Hi all,
I am new to the club & would really appreciate if anyone helps me with my problem.I have a 8 mth old daughter.Her ped had asked me to give her formula milk in addn to BM b'cos her wt gain was not satisfactory(7.8kg).But my daughter did not like any of them.She is not used to bottles as well.I tried feeding her formula milk with spoon.She would drink 1-2fl.oz & then would start spitting.Have any of u experienced such a thing.Any help highly appreciated.
Also wud like to change her sleeping habit since she sleeps very late at night & then gets up late.
Bye.Hope an early response. madhavi replied. hello shruti,
i am giving tylenol cold for my daughter. she is feeling better now.
my daughter completed 6 months and she started crawling yesterday. i will try giving her upma. here is the recipe for idli.
1 cup urdal dal and 2 cups idli rawa.
soak both seperately for 2 hrs. grind urad dal into a soft paste. it should be very fluffy with bubbles. now remove water from idli rawa and mix with urad dal batter and mix it. now keep the batter in the oven.
i usually prepare the batter and keep it in the oven around 2 pm so that it will be ready for morning because of the cold weather. mix salt before doing idlis.
and add ghee before feeding.
do u want home made recipies for the baby?i think u can try everything now. prepare kichidi for her. rice with moongdal and salt . u can add veggies too. soft dosa like uttappam etc.
try giving fruits directly (not the gerber ones).
bye for now.
take care . madhu replied. hi shruti,

how are u? my daughter is having cold. so i couldnot reply.
even i am house wife. i give gerber oatmeal for nivi. so try that one. i tried feeding rice to her. but she didnot eat, maybe because of cold. i have to try again. how did u prepare rawa upma? with oil/ghee.
when will u be moving to nj. let me know. i think u will be enjoying the weather there. its really cold here.
bye. take care.
p.s. mrinmayi is a new and nice name.
madhu. madhavi replied. hi shruti,

I am from Hyd, India, currently in New Jersey. i am in USA from last 4 years.

I have started giving solids for my daughter. Morning around 9.30 i give oatmeal, afternoon fruit, evening rice with apples/rice with mixed fruit cereal, night 1 vegetable (gerber first foods). Along with this she takes milk when ever hungry.I have to yet start her to give rice. When did u start rice to your daughter.

I have a son too. He is first grade. So its really hectic with two kids.

What about you? where are you in US?Are u working?

My daughters name is Navya. Whats your daughter's name?

Take care.Bye.
madhavi replied. hello shruti, thanks for ur reply.even my daughter didnot like to use the bottles and formula.but as the doctor advised you to use the formula, first try giving her how much ever she drinks. after two days increase a small amount and try to give her 2 feedings now and slowly increase the number of feedings. you can try using a sipper cup. and give formula when she is very hungry.

regarding the sleep habits, after the afternoon nap, play with her and engage her all the evening. give her nice warm bath and feed her, then put her to sleep.
hope this helps. take care.