At nearly 11 months my son refuses his milk before bedtime Tom is one of twins born at 31 weeks gestation. They both had quite severe reflux in the early days, hence a slow weight gain. (Current weight: 6.3kg) They now receive medication and are much improved, but they have never really enjoyed milk. Tom […]
Continue ReadingI am concerned that my 9-month-old son is not having enough milk My son is now approaching 9 months and has seriously reduced his milk intake. As he has never been very good with his milk intake, I have been making sure he takes between 16 and 18oz per day since the age of 6 […]
Continue ReadingMy six-month-old daughter has a small appetite for milk My daughter’s feeding and sleeping patters are going completely off track. We need help encouraging her to eat/drink more during the day so we can eliminate the nighttime waking. She was 5lb 15oz at birth and has maintained a slow but gradual progress and now weighs […]
Continue ReadingMy daughter of almost 7 months is absolutely refusing to drink water My daughter Ione is almost 7 months old. She was 71b 3oz at birth and currently weighs 151b. She is fed Hipp Organic Formula at 7.30am (6oz), 2.30pm (4-5oz), 6.30pm (7-8oz) and solids at 8am (half a Weetabix plus fruit purée/Ready Brek/baby cereal), […]
Continue ReadingMy 6.2-month-old son is refusing his milk feeds but is unhappy and waking early For the last month, my son has started refusing almost all milk feeds. He is offered a 7oz bottle at 7am and will only drink 4 to 5oz. I will then use the remaining milk to mix with his breakfast which […]
Continue ReadingMy son is 19 weeks and has suddenly and drastically reduced his milk intake My 19-week old son sleeps well at night (from about 8pm to 7am), although I have to wake him and give him a full feed at 10-11pm. The problem is that up until three weeks ago he was taking 6-7 oz […]
Continue ReadingLow weight gain and reflux in my 18-week-old daughter My daughter Alicia is now 18 weeks old. She is my second child. My first is a boy of 25 months called Jacob. Both children were introduced to Gina’s routines since they left hospital. Alicia took very well to the routine. However, her weight gain isn’t […]
Continue ReadingHenry is four months and irritable between feeds, and too sleepy at 10pm Henry is four months and he is more irritable between feeds, whereas before he was content. Up until the last week he has been contented between feeds, happy to sit in his chair and ‘play’ with his toys, only crying for food […]
Continue ReadingI think 18 week Alicia’s reflux is making her hysterical twice a day I have some concerns regarding my daughter. She is 18 weeks old and she has two instances during the day where she can get quite hysterical! The first instance is after her morning nap. I wake her at 9.45am, gently rousing her […]
Continue ReadingMy 5.5 month son will drink from a beaker but is not taking enough Having had to return to work I have introduced Wilfred to drinking from an “AnyWay Up” beaker. This took him some time to adjust to but he will drink from it. However after nearly three weeks, he is still not taking […]
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