6 months old baby not gaing weight. Please help!

Dear,

With everything you are mixing formula milk, which he doesn't like at all.

Just give him,

boiled and mashed apple( with some sugar, if he doesn't like it as it is)
boiled and mashed potato
mashed rice with veg/non veg soups with very less spices, like, a pinch of ginger garlic, a pinch of turmeric, a pinch of salt, 1 piece of onion etc.,
sweet lime juice - make this with hot water
boiled and mashed carrot etc.,

I did all this for my baby. .. and she never reduced weight.

Donlt worry....

 

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Tc

 

Hi,

My daughter is of the same age as your kid. She also does not like formula milk and keeps spitting unless she is really hungry. If she's hungry she drinks 1 Oz and then starts spitting. So, I have introduced a variety of solids and keep changing them also as she looks for variety. Another thing I've noticed in her is that she doesnt eat a lot at a time and takes smaller potions. Why dont you try that as well?
I feed her Cerelac, rice mixed to a paste-like consistency with a little butter and boiled moong dal, idli with formula, roti with formula, apples boiled and mashed, ragi porridge with palm sugar, banana, carrot, potato, sweet potato etc. Try smaller quantities of solids at lesser intervals. It might help. Also, since the doc said not to worry too much, dont worry

 

Sure Dear!

Just add one shallot, 1/2 tomato, one pinch ginger garlic, 1/4 teaspoon jeera, a pinch of pepper powder and as much as veggies that you can add with enough water and salt. Put everything together and pressure cook it, the more the water boils and the veggies gets cooked it is good. you can also mash the veggies with rice and give it to your LO.

And another point is, she will eat only little, may be 1 tablespoon of the mashed rice one time. So feed her often. try different veggies. You can add a drop or two of ghee too.

Hope this helps!

Luv
Shrivni

 

Hi Radical,

Please try other brand of formula and see if that helps. I have seen babies liking one formula over the other.

You mentioned that your baby is 6 months old I see that you feed the baby solids 4 times. Can you please check with Ped again. At 6 months babies intestine is still developing and we have to be little slow with solids and slowly increase it.

Babies most nutrition at 6 month should be from Formula or breastmilk. As the food does not contain on the iron and other nutrients baby needs.

I may be wrong, this just the opinion my daugthers ped gave

 

Does he like breastfeeding better? If he does, maybe you could pump for him to use in the daytime. Otherwise, you should just go on formula full-time. I really don't think its a good idea to switch between the two. As for me, I breastfed my eldest son for two years, my second son only a month and then formula, and my daughter switched to formula within a week. My two younger ones were very chubby thanks to Enfamil A+.