well, the next night went GREAT!
i decided to share this time and let daddy join in the fun.
of course i hovered - hoping he would get bored and hand the spoon over to me!!! - but he didn't.
teege ate 2 batches again, we fixed him some more - the dr said give him as much as he wants - and he ate about 3 spoons of that and then started spitting the rest out. so we wasted a little, no big deal, the stuff is as cheap as dirt. i was going to make all my own baby food, until i saw how cheap it is!!! yeah, i'm thinking SCREW THAT! until he starts eating alot more i will stick to buying it.
part 3 - yeah, this one was a huge flop!
we had been at my mom's for my sisters b-day;
happy birthday sis!!!
so he was tired anyway. i thought about not giving him his cereal b/c he had been spitting up alot and acting like his tummy was upset. but i though to myself "lets get his tummy full and maybe he'll go to bed early."
not a chance.
he did great at first; he likes to try and suck the food off the spoon. the book said this is a great idea when you are introducing cereal, allow them to use their sucking skills at first, just til they are used to the flavor and texture. but when i actually tried to feed him myself he cried.
he wasn't spitting it out and turning his head, he was just making his "i am starving!!" cries at me and acting like "what the HELL do you think you're doing!!". so i gave him a few sucks from a bottle of breastmilk.something else the book said was to give them a bit of a bottle first, fedd them cereal, finish it off with more milk, it helps them associate the cereal part with eating, that way they understand. but when i took the bottle away and gave him another spoon of food he totally melted down!! i think he though he was getting some more from the bottle and was totally distraught when he felt the spoon.
then he spit up all of the cereal he had dmanaged to keep in his mouth and swallow. then he cried some more so i decided not to force the issue, i just gave him the rest of the bottle, then i gave him a bath and got him all snuggled in his jammies, finished nursing him, and put him to BED!
or so i thought.
his tummy was really upset all weekend.
i shouldn't have introduced cereal at the same time as his 2nd set of imunizations. he was already not feeling good, i didn't think he'd really notice. the last set of shots he was fine, but this time he was extra cranky. and then the food made his reflux worse so he seemed to get a dbl whamy!
he was up til 10. of course the time change has us all screwed up!! so it was really only 9 to him but it felt way later to me!!
but the cereal most definately has his reflux acting up. it was under good control. i was hoping the cereal would have an even better effect on his reflux, but it seems to be worse than it's ever been! he's back to spitting up a TON, and being very fussy and crying when he burps. you can hear a lot of gurggling again in his tummy/chest area. but i'm going to keep trying. i'm just making an extra effort not to overfeed him and i think tonight we'll just have a very small bowl of cereal.
and i'm also making an extra effort to be super observant when he gets his medicine so that he does get it on an empty stomach like he's supposed to. hopefully that will help.
i don't think it's that he doesn't want it. i think it's that he doens't quite understand how to do it yet. the dr said if he cries and turns his head away from you, wait another week and try again. and there's been none of that.not the first 2 times anyway, and last night he was just really tired.
the dr said to give him his cereal at 6 in the evening. i don't think i'll wait quite that late though, i think around 5 is a good time. he tends to be more fussy the later it gets in the day.
at 5 months i am supposed to move the cereal to the morning and start a veggie at dinner. i would rather give him his cereal in the morning now, but i know it's so he sleeps longer at night that she has me giving it then.
hopefully tonight goes better!!!
if not i will be putting it off for a week or so.
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Oh the poor little guy! I was so hoping it was going to go well. But maybe like you said in a week it will be better and you can try again. I hope his tummy is better soon. I have reflux myself so I know how he feels and it is no fun! :(
Poor guy! Keep trying. My guess is that because he wanted it so much, it was too much all at one time. But, he'll get it. Remember, he's just learning. And, he doesn't understand what sore tummy is. He just hurts and cries.
THANK YOU!
I thought he was awesome.
I don't spend as much time with him as you do, but I notice he gets fussy right before he burps, spits up, passes gas or fills his diaper. I think he's probably learned to associate the cereal with tummy discomfort, and that's why he's getting upset. I say for the times he's enjoying eating it, let him, and for the times he refuses, let that be ok, too. It's not like it's mandatory... yet...
yes yes! you are all right.
he threw 2 fits yesterday. 2 fits that were filled with painful screatching -and both times - he filled his diaper.
after the 2nd fit he threw my first thought was "i am not giving him any more cereal and i am calling the dr in the morning."
but then this morning i realized he had a dirty diaper when he woke up -and he had slept with it dirty all night -he doesn't seem to mind sitting in poop - i always have to watch for it b/c he won't tell me! - he never woke up in the night but i never heard him fill his pants - and lo and behold - this morning there was a present waiting for me!
so for now i am assuming that his poop has changed just enough that he's back to being uncomfortable when he has to go.at least until his little bottom adjusts.
so i will call the dr tomorrow if he throws any more of these paiful sounding fits - the thing is that he calms down very easily - and so now i'm not so sure it's his tummy that's bothering him...... if it was his tummy wouldn't he scream until the reflux subsided?
he's never been particularly fussy due to just the reflux. i'm going to keep try 1 more night of it.
i'm considering moving his cereal to the morning anyway - i'll be moving it to the am next month anyway - why not move it now? it would keep his tummy from being upset at bed time - if that is indeed the case..... i'm supposed to introdce veggies first next month, and then fruit b/c fruit is naturally sweet and the won't take to veggies well if you do them last - i've read that apples help with reflux alot!! i'm tempted to get some now.
but i want to give his tummy a chance to learn how to work itself out too.
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