My baby didn’t eat complementary foods.

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The time has come to introduce cereals and mashed potatoes into the diet. But the baby flatly refused to try new food. My daughter cried, spat and waved her hands. I had a difficult choice: to force her to eat through force or not to listen to anyone and continue to breastfeed? Today I will share the bitter experience of introducing the first feeding.

Underweight

I fed the baby up to 5 months only with breast milk. I did not give any supplements with artificial mixtures, apples, crackers, dried bread, juices (as most mothers do, contrary to the advice of doctors). Up to 5 months, my daughter gained weight very well. At a monthly weighing at the pediatrician, the scales were each shown at 600-800 grams. more. The girl resembled a well-fed pie, which could not but rejoice mom and grandmother. But after 5 months, Masha stopped typing so well.

Important! This I later learned that in children 4-6 months is normal. During this period, they become more active, and therefore the weight gain becomes smaller, and this is normal. By the way, children eating an artificial mixture may not have this transition period, as their weight gain is stable.

I panicked, because the weight almost stood still. My mother was also very worried and insisted on the introduction of complementary foods. She said that I didn’t have enough milk, Masha’s two teeth had already come out, so she could already take the first step towards new food.

“There are two teeth, you obviously don’t have enough milk, it’s time to introduce complementary foods, otherwise the child is completely emaciated!” - said mom.

We prepared carefully, bought a beautiful plate and a few spoons. The first thing I cooked was zucchini puree. My daughter immediately refused this meal. I did not insist. I decided to give some porridge. We started with dairy-free, as my daughter suffers from allergies.

Masha liked the porridge, they gave me a little sweetened. But she began to eat even less milk. Therefore, again a shortage in weight. I did not wait. I decided to replace the second breastfeeding. I tried the zucchini again. This time, the daughter did not refuse the proposed meal.

Then I began to give vegetable purees (zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots), then fruit ones (apple, pear, banana). Dairy and dairy products had to be abandoned due to allergies. My daughter spit out the meat all the time. And she ate the rest of the food reluctantly.Therefore, I had to resort to distracting procedures - songs, books, cartoons.

Further worse

Closer to the year, Masha began to eat bread, crackers, cookies and drying. I began to experience much less. It turned out that in vain. After visiting the pediatrician, I panicked even more, because the scales again showed a minimum. With a height of 76 cm, the daughter weighed only 8400 g. The pediatrician said the case was nearing an initial degree of dystrophy. The weight norm at this age was 10 kg!

A trip to the doctors began. First an endocrinologist, then a gastroenterologist. Based on the verdicts of the doctors, the pediatrician concluded that Masha was panically short of protein foods. We were recommended to urgently introduce meat and dairy products.

I did not know what to do. After all, Masha is not the child who eats mashed potatoes for both cheeks, eats curds and drinks kefir. As soon as these products appeared on a plate, she squeezed her mouth. And nothing helped - no dancing, no songs, no favorite cartoon.

Then I made a decision - to feed by force. I know that many mothers will condemn me. But I could no longer watch my child melt before our eyes. I began to forcibly pour in meat, cottage cheese puree, kefir, using a syringe without a needle. Every time I reassured myself, I said that it was necessary.

Honestly, she really looked very thin (her stomach fell in, her ribs stuck out), so I made a difficult decision to feed by force.

Later I managed to mix meat into vegetables, gave cottage cheese and kefir with fruits, cooked all kinds of soups. My daughter ate only while watching cartoons or a colorful book. I still breastfeed a little bit, in the morning and before bedtime.

What is the result

Now Masha is 4 years old. She is still reluctant to eat. Her favorite dishes are sandwiches, pasta, sausages, all kinds of sweets, soft salty cheese, canned cucumbers, mashed potatoes.

She practically doesn’t eat fruit, she doesn’t drink compotes. Very rarely can bite an apple, a peach. Sometimes it eats a fish baked in the oven.

She categorically refuses meat, as does fermented milk products, vegetables, and soups. In the kindergarten practically eats nothing. When you offer something new - refusal (unless, of course, it’s sweetie). Masha is still thin and tall, lacking weight.

Output

I still blame myself for what I did. Perhaps she didn’t need to shove her mashed meat and cottage cheese with kefir. Only now I began to understand this. As the pediatrician who is currently conducting our site told me, this is such a feature of digestion or metabolism. Therefore, she could not have any dystrophy.

And now Masha has a psychological trauma, through the fault of which she still refuses meat and dairy products. I hope this will be a lesson for the other mothers, and they will not repeat my mistakes.

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