It has been an anxiety filled week as a first time mommy. I have learned over the past year, that there are many things you just have to experience, so that you will know how to better handle them the next time around. Well, our most recent dilemma was Hannah's week long hunger strike.
It all started, last Sunday with some diarrhea. Then, the next morning she threw up her Carnation Instant Breakfast. The next thing I know, she is spitting out every ounce of food I offered her. For days, she would spit out food and raise her eyebrows as she (almost defiantly) turned her head away. I was beside myself. My pediatrician and friends had warned me that there would be picky stages and times she wouldn't eat, but Hannah had always been such a good eater. To make a long story short, my friend Krisy (who is also a pediatric nurse) comforted me on Thursday, as she assured me that if Hannah was hungry, she would eat. She told me to just keep trying different things and if she was urinating and drinking fluids Hannah would be fine. Well, praise the Lord, on Friday, she finally ate oatmeal and yogurt and tolerated some baby food. Then on Saturday, it was back to normal, she even had room for some French toast.
Now I am better prepared emotionally for our next hunger strike. Though, I do not look forward to it . . . as it is messy, and you waste a lot of food!
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French toast, huh? I'll have to call you and talk about how to introduce "table food". I'm still stuck pureeing away and doing the 3-day wait period. Did Hannah get syrup too? :)
You can probably do away with the 3 day wait period soon. Surely he's had most veggies and fruits. The best way to introduce table food is to just put it in front of them. I read somewhere that it can take up to 15 attempts for them to eat a particular food. Hannah usually just dives in. But she still chews a lot of it and spits it out. Texture is still a big issue. No, I don't give syrup yet. . . too messy for me. She gets butter and powdered sugar.
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