Hi all,
need some help and advise.
My 9 mth old boy is abt 7.2 kg and has small appetites, gains weight very slowly. Not particulary keen in food in general.
He was on partial EBM and FM till 8 mths and total FM since. His average milk feed is 120 ml ~ 150 ml.
I started to wean him to solids since 6 mths. But he is not keen on solids, so far only willing to take nestle plain rice/ vege flavour cereal (half bowl each time/ sometime less), Dou Hua, Bread and baby crackers.
Have given him pureed sweet pototoes, pumpkin, butternut, bananas, apples, pototoes, porridge, all not keen.
He fuss a lot during feeding by spoon, eats a little then dun wan to open mouth already, creates a lot of mess, wants to grab spoon and bowl etc or rub his eyes / face and pulls his hair during meal. My MIL thinks it is hassle to spoon feed becoz of this and always put watery rice cereal in bottle to feed him (I heard he can drink up to 180 ml and 5 small scoops each time)
Anyone has any advise for me.
How to increase BB appetite so he will eat more and gain weight?
Shd I continue to allow bottle feed of rice cereal so he will consume it and gain weight or insist to let him be spoon feed so I can introduce other solid food which cannot be put into bottle?
I am FTWM. My MIL is not very patient type. If BB fusses during feeding she will stop the feeding session.