am i not allowed to worry
my lo is 10 1/2months old. she is still wearing 3-6 months clothes and weighs 17 pounds 3 1/2 ounces. the 3 1/2 ounces is what she has gained in the last month. am i wrong to be worried. i dont think she eats enough and has certainly never drank enough milk. still only having 4-5 ounce bottles. anyway i think im boring my family and friends they just keep saying thats the way she is meant to be. they say she is healthy looking which she is and very active so that doesnt help. but the thing is that im her mum and im obviously going to worry. she just doesnt seem interested in food. never lets you know she is hungry i have to put the food in front of her and when i do she does eat but only because you have offered it.
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how much does she eat? does she have puds? i'd just try and give rice pudding, custard etc. would that work? and things like cheese om toast, fromage frais as snacks... at least thats the advice i've been given and trying at the mo. x.
I totaly understand your worry. My lo was never good with his milk and rarely ever took more than 4-5 oz on a good day! When I started weaning him at 4 months (as advised by HV) he just decided he really wasn't into milk at all then. I still gave him a morning bottle and a nightime bottle and would try to give him a drink of milk somewhere in the day but he soon dropped that one. He started to eat more then.
I definately think some lo's are just not 'big eaters' compared to others and if the weight is still going on, even slowly, and they are not ill and have loads of energy, then they are getting exactly what they need - not to little and not to much.
My wee boy is 2 in december and still wearing some 1-11/2 yrs clothes. Im not a huge person so I dont worry to much and I've never made an issue of how much he eats because I feel confident now that he is healthy and is taking what he needs.
But I did worry, we're right to worry, its what mothers do to protect their children!
good luck.xxx
also it'd be odd if you didn't worry, thats what we are there for we what the best for them at the end of the day x. you just have to keep trying x.
my mum said i was exact same and she fought with me till i was 7.lol
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