Sigh... I think its true what they say about parenthood. The minute the child is born the parent is constantly worrying about them till they turn about 30! And I think the worrying probably never stops even then... school, health, their personal relationships, career etc...
Madison is doing quite well and was growing at a good pace but suddenly for the past 2 weeks she stopped putting on weight! This I found out when I weighed her at the clinic. At first I attributed it to the machine being inaccurate, but repeated weigh ins showed the same figures. Then I thought maybe just a temporary thing, so I waited 1 week. Still no change. Panic started to set in...
The funny thing is, the logical side of me tells me that she probably is alright, being chirpy and generally happy, not asking for more food... but the emotional me is screaming : " inadequate!!! Dropping feeds.. !! doing bad job not feeding more!!! "
The conclusion is that either she was taking in less or my supply is dropping.... argh... both of which were pretty unsavoury....
So we started her on some complementary feeds... being close to 6 calender months this took the form of SOLIDS!
Madison got her first taste of mashed banana, which she took surprisingly well...
Then I realised that she needs a source of iron so we added rice cereal diluted with breastmilk ( what else!) .. this took a little more time getting used to...
Since last week, she has tried carrot, pumpkin and just the last 2 days, home cooked apple puree.. which she seems to like mixed in cereal .. i tried it neat and she gagged something bad...! Pa tried giving her rice porridge with some egg yolk but she gagged too...
Since starting some solids, albeit a little only and twice a day, she seems to take more milk at the feeds too! I thought this was somewhat paradoxical? Or am I imagining it? My boobs seem emptier between and after feeds these days... even trying to express is like TORTURE...
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