Suggest possible diet food for a 8 month old?
Patient: Hello, I am a grandma of an 8 month old girl. She weighed 6lbs 6 ozs when born last May. She is now 8 months and weighs 14lbs 8 ozs. She is happy and healthy, but never seems to be interested in food or milk. My daughter breast feed until 6 months, but because she wasn't gaining well she decided to switch to formula. She has been getting cereal, vegetables and fruit for about 3 months now, but every meal is a struggle for my daughter and at the most she will only eat a couple of tablespoons of cereal or an ice cube size portion of vegetable or fruit. The most she will take at a bottle feeding is 5 to 6 ounzes, but most times this is much less, around 3 or 4 ounzes.  My daughter sees other friends that have younger babies and how much they eat and is worried. Do you have ant advice? Doctor: The most important advice I can give you is that every baby is different and have different rates of metabolism. Some kids need more food to generate the same weight gain, some, less. In my humble opinion as a pediatrician, I think your granddaughter is doing quite well, weight-wise, so I would not worry. I would suggest you stop bottle-feeding her completely and let her decide how much she wants to eat with a feeding cup. This is completely possible - and you will find that she will accept milk more readily.