Oliran:
Good afternoon mamas, please how do I know the number of scoops of formula to add to my baby's pap?

We are 4months and we want to start pap next week.
Thank you.

HolySteph:
Ogi/pap(millet, guinea corn and yellow corn) with groundnut, crayfish and baby formula.

Shallypop:
Hi ma'am. I tried this combo for my 10 months old baby but reacted to it. Soybeans was even added to it. Though, I introduced my baby to Aptamil milk and this modernised pap dat includes d things above. He reacted to one of these.

JGracious:


It depends on the quantity of pap you are giving per time. You add just enough formula to sweeten it a bit.

Personally, i didn't add formula to my ds pap when he started taking it at 6 months. There were times he didnt finish the usual quantity i prepare for him and then had to pour away or drink it myself
To me, it looks like a waste. Formula is expensive considering the number of tins i had to buy weekly.
I gave him pap separately and then milk separately. It worked for us that way.

Shallypop:
Hi ma'am. I tried this combo for my 10 months old baby but reacted to it. Soybeans was even added to it. Though, I introduced my baby to Aptamil milk and this modernised pap dat includes d things above. He reacted to one of these.

HolySteph:


Oh dear I'm so Sorry about that. One thing is, you should know and understand your baby's body. I'm having a feeling it's the soybeans. 70% of babies react to it and/Or groundnut or crayfish. i'll suggest you stick to just the millet, guinea corn and yellow corn with milk for and observe the reaction.

You give the soymilk to your baby from one year, im sure his body system should be ready for it.

I'm sorry about the reaction. Give him enough fruits, breast milk, water and watch the reaction, he'll be fine. Take care of him.

JGracious:


It is usually better to try foods for your Lo individually rather than using combos. This will enable you to fish out the culprit easily. It is when you have established that they don't react to the food that it becomes safe to combine.

Roseey0:
My baby has rejected all the solid I have tried giving her.
She is even underweight, hasn't doubled her birth weight yet she won't take anything except breast milk or formula
Even the formula self , she doesn't finish more than 120ml per feed.

Any suggestions as to what to add
Multivitamins or anything to make her eat.
Whatever that has worked for you pls share, let me keep trying.
I have been force feeding her. Our feeding time is always messy.

JGracious:


It is not all babies that take to complimentary feeding i.e. semi-solids immediately. You have to keep trying. Please note that their stomachs are still small so few spoons of what you give them is actually ok. Your baby is still learning so stop the force feeding. I'm sure you dont feel happy when you do that.

What foods have you been trying for her?

I started with apple puree and banana puree before we graduated to other foods. Have you tried cereals too?

As it pertains to her milk, have you tried changing to another brand probably she may take it better. Most of these formula taste differently from one another. You may try another. I tried 3 different ones before i settled for the one my ds used up till he was 1+.

Multivitamins will only supplement what is lacking in terms of nutrients.

Have you tried getting someone else to feed her. At times, their shakara is less when another person feeds them.

You can also try visiting a pead to rule out any case of illness since you mentioned she hasn't doubled in weight yet.

Cheers mama

JGracious:


It is not all babies that take to complimentary feeding i.e. semi-solids immediately. You have to keep trying. Please note that their stomachs are still small so few spoons of what you give them is actually ok. Your baby is still learning so stop the force feeding. I'm sure you dont feel happy when you do that.

What foods have you been trying for her?

I started with apple puree and banana puree before we graduated to other foods. Have you tried cereals too?

As it pertains to her milk, have you tried changing to another brand probably she may take it better. Most of these formula taste differently from one another. You may try another. I tried 3 different ones before i settled for the one my ds used up till he was 1+.

Multivitamins will only supplement what is lacking in terms of nutrients.

Have you tried getting someone else to feed her. At times, their shakara is less when another person feeds them.

You can also try visiting a pead to rule out any case of illness since you mentioned she hasn't doubled in weight yet.

Cheers mama

Roseey0:


Thank you mama.
Have seen a doctor, everything came out fine except her throat that appeared redish and she prescribed some antibiotics. We are done with it still no improvement.

I will suggest you go back to the doctor so her throat can be checked again to be sure it healed up completely

I used nestle nan, we have been on it since her 5th month , she take it, am just concerned about the quantity she takes per time. 120ml.

Since she takes it well, just increase the number of times she takes it. I have attached a pic to guide you.

Do you think she will take more if I change brands?

As for food introduced so far
Apple puree..she took it at first, but rejected it few spoons.
Banana too.
Nutribon wheat_ that's the only one I can be singing and giving her and she will open mouth small.
Then just recently Ogi Baba which she rejected too.

hope she didn't react to the nuttibon wheat cos most times, wheat is advised from 8months.
1-4tbsps of the foods is ok for her.
she will improve as times goes on


I will keep trying. Thank you for the response

claseek:
I'm sorry o just like Roseey0 I also have to force feed my girl, if I don't she doesn't mind going on an empty stomach all day. I don't know how else to go about it.

