When we went to his 4 mth checkup his weight went from the 50th %tile to the 30th %tile. His doctor wanted us to supplement with a special formula to beef him up a bit. He has reflux and she is afraid that is the cause of it. Anyway, we went straight to the store and bought Emfamil AR (for reflux babies). I was sort of excited just bc I thought mabye Markus could feed him one of the night feedings and I would be able to get some sleep. I couldn't wait even though I was a little sad bc I had only been nursing him. So that night we tried to feed him the formula. He wouldn't take it. Hated it. He got really mad actually...like how could we do this to him? We kept trying each night, but he wasn't having it! We tried everything for him to take this formula...different bottles, different mixtures with breastmilk, different temperatures, different times of day, different people feeding him, etc. etc. It just wasn't happening. I called the doctor and asked if it was okay to feed him cereal. I just wasn't ready to go down that route yet, but he needs the extra nourishment. The funny thing is he loves it and gobbles it up. Here is a video of one of his first feedings.
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He is a little guy after my own heart. I knew he would love it. His mother sure did.
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