Thanks everyone for your support. You can keep praying as you think about it... Yesterday went okay as far as not too much crying. But there wasn't too much eating either. He took a few oz. at a time during the day and then finally at bedtime he drank 7 oz in about a 45 min. period. He still wasn't too happy about it. I'm having a fear now that he will be "content" to be hungry. I realize that with the way he mostly nursed as he was going to sleep, he's not really used to filling up at all when he's awake. :-( So, you can pray that God will push his re-set button. This isn't just learning to take a bottle for him, it's learning a whole new pattern of eating.
The other strange thing is, that even when I know he’s hungry (like yesterday) he has little or no interest in solids. And he’s 7.5 month old. How weird is that?!? Please pray for wisdom for me to know how to tempt his tastebuds. And I am a little concerned because when I weighed him yesterday, he had gained only.5 oz. or less in the last two weeks. That’s not enough! So, here’s a promise for all of us Moms: “He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.” Isaiah 40:11
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isn't that the greatest verse?
have you tried giving him plain yogurt with banana in it? or any fruit for that matter.
and just out of sheer nosy-ness, what is he drinking now?
Until a few hours ago, he was still drinking breast-milk. I have some frozen and I'm still pumping (as seldom as possible) while I wean myself off of the medication. But I'm planning to use goat milk like I did Caleb. I gave him some this morning and he didn't seem to mind it any more than the frozen/thawed b-milk.
I'll try the yoghurt. Thanks for the tip...
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