we started liam on solid foods last week. he eats like a champ, like his brother. though it turns out that he has also not being gaining weight. AGAIN. though last time it was thought to be a scale error since when we went to the ped two week later it appeared that he has gained 2 lbs. anyways. i wonder if there was a scale error now. and so it goes. he is meeting all his developmental milestones and doesn’t act like he is starving. so no one is actually worried. i suspect that it is due to us having problems with his reflux this past month (i.e., needing to up his meds and thinking it was just teething for a while). low weight gain is definitely a symptom of reflux since it hurts to eat. the baby doesn’t eat that much. and therefore doesn’t demand that much and so my milk supply goes down. bad cause and effect. so i’m back on the maple syrup herbs, which did help last time. and we are offering liam a bottle of formula after 3 nursing sessions, though he has only taken 1 oz since we started. which means he isn’t starving. plus i’ve been giving him all the avocado he’ll take. which is like HALF AN AVOCADO! where he puts it, i have no idea. dude is not starving.
i do have to say that having the formula option makes my life so much better in being able to be away from liam in arkansas where i don’t have my electric pump.
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