Friday, August 19, 2011

Henry NOT Eating

What 7 month old doesn't like applesauce and rice cereal mixed with breast milk? This 7 month old. We've been trying to get Henry to eat cereal plain, mixed with veggies, or mixed with fruit. We've tried organic, rice, and whole wheat cereals. Nothing. He just lets it sit in his mouth until it mixes with enough saliva that it starts dripping back out. Grandma Penney has been the only one that can get a whole bowl full of dinner into his little belly. We tried cereal at about 5 1/2 months for 2 weeks and it wasn't a hit so we stopped until he was 6 1/2 months old and still nothing. This short clip is just 38 seconds out of about 5 minutes of videoing that he kept the food in his mouth but wouldn't swallow it. I did a little experiment to see how many bites I could put in his mouth before he swallowed it, spit it out, or started gagging on it. I stopped at 5. He appears to be getting enough to eat...he isn't fussy, sleeps through the night and is generally a happy baby. I guess we'll just skip food for now. I'm sure it'll come back to get us eventually (and then he'll be harvesting his own dinner, hope he likes venison).

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