(sorry if my english is not very clear, I
will do my best ...)
i have a 4months old daughter with 6,1kg.
Since the 2nd month my wife's breast
stopped giving good milk
so we began to give her "adapted milk"
(sorry if that's not the correct term, the
term is a rough
portuguese-to-english translation), more
precisely nestlé nan.
We take her on a regular basis to visit
our physician which says the baby is in
perfect health.
Problem is 3 weeks ago, she starts crying
each time we put the bottle of milk in her
mouth, and
we spend almost an hour and a half to get
her to drink the 6 oz (180ml here) of
milk.
We have already tried all kind/brand of
milk/bottles combinations in the market
with no success.
I are well aware of the importance of milk
in this early stage of her life so we
"force" her to
drink it, but this is turning in to an
annoying situation, more for the baby who
suffers for
1,5hours in our lap.
So we got to the conclusion she doesn't
like milk at all, not just one specific
brand.
As the time being we are already giving
her a soup and triturated fruit (once
again sorry for the translation)
and she seems to like it a lot.
Is there anyone with a similar problem or
can anyone advise me ?
How can a newborn get bored of milk ?!?
Thanks in advance,
luís lobo
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Spirit
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Canada
Posted: 03-16-06 07:01am
Maybe your daughter is lactose intolerant
and her body is rejecting the milk. Does
she have lots of gas and odd bowel
movements? If she's very irritable after
drinking milk your probably not doing her
any favours by giving it to her. Breast
milk is the best cause it has all the
mother's natural immune fighters in it,
however if it's dried up there's nothing
you can do about it. She should be okay
with the foods your giving her just be
careful not to give her too heavy of adult
foods cause her little body will not be
able to digest it and she will become
constipated. This is the opportunity to
get her used to and love the tastes of
vegetables so take it easy on the fruits
cause this may develop a sweet tooth and
she won't accept the veggies if she has
the choice of fruit instead. Many green
vegetables have calcium in them so don't
be worried that she's not getting it from
milk. :)
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lflobo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal
Posted: 03-16-06 14:36pm
Thanks for the reply...
spirit
wrote:
maybe your daughter is
lactose
intolerant
i don't think so... She has a normal
digestion, and she doesn't through up or
has any skin manifestation.
The problem is really at feeding time, as
soon as she realises it is milk she stops
drinking it.
Two weeks ago she loved it. I suppose it
is related with the fact that we started
giving her solids and she founf new
flavours (soup, fruit,...).
spirit
wrote:
many green vegetables have
calcium in them so don't be worried that
she's not getting it from milk.
:)
but with four months seems too soon for
more than one solid meal per day... Am I
right?
Either way, we are being very carefull
with the food, no gluten, and we are
introducing one vegetable per week to
prevent alergic reactions.
Greetings,
ll
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lflobo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal
Posted: 03-16-06 16:54pm
Thanks for the reply...
spirit
wrote:
maybe your daughter is
lactose
intolerant
i don't think so... She has a normal
digestion, and she doesn't through up or
has any skin manifestation.
The problem is really at feeding time, as
soon as she realises it is milk she stops
drinking it.
Two weeks ago she loved it. I suppose
it is related with the fact that we
started giving her solids and she found
new flavours (soup, fruit,...).
spirit
wrote:
many green vegetables have
calcium in them so don't be worried that
she's not getting it from milk.
:)
but with four months seems too soon for
more than one solid meal per day... Am
I right?
Either way, we are being very carefull
with the food, no gluten, and we are
introducing one vegetable per week to
prevent alergic reactions.
Greetings,
luís lobo
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 03-16-06 17:12pm
Luis,
sometimes if their throat or ear hurts
they will act like they dont want the
milk. It is the drinking it , that they
dont like if their ears or throat hurts.
Because it will hurt when they swallow.
I would see if doc can check her out.
This happened to my grand daughter---she
would just cry cry cry. She wanted her
milk--it just hurt her too much to drink
it.
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lflobo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal
Posted: 03-16-06 23:37pm
Hi!
fatfamily02
wrote:
sometimes if their throat or
ear hurts they will act like they dont
want the
milk.
took her to the physician and he examined
her, throat, ears, seems to be all ok.
Talked with a friend doc which works in
the local hospital pediatrics and she told
me that a growing number of newborn is
reacting like this to the milk after the
first soup/fruit.
She told me also that this 'phase' will
pass during time.
She is now drinking ~3oz out of 6 and
stops... Guess it's getting better.
I am giving her the last 3oz with infant's
'instant cereal' with a spoon.
I hope this is a sign things are getting
betters.
Thanks,
luís lobo
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Spirit
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Canada
Posted: 03-17-06 07:38am
Well, first of all congrats on being such
an involved father. :)
i guess that makes sense...I mean if you
were fed nothing but milk for months and
than someone gave you a taste of something
different you probably wouldn't be to
anxious to go back to milk, eh?
When I was referring to vegetables, I did
mean in soup form...I agree she's a little
to young for solids and I guess the proof
will show up if she starts to get
constipated. If anything the little
darling has a hearty appetite...But take
care with this one also...Mine had one
to...And now has a weight problem.
Still not sold on milk...Remember we are
the only mammals on earth that continue to
drink milk past the infant stage. Of
course the mother's milk is the best
however once we get to cows or even goats
milk in my opinion it's no longer
necessary. With all the hormones and
other additives they add to milk it may be
even contrary to our health.
A website that explains more notmilk.Com
