then that now aggravates his reflux.
The funny thing is he has a nasty cold these last two days but is eating better than he was a week ago. Maybe the virus was coming on and he felt lousy, but had no outward symptoms yet. I just don’t know.
In any case, I just thought I’d post about his turn around and thank you all for your ideas and concern.
Thanks Jill! I’m glad Aidan is doing better, too.
Myles eats carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, apples, bananas (finally..he hated them the first few times I gave them to him), and just in the last two days I’ve tried prunes and he did fine with them. Just a teaspoon per day to help him poop more. It seems to help with his slow motility, which surprises me. So, those are the only foods I’ve tried so far and he seems to do fine with all of them. Aidan is a little younger than Myles, so hopefully as he gets a little older he will be able to tolerate more foods.Thanks Sarah! I will keep trying different sippy cups because he sure doesn’t have much affection for his bottle. I’m sure he will give it up completely much earlier than I would like, so I need to get him to like some kind of cup. I’ve tried straw cups, but I think he’s a little too young yet. He thinks everything is a toy right now and it never even occurs to him to try to drink anything from a cup. He just bangs them on his tray and if he puts it in his mouth at all he only bites on it.
Myles only gets about 15 – 16 ounces of breast milk or formula per day too, but he seems to be getting enough, so I guess that’s all he needs.
I’m glad that things are getting a little better. I can only imagine the fustration and worry. Hang in there!Karen,
Thanks. Myles is only drinking two bottles per day now, but he really wants those two. He’s so thirsty by late afternoon from having only spoon feedings all day that he wants a bottle badly by about 4 pm. And he drinks a night time bottle before bed and he seems to actually enjoy that one.
I wish he’d take one more bottle during the day, but he knows what he wants and doesn’t want, and I have to abide since I’m only the mommy, and he of course is in charge of what he eats or doesn’t eat!
He pees through his diapers continually so I guess that’s a good sign that he’s getting enough fluid even with the spoon feedings.
I’m glad to hear Marisa is eating well.
Thanks Susan,
No, Myles does not projectile vomit. I thought it was projectile for a
long time because when he does throw up it is such a huge quantity, but
when I talked to his doctor she said what I was describing was not
projectile vomiting. It does not shoot acorss the room or anything;
just gushes out of his mouth and all over himself and me.I’ve tried letting Myles hold his own bottle, and tried a small 2 ounce
bottle like you once suggested. He’s just not interested. He’ll play
with it, bang it, throw it, teethe on it; anything but drink from it.
He drinks those two bottles per day because he is so thirsty, but
that’s it. The rest of the day I spoon feed him breast milk mixed
with a little oatmeal so it’s not so thin. He loves it! He just won’t
drink it from a bottle!I’m trying various sippy cups, too. Just like the bottle, he bangs
them, chews on them, throws them, but won’t drink anything from them. I
offer him open cups from time to time and he will take a few sips but
for an actual meal this would be far too time consuming and messy, so I
use the spoon for actual meals and offer him drinks from time to time
from a cup.Thanks for your suggestions and concern.
Elijah sure is lucky to have you as his grammy!
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