Well the time has come that we need to start thinking about transitioning Kiya to whole milk. One problem is, I have no idea how to do that.
1) Do we still warm it up?
2) What if she hates it?
3)Do we mix it with formula at first?
4)Do we go cold turkey?
5) do we give it to her in a sippy cup or a bottle?
Kiya has never been a huge fan of formula. She on a good day will drink 15-17oz of formula but averages closer to 12-13oz. I know shocker. I got some raised eyebrows from some friends who thought I should be concerned and we should talk to our doctor. She should be drinking according to them 20-24oz of formula a day. Not going to happen. Kiya's doctor is well aware and not concerned and neither are we. She is a FABULOUS eater so why mess with a good thing. It just isn't a battle I am willing to fight.
Kiya will eat just about anything. She LOVES cheese which is great since we live in Wisconsin. She also LOVES yogurt. We aren't worried about her calcium levels. And she eats a wide variety of fruits, veggies and meat.
As for the bottle vs. sippy cup. Well Kiya will currently only drink water and maybe some watered down juice from a sippy. She loves water and juice is a treat at daycare every so often. We have tried to put formula in a sippy cup and that was a no go. It was like she knows it is in there and is like "no mommy". She is strong willed that's for sure.
This is something we will start working on in the next week. She just learned how to feed herself her own bottle so we don't want to take that away from her just yet. She is so proud of herself. You can see it on her face.
My baby girl is getting so big.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Rough few days
Well just when we thought things were settling in to a new normal a surprise popped up. Miss Peanut has developed these coughing fits during bottle feedings. Why? Well we don't know and neither does the doctor. There are a couple theories floating around and we are looking in to all of them.
First, we switched her to soy formula thinking in might have been a milk tolerance issue. She has had this raspy breathing thing going on so we figured we would try it and see if the soy would help. The raspy breathing seems to be getting better but the coughing is still there.
We took her to our doctor this morning and no ear infection present,lungs are clear and overall she seemed fine. The doctor would like us to visit the feeding clinic for an evaluation since the coughing is at its worst during her bottle feedings. It could be nothing or it may be reflux (minus the excessive spitting up and vomiting, she doesn't do either of those things so if it is reflux it isn't severe but still annoying for Peanut).
She is teething which is definitely affecting her mood and her eating so it could be that. There are so many possibilities and not a lot of answers right now and that is tough. As a Mom, I hate that my baby girl is uncomfortable and I can't just snap my fingers and fix it. It got so bad last night that she went to bed without a bottle. She was just screaming and refusing to eat so we didn't want to force her so we calmed her down and put her to bed. She slept for over 10 hours straight.
Today it took three different bottles/sippy cups to get 7 ounces of formula in her in an hour time span. She would drink a little and then scream so we took a break. We tried again and she drank some more and then screamed. On the third and what I determined last try and back to the bottles we used in Ethiopia, she coughed less and finished the last 5 ounces without throwing a single fit.
The hardest part is that this is recent. She was doing so well and overall she still is. She eats her solids really well with little to no coughing and she is gaining weight so that is all good news. We just need to get some answers for this coughing thing so we can focus on the fun stuff.
First, we switched her to soy formula thinking in might have been a milk tolerance issue. She has had this raspy breathing thing going on so we figured we would try it and see if the soy would help. The raspy breathing seems to be getting better but the coughing is still there.
We took her to our doctor this morning and no ear infection present,lungs are clear and overall she seemed fine. The doctor would like us to visit the feeding clinic for an evaluation since the coughing is at its worst during her bottle feedings. It could be nothing or it may be reflux (minus the excessive spitting up and vomiting, she doesn't do either of those things so if it is reflux it isn't severe but still annoying for Peanut).
She is teething which is definitely affecting her mood and her eating so it could be that. There are so many possibilities and not a lot of answers right now and that is tough. As a Mom, I hate that my baby girl is uncomfortable and I can't just snap my fingers and fix it. It got so bad last night that she went to bed without a bottle. She was just screaming and refusing to eat so we didn't want to force her so we calmed her down and put her to bed. She slept for over 10 hours straight.
Today it took three different bottles/sippy cups to get 7 ounces of formula in her in an hour time span. She would drink a little and then scream so we took a break. We tried again and she drank some more and then screamed. On the third and what I determined last try and back to the bottles we used in Ethiopia, she coughed less and finished the last 5 ounces without throwing a single fit.
The hardest part is that this is recent. She was doing so well and overall she still is. She eats her solids really well with little to no coughing and she is gaining weight so that is all good news. We just need to get some answers for this coughing thing so we can focus on the fun stuff.
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