Hi Hetal,

I love to read all your posts which is very helpful to new moms like me.

I have 6.5 month old baby girl Shrivetha born with 6.10lbs & now she weighs 14.5 pounds.Shez always on 25% in weight & 90% growth in height.
She used to spit a lot until 3 months since she had reflux.Now its fully stopped after giving Zantac as Dr prescribed.She never drank BM more than 4oz per feed/22oz per daytill 5th month.

Here is her feeding schedule

Morning: 4-6 Tsp cereal(rice/oat)
Lunch : 4-6 Tsp Gerber stage 1(veggie)/Idli
Dinner : 4-6 Tsp Fruits(apple,Banana)
Everything mixed with BM.

Now the problem is she lost interest in taking milk from 5th month(started giving rice cereal for one meal)& took only 15-17 oz of expressed BM.From 6th month i started giving 3 meals of solid food as per Dr's advice(she accepts all food i give) & now taking only 10-12 oz(mostly 6oz during nights)thru bottle.So i mix BM with all the food i feed & 5-7 tsp of Bm thru spoon after offering solids.Her stools are regular & shez a active baby.
I havent started with formula yet whereas i want to feed her only BM as much as possible.Pls suggest me how to make her drink more BM & am i giving the right amount of solids to her?Nowadays my BM is also reduced.

Cheers,
Sudha. Hetal replied. talking about More bm,,as far as she drinks and eats in range below,,she is doing fine :
http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6593&table_name=dis_feeding

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6452&table_name=dis_feeding

she has accepted solids well, so even if 5oz less bm is her intake,,respect them,,you are giving him good feeds of solids, she has accepted them well and she doesnot have ne constipatn problems,,so touch wood,,she is going good.
about hght and wght,,if the hght is more,,wght will be proprntely less...in many kids..its quite unknown why is happens,,but its just the observatn.
about her reflux,,,as far as she has acceptd solids well, and her bowels and everything is regular,,dont expect to keep drinking liquid diet. just introduce her with diluted juices(non-citrus until 10months for your baby esp because she had reflux before),,,and make sure this acceptnce for solids continues...rest all fine.
offer as much as you can and start her on sippy...keep her elevatd aftr feeds if at all she seems to be uncomfortble...reducing the solid intake by 1tsp less might help her in taking a couple oz of bm,,but dont alternate her diet with liquid diet,,esp because she had reflux before...continue your bm supply as long as you can, and if she is not drinking all you pump,,start freezing or storing milk for future use !
good luck....