help i cant wean, and the dr's all say i need to

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on November 28, 2008 at 17:06

Hi there, sorry you are having problems, it took my little boy a long time to come around to eating (he had already developed a bottle aversion) but he doesn't do too badly these days. I would suggest that rather than keep persisting when he isn't keen you need to a) make absolutely sure he's on the right doses of all his meds. and b) ask for a referral to a speech and lang. therapist as they can give you some advice re. feeding. Liam likes his finger foods - he really needs a Wotsit or similar in his hand to help keep him interested as you give him the puree. Have you tried melt-in-the mouth things like Wotists or those Organix crisps of chocolate buttons?

Good luck, you will get there in the end. If you haven't started the Omeprazole I think this should really help, so give this a week or so to work and you might see an improvement in the eating, The gastroenteritis will also have put him off his food I would think, so I do hope things start to improve.

Rebecca

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Permalink Reply by nicola on November 29, 2008 at 10:37

Thanks for your reply, Ollie had a bottle aversion also, but the since being on gaviscon that seems a lot better. the HV is trying to get a referral to a dietician as there is a feeding clinic at the local hospital, but she’s not sure it deals with infants, also we’ve given the omeprezole today, it’s tricky stuff to dissolve but he took it with a shudder, think it must be pretty jucky. I’ll try finger food and wotsits to see if that’ll help.

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Permalink Reply by Stretfordmum on December 1, 2008 at 21:36

I had to take it very slowly weaning my son but by trial and error found things he liked (e.g. breadsticks as he was teething very early - first few teeth at 4.5 months). However, the reason for replying to your message is that a friends baby had a food adversion and the dietican helped her introduce food through play and activities (e.g. to get him used to food even before eating it). She got a referral from her GP. He's now over one and is eating really well as a result. :) Your consultant should be able to help you find the right dietican to help you.
My last bit of advice is that my son was sick all the time but still put on weight - so HV wasn't helpful as they were just concerned with weight gain. What happened for us was that my son took about 2 months after weaning starting before he was eating enough food for the volume of reflux sickness to start to reduce (my HV said it would stop as soon as he started weaning!!) and then it started to get better. Now at 21 months he has no reflux (only lasting effect is that if he has a cold he is more likely than his peers to be sick if he gets phelm on his chest).

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