Mind in a Whirl: 06/2012

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Ayden's update

Ayden has been quite a good baby after the last update. He grew well, big and strong like I hope. Just that he has been refusing his milk.

I think all babies go through this one way or another. Since afew of my friends' babies had also went through this.

Ayden is not totally refusing his milk though. Just that he prefers very small feeds. It started off after his first jab. He used to drink 6oz before the jab and after he only drinks 2oz! That is like too little.. So I just have to very frequently feed him.

After I can slowly increase back to about 4oz, he refused to finish his milk even when I split it into 2 feeds with an interval of 30min. He needs to be sang to, rock him till he's sleepy, then he finishes his milk..

This has gone on till now for about close to 2 months. He's so used to it now. It's only when he's drowsy, then he finishes his milk.. Sometimes I have to deceive him using the pacifier then quickly change back to the milk bottle to trick him into sucking his milk.

Apart from all these, it takes him almost 1 to 2 hours to finish a feed.. Then it takes another 30 to 60 minutes to wake him up in order to burp him. Without burping, he'll have reflux and vomit.. Imagine after awhile, it's feeding time again! It's as if he's drinking non-stop!

Till today he's still like that.. Think he develops the habit of sleeping and drinking at the same time already.. But at least he's drinking back to his 6oz now.. Hopefully he'll be back to his normal drinking habit without me singing to him and rocking him.. His next jab is up soon.. Hopefully he doesn't go back to 2oz!

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