I have 6 month old daughter and i have been trying to get her to eat other food than me just breast feeding her. She seems as though she does not want it. Is this normal? Also since she doesn't want the bottle or sippy cup should i just try to give her a regular cup? Any advice I get I really appreciate it.
I have been giving her samples of the baby food vegatables and fruit.. she doesn't like them to much expect the mashed potatoes she loves them the only thing she really is into.. Thank you all for your advice and I am just going to keep trying to give her food to see if she takes to..
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Yes it is totally normal. My daughter did not want much to do with food and breastfed mostly until she was a year. She has always been very healthy and in the 90th percentiles. My lactation consultant says the baby can have some food allergies (that will clear up gradually) amd this is nature's way of protecting them. Breastmilk is much better than any food or drink anyways.
Brekka
Make sure you feed her when you are ready for dinner then let her sit at the table while you eat, she'll start eating soon enough when she sees you doing it.
Totally normal for her not to want anything other than boobyjuice! It is warm and comforting at Mommas breast so why should she want to give that up? Joking aside, my son really didn't want anything else but breastmilk until he was about 8 months old. We went to formula at 6 months but he wasn't happy about it! And even now at almost 11 months he still prefers to eat from a bottle. I found that holding back on how much formula he is getting makes him more interested in other foods, but I am still fighting with him to get him to try new stuff. But at 6 months your daughter will still be getting everything she needs from you and if you can supplement with some iron fortified cereal she will be doing great. Since you are home with her you can take your time and introduce new foods slowly as she becomes ready for them. Also, with the sippy cups, my son has just now mastered how to drink from one without my help! You could try putting some warm breast milk in a cup (I love the cheap old ones without a stopper in them from Walmart - 3for 2 bucks!) in place of one of her regular breastfeedings and see if she goes for it. if not, I definitely wouldn't worry, she is just smart, she gets Mom and is very happy with that!
She sounds just fine. And if she has a strong constitution of will, you could be discovering that is the beginning of a stubborn streak. Just don't offer her the option, because as soon as you do she know that if she holds out long enough she'll get her way. If she's truly hungry she will eat what you give her. sometimes we have to walk around the corner and when our dau. doesn't think we're watching, she'll gobble it down.
Our son did not like the sippy cups we found a trainer cup that he started with. it was very similar to the tommee tippee cups with the depressed top.
Just hoping to encourage you!!! Your daughter sounds like she is doing fine. Some doctors may not agree, but a baby will only take what he/she needs. In other words, if your daughter's body was ready for and needed solids, she'd be eating them! Some babies don't start solids until well after 9 months. My 8 month old won't eat any solids. Keep offering them to her, of course, I offer solids to my son once a week or so, or when he seems hungry after nursing.
It is important that you don't replace nursing with solids though - for the first year breastmilk (or formula) should be the PRIMARY source of nutrients - solids should just fill any gaps. Nurse first, and if she's still hungry, then offer solids.
You're doing a great job, keep it up!
Yes. She is still a baby. Just let her nurse. She will give you signs of being ready soon enough. Don't worry about it and everything will work out as God had intended. I nursed two boys each for a year before they took a sippy cup. They wouldn't take a sippy from me either, only from Daddy or Grandma at first.
It looks like you've had plenty of help already, but I thought I'd throw in some of my advice. :) My daughter is 19 months old now. She nursed until she was 13 months or so. We started trying to give her solids just before 6 months. The first thing she actually took willingly was Gerber's rice puffs. (They are like little crackers with very little "artificial stuff" and they dissolve really easily in the mouth.) I also tried rice cereal. We didn't have a lot of success feeding her out of a bottle [ever], so we would mix the cereal with some breast milk and that's how she learned to eat off a spoon. After that, on the advice of our pediatrician, we started her on baby food - veggies first. He told us to start with the lighter veggies (squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, etc.) first, and to give her one at a time, once a day, and for 3 or 4 days in a row to make sure she didn't have any allegries. After the light veggies, we added in the green stuff (on the same 3 or 4 day schedule) and once she got the hang of it, we moved on to fruits. I agree with a couple of the other responses in that breastmilk should be what your little one eats most of throughout the day. But I would try to give her one fruit and one veggie "snack" (baby food mixed with rice cereal for texture) everyday. I hope this helps!
Also, as far as your sippy cup or bottle concerns go, our little one didn't ever really take a bottle. About 10 months, I tried a sippy cup with a soft tip, and I tried it first with breastmilk. It took a couple tries, but one day, she just got it and loved it!
Every baby is different. I think its more "normal" not to be normal. :) Good luck!
totally normal :) I let my son start drinking out of a normal cup at 4 months (his doc said to let him try it, I thought she was crazy but turns out to be one of the best things we did). We gave him drinks of water in a regular cup, and he loves water now which is going to be a great thing as he grows up. Also he basically weaned himself off the bottle, at around 10 months all he wanted to use was sippy cups. Which has been great. So yeah, I would definitely let her try a regular cup. good luck!
Yeah actually it is. Some kids are sensitive to new textures or smells. This does not mean that there is something wrong with your child, it just means she does like how that food feels in her mouth. Dont give up, and dont press the issue either. If at all possible, everyday give a taste of food and lots of encouragement. You could try the cup if you want too, but let me just say now that it will be messy!! It wouldnt hurt to have her try it, if that is what you want, however, keep trying with the bottle or sippy cup. Try taking out that one part in the spill proof sippy cup, as it might be frustrating to her to not be able to get anything out, unless, of course, you have the soft nipple cup, then make the holes a bit larger. Get the 6 month or older nipples for the bottles too. See, the nipples that come with the bottles are made for newborns, so it doesnt leak hardly at all, so the flow is slower for a newborn. At 6 months, she probably doesnt like that, especially since your nipple doesnt do that. As for breastfeeding, it wonderful that she loves to do it. The reason she prefers it over the bottle is because she loves the warm, smell and feel of you. She can hear your heartbeat, which reminds her of the womb. Again its a sensory thing, but its not a bad thing. Some babies are just like that, yes some babies can turn out to be autist, however let me point out that my daughter #2 was this way and is super smart and perfectly normal. She is only 2 yrs old, but people who ask her how old she is, say are you 4? She wont eat much meat even now, because of texture issues. She never could breastfeed, because she had problems with her tongue at first and it would take 2 hrs for one feeding. So just sit back, relax and enjoy, because she wont be a baby much longer and you will be wishing she was!! lol (i have a 10 month old that I wish would cuddle and breastfeed!) I hope this helps and Good Luck!