She might like something for one or two days, after that she won't collect it again. I've experimented with almost every food and fruits available to me. It's only swallow and ewedu she accepts willingly and everytime and even that is not more than one adultsized morsel, or two if she's happy with you and very occasionally. (is that not too small?). Oh she likes boiled egg yolk too.

I feel bad though, cos feeding time is messy and full of crying. forcing spoon through her lips especially when she stubborn jams it close scares me but I have to. Human being has to eat, and she can't be eating swallow morning afternoon and night.

HolySteph:


I use binatone blender.

Wattage?.... I'm sorry mama I can't really analyse all that..but I know that i can use it on both low/high current even with gen.

Roseey0:
My baby has rejected all the solid I have tried giving her.
She is even underweight, hasn't doubled her birth weight yet she won't take anything except breast milk or formula
Even the formula self , she doesn't finish more than 120ml per feed.

Any suggestions as to what to add
Multivitamins or anything to make her eat.
Whatever that has worked for you pls share, let me keep trying.
I have been force feeding her. Our feeding time is always messy.

Roseey0:


Thank you mama.
Have seen a doctor, everything came out fine except her throat that appeared redish and she prescribed some antibiotics. We are done with it still no improvement.

I used nestle nan, we have been on it since her 5th month , she take it, am just concerned about the quantity she takes per time. 120ml.

Do you think she will take more if I change brands?

As for food introduced so far
Apple puree..she took it at first, but rejected it few spoons.
Banana too.
Nutribon wheat_ that's the only one I can be singing and giving her and she will open mouth small.
Then just recently Ogi Baba which she rejected too.


I will keep trying. Thank you for the response

claseek:
I'm sorry o just like Roseey0 I also have to force feed my girl, if I don't she doesn't mind going on an empty stomach all day. I don't know how else to go about it.

She might like something for one or two days, after that she won't collect it again. I've experimented with almost every food and fruits available to me. It's only swallow and ewedu she accepts willingly and everytime and even that is not more than one adultsized morsel, or two if she's happy with you and very occasionally. (is that not too small?). Oh she likes boiled egg yolk too.

I feel bad though, cos feeding time is messy and full of crying. forcing spoon through her lips especially when she stubborn jams it close scares me but I have to. Human being has to eat, and she can't be eating swallow morning afternoon and night.

blessedruby:
Hi , the sweet potato, did you cook it with salt,?.Thanks
quote author=StrongWoman333 post=73267404]Boiled sweet potatoes and mashed. I gave it to my 5Months plus old baby and she liked it.

JGracious:


What has been helping me is knowing that its just a few tablespoons that is needed to get them full. What actually pisses me off is the amount of time it takes to get them to finish the few tablespoons.

If it is swallow that she likes, keep giving her o and dont stress yourself. What is important now is getting food into her stomach. Everything will balance up as time goes by.

For instance, you can debone her fish and mash it with the few morsels of swallow to give her. She don eat protein and carbs be dat.

rice, plantain, moimoi can be made to look like swallow too. Have you tried that too.
You can trick her and hide some other foods inside the semo too.

Sometimes, just leave her in the chair and put finger foods like pieces of plantain in front of her. She will turn ot upside down but can make attempt to pick it up to eat.

Give her the other foods in her play play moments. A few teaspoons is ok too.

By the time she starts creche, it gets better too. My ds eats well at creche o but at home, its another kettle of fish. Our fight now is collect one spoon, jump about for 10mins before settling to collect another one. Laslas, he will collect the spoon, struggle to feed himself then pours the food on the floor...infact...plenty story
all I know is I do all i can to get him to put food in his stomach.

cheers.

nnekaike:
increase the number of times she takes her formular to balance up.
My baby is like this too,so what works for us is I surround her with her favorite toys including my phone ,that way she is distracted with play and consume plenty.
Sometimes we suck breast small and go back to our food.
She takes only yellow pap and Nutribom cereal(especially the rice and mixed fruit) well,other foods are 2-3 of baby spoon or more if it's a good day and that's all.
If she can eat plenty of what she enjoys and small small of others she will be alright.
I feed my baby every 3-4 hours and she is 9months old.
I swear to God that feeding a baby is another aspect of motherhood and can be frustrating sometimes.

claseek:
I swear..

I can wait for my baby to grow up to the stage she can start feeding herself abeg

Roseey0:
We are making progress eventually.
Thanks to the Mamas that made me understand it's a gradual process.

[b]My baby now opens mouth by herself. Takes like 5 to 6spoons and that is it. I know we will graduate to finishing a bowl soon.[/b]congrats and weldone to her

Am worried about water, her poop is now thick, what's the recommended water consumption per day for above 6months?