Angel, Maro, Winter, Lynn, Jamie, Cherish, Summer's Mama,
Thanks for the responses! Our babies seem relatively similar in terms of milk intake.
Yesterday, Ethan had 1 milk feed at 6am and 4 cereal feeds at:
9am, 12pm, 3pm, 7pm - 4 scoops cereal + 4 scoops FM
He seemed to prefer eating his feeds to drinking them!
He again had 4 scoops cereal + 4 scoops FM for mid-morning snack. He usually has cereal+puree for teatime, that's the plan for today
We give him whatever he wants, he'll stop eating when he's had enough. Like Summer, there'll be lots of wailing and protesting otherwise.
His weight is ideal and he's 'tall' for his age.
Water:
Ethan drinks it just fine.
I give him water between spoonfuls of cereal, he generally takes it like a good boy.
As soon as he can sit up, I'll let him try drinking from a sippy cup.
Here's hubby's suggestion for successful water introduction:
For a post-cereal drink of water, give baby slightly diluted milk.
Gradually dilute the milk a little more every time. We believe that this slowly gets baby used to the tastelessness of water.
And hopefully over time, will have no problem drinking water whether it be from a spoon, bottle or mug.
Teething:
He's got 2 front teeth with another on the way. Though Ethan didn't develop a fever, it's normal for appetite to decrease.
Winter, don't worry about it
Like Lynn said, it'll take awhile for the teeth to appear though I don't remember Ethan's taking 2 months. We mamas just have to stay strong cuz it'll pass and they won't even remember a thing.
Winter,
Have you got infant paracetamol?
It's good to keep it handy if Ernest's fever continues. Try some teething gel if he's very cranky/bothered by the pain. I use Dentinox for Ethan and it seems to work well so far. It tastes like honey and he loves sucking it right off hubby's finger!
Jamie,
Does adding puree to Frisocream taste strange?
Since Frisocream already has FM in it and you're adding fruit puree to a milky cereal.
I thought of doing that for Ethan but the sheer thought of how it's gonna taste makes me cringe! Haha