My poor little lady. Eating advice??

ELF4321

She's been cranky and resistant to taking her bottle the last couple of weeks, plus a low-grade fever, so I knew she was probably teething.  One of her top front teeth cut through last week, but I could see the one next to it under the surface too, so I knew we were in for another week.  Now that one is almost through, and I can see a THIRD tooth on top about to pop through.  No wonder she's been so cranky!  Motrin doesn't seem to do any good, nor has the orajel or amber teething necklace.

She's been averaging 15-18 ounces of formula a day (prior to teething it was more like 26-28).  She won't take formula from a cup, unfortunately, so I've been giving her water in her cup to keep her from getting dehydrated.  She's been eating a little more solids, but not enough to make up the difference. 

I'm trying to add more calories into purees for her by adding yogurt and baby cereal to them.  Any other ideas for making sure she gets enough calories while she's on this bottle boycott?

bellelamb

Yogurt, bananas, avocodo, all are high calorie foods.

Also I find breastmilkcicles help a lot. If you ff make popciles from that. I made icecubes and put them in the mesh feeder it gets milk in him and helps the teeth feel better.

joshandpanda

any type of whole milk/high fat foods (cottage cheese, whole yogurt, etc.)

ELF4321

bellelamb:

Yogurt, bananas, avocodo, all are high calorie foods. Also I find breastmilkcicles help a lot. If you ff make popciles from that. I made icecubes and put them in the mesh feeder it gets milk in him and helps the teeth feel better.

Ooh-- interesting idea!  I'll have to try that.