A little history.
Ethan was diagnosed with Acid Reflux when he was a month old. He was put on Zantac and still to this day takes it. We started him on rice cereal when he was around 2-3 months which helped settle his stomach amazingly. It also seemed to fill him up and help him sleep for increased time at night. He was breastfed until about 5 months. Nikki wasn't consuming near enough calories therefor, neither was ethan.So, we switched him to formula due to him being underweight. We chose the "Gentlease" formula because of the AR and Colic-ness of him.
He has been eating solids for a couple months now. We started him out on fruits and veggies. He didn't like pears or applesauce, which he later developed a like for.
He started stage 2 foods when he was 5 Months and especially loved the banana granola.
Our newest issue is starting him on meats.
The first meat we tried him on was chicken and chicken broth. Very big failure. I definitely stand by trying things before you give them to your baby. We didn't try it before we let him try it and we paid for it. He didn't like the taste or texture and that led to immediate gagging. If you know anything about choking then you should know your supposed to use your index finger and swipe the food out of the back of their throat. We had juice nearby so, we didn't have to do that to him. We tried one more bite only to find the same result. We waited a couple weeks frightened by the things we were seeing. So, we decided we'd take another venture. Chicken with apples. We tried it and it tasted great! (Basically tasted like applesauce but, slightly thicker[couldn't really taste the chicken])
He absolutely loved it. And he loved the Turkey and gravy. That's all we have tried him with.
Feeding them baby food with either a rubber coated spoon or a soft plastic spoon is a very smart idea when their teething. He much rathers chewing on food that drinking from a bottle. And it also decreases the amount of time it takes for them to get their teeth in. I would also reccomend not getting organic or "special" baby food for babies with colic or acid reflux especially.
A small touch on teething: In the early stages the softer squishier rings/teething toys are much better. But, you have to be cautious because as soon as their teeth start to poke out it can be a hazard of punching a hole in the toy and leaking that liquid into your baby's body.
Napping has also gotten much easier to accomplish because if hes tired and hungry if we rock him whilst he drinks a bottle and hug him tight he falls right to sleep. He's been in a crib in his own room for about a month or two.
This should be a good start to my new outlook on how to write this blog.
Ethan was diagnosed with Acid Reflux when he was a month old. He was put on Zantac and still to this day takes it. We started him on rice cereal when he was around 2-3 months which helped settle his stomach amazingly. It also seemed to fill him up and help him sleep for increased time at night. He was breastfed until about 5 months. Nikki wasn't consuming near enough calories therefor, neither was ethan.So, we switched him to formula due to him being underweight. We chose the "Gentlease" formula because of the AR and Colic-ness of him.
He has been eating solids for a couple months now. We started him out on fruits and veggies. He didn't like pears or applesauce, which he later developed a like for.
He started stage 2 foods when he was 5 Months and especially loved the banana granola.
Our newest issue is starting him on meats.
The first meat we tried him on was chicken and chicken broth. Very big failure. I definitely stand by trying things before you give them to your baby. We didn't try it before we let him try it and we paid for it. He didn't like the taste or texture and that led to immediate gagging. If you know anything about choking then you should know your supposed to use your index finger and swipe the food out of the back of their throat. We had juice nearby so, we didn't have to do that to him. We tried one more bite only to find the same result. We waited a couple weeks frightened by the things we were seeing. So, we decided we'd take another venture. Chicken with apples. We tried it and it tasted great! (Basically tasted like applesauce but, slightly thicker[couldn't really taste the chicken])
He absolutely loved it. And he loved the Turkey and gravy. That's all we have tried him with.
Feeding them baby food with either a rubber coated spoon or a soft plastic spoon is a very smart idea when their teething. He much rathers chewing on food that drinking from a bottle. And it also decreases the amount of time it takes for them to get their teeth in. I would also reccomend not getting organic or "special" baby food for babies with colic or acid reflux especially.
A small touch on teething: In the early stages the softer squishier rings/teething toys are much better. But, you have to be cautious because as soon as their teeth start to poke out it can be a hazard of punching a hole in the toy and leaking that liquid into your baby's body.
Napping has also gotten much easier to accomplish because if hes tired and hungry if we rock him whilst he drinks a bottle and hug him tight he falls right to sleep. He's been in a crib in his own room for about a month or two.
This should be a good start to my new outlook on how to write this blog.
3 comments:
Hello.. Nice meeting you. You've got a great blog here and informative articles about being a mom. I am not a mom yet but I admit, these are useful to me...
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Wow thanks so much. I really enjoy sharing knowledge that was so easy to come by.
You have a beautiful baby. I like your blog
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