Feeding issues

So Logan has always been a good feeder, well since we went onto bottle feeding anyway. When we first introduced solid food to him at the age of 4 months, he gobbled it up! He absolutely LOVES his food, however his love for his bottles seemed to diminish.

Everytime I would offer him his bottle, he would start drinking like normal, then suddenly he would just stop, pull off and turn his head away. I'd offer it to him again, and he would screw his face up as if to say "What? Nooooo, I dont want this, wheres the real food mum?"

I got so paranoid that he wasnt feeding enough, as for the most part, I couldnt get him to drink more than 60-80mls per bottle. Mummy guilt set it, did I give him too much food? Should I have waited longer to introduce solids? But deep down I knew the answers to these questions, of course not!!! He loved his food (he was on 2 meals a day his second week of solid food), we never have had an issue of him refusing food, he has always finished his solid meals. Its just that he had completely lost interest in his formula meals.

We went to the doctor, as his had become very constipated as well. The doctor put Logan on some laxatives, and told me to keep a food diary and come back in 2 weeks. This was comforting and scary all at the same time. I was happy to be getting help, I was terrified of going back and being told my baby was starving and I was a bad mum.

So the diary went on, offered 160ml, took 60ml, offered 4 tablespoons of food, ate all of it, offered 160ml, took 40ml, arghhhhhhh it was awful having to write down the stats. But by the end of the first day I was relieved, yes he was refusing quite a bit, but when I added up the daily total, I didnt think he was doing too bad.

Days past, I would be very content anytime Logan took 100ml+ with a bottle, I felt like doing a victory dance whenever this happened. Logan was still his happy chirpy self, nothing had changed in that respect, but I still stressed.

When we went to the doctor for our 2 week review and I handed the doctor the food diary, my heart stopped, I was so nervous. Then he looked up at me and said "Well, hes doing good, Im very happy with how much he is drinking, and eating, he is doing really well". OMG I could have cried I was so happy, all the mummy guilt just disappeared immediately. We got the all clear to give him 3 solid meals a day, and we go back in another 2 weeks to review again.

So I have a happy little 6 month old (well in 2 days he will be, where did the time go??!) who loves his food, and although has lost a bit of interest in his formula, is still going great guns!