Thursday, September 17, 2009

Quandry

For the last week or so, my girl has been refusing bottles at daycare. It seems as though she is reverse cycling, basically nursing as much as she can from me and taking the bare minimum during the day from the bottle. I'm not too worried about it, but Miss Carrie is starting to freak out a little. The funny thing is that when we get home in the evening, she's not starving and crying to eat. Yes, I nurse her twice in the evening before bed, but she sleeps for 10+ hours at night and isn't starving in the morning. She's still growing and gaining weight, so I think I'm going to just ignore the panic until I really need to worry about it.

Granted Lukey Duke eats like a bird and you'd think he'd shrivel up from the tiny amounts of food that he actually eats but I think that the whole child portion size idea is puzzling to many. They typically are only expected to eat one tablespoon of food per year of their age per meal. So 4 tablespoons of food per meal is fine but it just looks like a tiny amount of food to us since were used to adult serving sizes...

Should I be worried or am I and Miss Carrie just stressing over nothing?

3 comments:

Lora said...

Don't stress! If she's hungry, she will eat. We are such a nation of eaters that we are always freaking out about this, me included. B is in that weird stage where dhes gettinhg ready to eat regular food. That's all. If there is a bigger problem, her sleep and behavior will change. If you aren't comfortable waiting to see if that will happen, call the doc.

You're doing a great job. Don't feel any different

Mommy D said...

Thank you Lora... I know in my gut that she's fine and that I'd know if something were really wrong, but sometimes other peoples' opinions can get the best of me... I really believe that the slight bottle jag is just due to her cutting 4 teeth at once and eating being uncomfortable right now...

Thanks for the reassurance!

Jill said...

Just make sure she stays hydrated. Love, Aunt Jill -- Also, if I had to do it over, I wouldn't give snacks to picky eaters. Mine wouldn't eat much breakfast, so they got a snack later; then they weren't hungry for lunch, so they got a mid-afternoon snack; then..... I'd just starve them so they'd eat a regular meal. I don't believe in "grazing" because it's hard to feed everyone at different times. Set a schedule now so in the future all of you will be hungry at the same time. It will probably only take a few days (maybe a week) of no snacks before Luke will eat more. Good Luck.