I hope someone can reassure me or give me some insight into my ds's eating habits.
He is a great eater and will try anything, is really enthusiastic and has refused very little. He has had reflux from the beginning which did improve slightly when we weaned him at 6 months. He is now 10 months, just over 16lb (8lb2oz at birth) and at least 5 days out of 7 he is sick. Food just goes in and a few minutes to up to half an hour later it just pours out. He doesn't retch, it literally silently pours out. He doesn't seem unwell and is generally quite happy once he has been sick. His sick is also very mucous like. He isn't listless and is very active.
His weight gain has been slow from the beginning. Prior to weaning he would gain approx 4oz per week, my hv said he should have been gaining 8oz per week. Once on solids he didn't gain anymore, for a while he stayed at gaining 4oz per week, then at around 8 months he had a wee jump which equated to gaining 8 oz per week over a 4 week period. After this he took the first of many colds and lost a bit of weight approx 10oz over 4 weeks. He is only oz's heavier now than he was in November.
I have spoken to hv's and doctors and they are unconcerned. My worry is not the actual figures that he weighs but that he is getting enough nutrition. He is breastfed morning and evening and is offered a bottle during the day which he mostly refuses. The most he will take in formula is 4oz on a good day and sometimes sicks it back up again.
I do give him a multivitamin. Yesterday for example he had porridge for breakfast which he kept down, lunch he brought up, he had a little fruit puree in the afternoon and he refused to eat dinner. I later tried a yoghurt (soya as he doesn't seem ready for dairy yoghurts as always sick with them) which he kept most down and offered more porridge which he refused.
I'm sorry this has turned into an essay! Does this seem normal? Should I be worried about his nutritional needs so much? Is there any other approach I can take to this?
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CatsRule · 22/01/2013 10:59
Don't think it is for comfort, he could just be hungry. You might want to ring one of the bfing helplines too before seeing your HV 
Yes basically because lots of things make him sick but especially yoghurts. He hasn't been checked, I'm hoping my hv on Friday will give me some contructive advice other than oh it's a lot to clean up! 
Maybe he is hungry during the night but he settles and sleeps fine for dh and he doesn't feed him. Ds is very clingy with me so that's why I'm thinking it's more comfort than hunger. I may be wrong though.
Yeah you could be right on both counts. I'd try to push for a referral on Friday. Sounds like he could do with some allergy testing.
Sometimes they just associate mum with milk and comfort too, so you could be right on that one too
Also think your HV is really wrong with the weight gain. 8oz a week below 6 months is way above average. 5 to 7 is tge average, so he was just under the average at this age. Have a look here.
I'd also get her to do his height and weight and plot them in your red book. It should give you sone idea of whether he is keeping to his centile, whether he is in proportion and if his weight gain is average or just normal for him
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