hi sonia,

the constipation could be the result of formula but if it was, thn this should be your complain from week 1 after you started the formula and not a recent one ! it was not clear from your earlier post as to when you started it,,,
so formula is not the culprit here,,,otherwise,yes it is...however,if the constipation stays for more than 4-5 days or so and he feels really gasy or say heavy or cries while passing bowels,,,,check with your dr and prob your dr might change the type of the formula,,may be that will make your baby quite comfortable...
but yes,i see only iron fortified cereal as the only food that is causing him this !

he will take time to getting used to solids, like i said before, dont expect the acceptance from your 6month old,,,he will take time to accept them or to say depnd on them,,

right now his primary source of nutrition will be formula or bm..you said if he is fed well, he will sleep good, so feed him well..if at all you think breastfeeding at night is making him awake and you are getting tired, offer him formula feed at night BEFORE SLEEP,not during sleep...
6montths onwards you have to encourage your baby to eat, and now onwards your baby wont need night feeds,,,,so try on that !!

give him expressed or pumped milk,,if that makes him accept bottle...after all,, one day you will have to wean him,,nothin wrong if the time for you is NOW !
pump milk and maintain the supply upto 1 year so that he gets benefitsss..pump at your convinience,,bm is not going to stop in a day or so,,so whenever you pump,,pump until the last drop of bm from your breast,,empty them !

i will not expect 6month old to follow a schedule or a routine,,but he is expected to have sleep of 12-14hours,,atleast and m fine with that if he gets rest that much !

Apples :
try mcInchtosh or Roma beauties apples,,these will not get sour,,if you dont find these,,look for the deep red ones that has more pulp than juice,,so that you can get good number of pieces out of it,,,apples with more juice will get overboiled and the juices will often mix away with water, in pressure cooker which you can offer as applejuice !!! right now your baby needs more pulp thn juices !! so go accordngly.

if you think, he needs some sugary taste,,add in banana to it(mashed,ripe),,,good to go...

offer this way,,avoid sweetness as far as you can,,try to offer natural sweetness,,and it will help him stay away from bad sugars !!

so thats all, take care,,hope you are doing fine,,sory couldnt reply earlier coz of time constrnts! you take care,,nicetime ! sonia replied. hi !

i was waiting but i totally understand u must be busy plus u have so many other querries to asnwer. u took time and replied and i am grateful for all the tips. thanks a ton !

i enquired about the constipation. well, the doc said that if u mix cereal and formula it gets constipating results for some and my son is candidate for that. so i am adding fruits except for bananas to his meals. he just doesn't like solids and i have tried putting his highchair with the dinning so that he sees us and especially my daughter eat food and get excited. but my timings get realy weird and whenever i get to feed him he is mostly sleepy. so ya ! it's going to be a struggle for me. but this part will get over soon i know ! just wanted some tips from u as i have totally forgotten my daughter's time. and now i can give tips for kids her age. thanks the apple tip is really good ! will surely try that. do u know if 15 pounds is ok for him at this age. r there any high calori foods that i can serve him that will help him put on weight. he seems really skinny and since obesity is big here doctors here in the US r fine with our indian skinny children ! any tips pl. do let me know.

even though i don't know u personally i wanted to tell u - hetal u must exercise as during the second time u really need to be fit, for your older one, for stamina and for labor reasons so i was exercising for 40 min. till the last day and u know i took only 4 hrs. to push ! so hope u're fit during this time and plus it's so much easier to loose weight during after delivery as with exercise u won't put on unnecessary weight ! all the best !

AND THANKS AGAIN !LIKE I SAID U'RE A GEM!