I know babies know ho to say NO. They will cry, turn their head to the other side, make faces but what I didn't know was how persistent, adamant and strong they can be. Just before your 6 months B'day you started refusing to take milk. You were never interested in eating like other kids were but this was new. You will suck on your lips when hungry and will not cry unless you are absolutely starving. Even then it will be a struggle to get you to take the bottle. And mind you, I am still feeding you yummy breast milk so that's not an excuse that you don't like it all of a sudden.
So, couple of days before your 6 months appointment you refused to drink milk when awake. We(Me, your Dad and Naani) cajoled you, try to make you laugh, sing to you, even dance like a monkey and make absolute fool of ourselves so that you open your mouth and we can get you to take a bottle. But what a persistent little baby you were & smart one at that. You will laugh but with your mouth close because you know we'll try to shove the bottle if you open it. You will make sound (talk) but will not open your mouth, you will happily take the pacifier(after making sure it is pacifier and not bottle nipple) but will push the bottle out if we try to sneak the bottle instead of pacifier. You made us worried and me obsessed with how much you are eating, pooping (we are suppose to count wet diaper for the fear of you getting dehydrated), sleeping and feeling. You got your shots at your 6 months visit and you decided to eat even less than before. This got me worried and a day after I try to force feed you, first using sippy cup, then spoon and then medicine dropper. You tried to not eat and fought with me and after one or two ounces of force feeding you vomited everything and even more. I felt so bad for force feeding you because now I was thinking maybe you are actually not feeling good and hence not eating. I decided not to force feed you again and apologized to you. I love you baby and I hope you could tell me whats wrong.One day you will. Anyways, this continued for a week or more. When we will try to give you bottle, you will turn your head, arch your body, push yourself away. I was amazed at the amount of strength you have. Doctor said not to worry and try giving you tylenol every 4 hours. And I was like are you crazy tylenol every four hours when we don't even know whats wrong. Needless to say I didn't give you tylenol. We can only feed you after you have fallen asleep. To date (you are going to be 7 months in few days) we cannot get you to happily drink milk when you are awake (& sometimes you will refuse to drink in your sleep as well) but you have got better and my worries have subsided a little.
Maybe you will never be a plump, chubby little baby but you are far ahead for your age in motor skills. You can already stand and walk around with support. I just hope that you don't grow up to be fussy eater.
So, couple of days before your 6 months appointment you refused to drink milk when awake. We(Me, your Dad and Naani) cajoled you, try to make you laugh, sing to you, even dance like a monkey and make absolute fool of ourselves so that you open your mouth and we can get you to take a bottle. But what a persistent little baby you were & smart one at that. You will laugh but with your mouth close because you know we'll try to shove the bottle if you open it. You will make sound (talk) but will not open your mouth, you will happily take the pacifier(after making sure it is pacifier and not bottle nipple) but will push the bottle out if we try to sneak the bottle instead of pacifier. You made us worried and me obsessed with how much you are eating, pooping (we are suppose to count wet diaper for the fear of you getting dehydrated), sleeping and feeling. You got your shots at your 6 months visit and you decided to eat even less than before. This got me worried and a day after I try to force feed you, first using sippy cup, then spoon and then medicine dropper. You tried to not eat and fought with me and after one or two ounces of force feeding you vomited everything and even more. I felt so bad for force feeding you because now I was thinking maybe you are actually not feeling good and hence not eating. I decided not to force feed you again and apologized to you. I love you baby and I hope you could tell me whats wrong.One day you will. Anyways, this continued for a week or more. When we will try to give you bottle, you will turn your head, arch your body, push yourself away. I was amazed at the amount of strength you have. Doctor said not to worry and try giving you tylenol every 4 hours. And I was like are you crazy tylenol every four hours when we don't even know whats wrong. Needless to say I didn't give you tylenol. We can only feed you after you have fallen asleep. To date (you are going to be 7 months in few days) we cannot get you to happily drink milk when you are awake (& sometimes you will refuse to drink in your sleep as well) but you have got better and my worries have subsided a little.
Maybe you will never be a plump, chubby little baby but you are far ahead for your age in motor skills. You can already stand and walk around with support. I just hope that you don't grow up to be fussy eater.
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