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My son had nothing (except breastmilk) till he was 14 months old!

Yulianti - posted on 03/23/2009 ( 2 moms have responded )

Hi,

I just want to share what we've been through.
My son, Sean, was born on Sept 2 2007.
He's been an active and healthy baby, except he DIDN'T EAT.
I started to feed him baby cereal, homemade applesauce, mashed bananas, and all Gerber/Beechnut, you name it, I have tried it. And he took none.
He breastfed every hour, night and day (Oh my!).
I kept trying this and that, either homemade or store bought.
No Cheerios, no cookies, not even ice cream and chocolate!
It's been like that till he was 14 month when he finally started taking rice and chicken soup.
But, it lasted for only a month.

I was thinking the whole time about going to a therapist, but my ped said it was ok.
He would eat eventually.
Until we moved to another state and we went to a different ped.
His first reaction was recommending us to take Sean to a feeding therapist.

And that works!

They analyzed the way Sean eats, the way he moves/crawls/walks.

Soon we were told that Sean doesn't feel comfortable with his stomach.
It also made him "scoots" instead of "crawls".

They give us prescription Pepcid and Mylanta to help ease the uncomfortable feeling.

Now Sean is eating well.
Still on mushy. soft diet, but at least he takes something.
He is still breast feeding, just less often.
We are still going to for the therapy, to help Sean to start eating solid.

Well, I think it is fun to share!
We wish we went to the therapist earlier.

Regards,
Julie

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Yulianti - posted on 03/24/2009

Quoting Kamilla:

My daughter has GERD, which was the bain of my exsistance for her first two months... she was breast fed and wouldn't suppliment with formula. She refused to take a bottle until she was 12 months old. When she was 4 months old we tried to ween her to a bottle... my ped said she'll eat when she's hungry. Well, Zoe is so stubborn that she refused the bottle and broke into hives. Even with a bottle of freshly pumped breast milk! She is allergic to dairy so now she drinks soy milk. I just laugh at how stubborn infants can be sometimes!

Right!

The same thing happens to me.

I was trying (I stopped trying already) to wean him with no luck.

Once he saw the bottle's nipple, he screamed top of his lungs.

Mine takes whole milk now, with spoon (oh my!).

The saying "he will eat eventually if he is hungry" doesn't work for my son, he will breastfeed for hours if he is hungry! LOL!

Kamilla - posted on 03/24/2009

My daughter has GERD, which was the bain of my exsistance for her first two months... she was breast fed and wouldn't suppliment with formula. She refused to take a bottle until she was 12 months old. When she was 4 months old we tried to ween her to a bottle... my ped said she'll eat when she's hungry. Well, Zoe is so stubborn that she refused the bottle and broke into hives. Even with a bottle of freshly pumped breast milk! She is allergic to dairy so now she drinks soy milk. I just laugh at how stubborn infants can be sometimes!