Infant vs. Food

[Bugsworthy]

He is about 24" tall, and 37 pounds.

[Willow]

He is about 24" tall, and 37 pounds.

At 7 months old??

[Holiday Park]

I was going through the same exact thing recently ! This child was wearing size NB and the size of my dolls. She couldn't do anything either but lay and cry. Mom was breastfeeding. She told me only 2-3 oz max all because the ladies at the la leche league told her 1oz per hour.
The dr was keeping an eye on her weight and when she dropped from 9to 8lbs she was admitted to the hospital. Shes now on. Fortifier thats put into her donated breastmilk bottles. Between me and several other ladies , she is now getting donor milk and has gained 2lbs in the last 2weeks. I noticed a change in her behavior. She will actually play in the exercauser now. Still wont play on the floor by herself though , yet.
Oh btw that is one big 7month old . My 14 month is 18lbs but hes short and chunky looking. He is very healthy, meeting all his milestones. I do habe a childcare baby thats almost 7months thats as big as PP's baby above. Hes the same size as my 14 month old when they are side by side.

[Lyss]

I was feeding her more here. Her mom dropped her off (she's been here 2 weeks) with about 8 jars of food and i was giving the whole jar with oatmeal for each feeding twice and I put a note on the door on Wednesday that she was out of food. She brought one jar today....

So not looking forward to this conversation. I thought about just feeding her more food while she's here but that doesn't help her on the weekends and when she's not here.

Did you have the conversation with mom? I'm interested to hear what she had to say.

He is about 24" tall, and 37 pounds.

Whoa! My 11 month old is 18.5lb and a tall one too. I get tired just lugging her around, I couldn't imagine 37lbs! ::

[LK5kids]

This is way, way too little food. Oh, my goodness...is that all she gets all the time she is at your house? Her Mom only wants you to feed her that small amount and no formula? This borders on neglect. I would be obligated to call dhs and at least ask them about my concern. Does mom have some messed up thoughts that she doesn't want her baby to get "fat"????

[Scout]

Is it possible mom just assumes you are giving her the amount of bottles she needs too? Maybe a misunderstanding & when she says food she just means baby food? I can't imagine telling someone to only give my baby that little amount of food! Poor little girl. She is lucky to have a good provider that cares enough to ask!

[littlemissmuffet]

This baby is being starved and is likely suffering from physical, mental and emotional delays as a result.

Unless the DCM can produce a doctor's note by drop-off tomorrow morning, I would give her three options:

1) she can provide more formula/food - the amount I specify (the guildlines in this thread are a good start)
2) she will be charged $20 more per week to cover the cost of me providing formula/food
3) she can find a new childcare provider to agree to starve her child

Without a doctor's note explaining the need for such a severe reduction in formula/food, I would also be reporting this DCM to CPS for neglect.

[Mommy2One]

He is about 24" tall, and 37 pounds.

Wow! You must be superwoman! My 3yo is about 39" tall and about 35 lbs. It's already starting to hurt my back to pick her up! I'm thankful she can walk most of the time, and recently I've started asking her to jump when I pick her up.

[Bugsworthy]

Sorry...LOL...not 37 pounds. I asked my husband how much Ds weighed, but he was half asleep when he answered. He weighs 21 pounds.

[thatdivalady]

Wow! So similar to my situation.

I have a 7 month old who I've been trying to get his mother to begin cereal or something! The baby only drinks about 3oz of milk at home for feedings, 6oz with me. But as you would expect, he's been still hungry and does not want more milk. I actually spent a good portion of the day looking for the USDA chart so thanks to whomever posted that, I plan to print and share with his mother. When I asked (several times!) she said the baby does not like the cereal...She seems to think that just giving the baby more milk will solve the hunger problem but doesn't realize it's not filling him up!

[SilverSabre25]

I have a 7 month old who I've been trying to get his mother to begin cereal or something! The baby only drinks about 3oz of milk at home for feedings, 6oz with me. But as you would expect, he's been still hungry and does not want more milk. I actually spent a good portion of the day looking for the USDA chart so thanks to whomever posted that, I plan to print and share with his mother. When I asked (several times!) she said the baby does not like the cereal...She seems to think that just giving the baby more milk will solve the hunger problem but doesn't realize it's not filling him up!

maybe mom should try something besides cereal? Banana, applsauce, sweet potato, avocado....all are excellent first foods.

[Lyss]

I have a 7 month old who I've been trying to get his mother to begin cereal or something! The baby only drinks about 3oz of milk at home for feedings, 6oz with me. But as you would expect, he's been still hungry and does not want more milk. I actually spent a good portion of the day looking for the USDA chart so thanks to whomever posted that, I plan to print and share with his mother. When I asked (several times!) she said the baby does not like the cereal...She seems to think that just giving the baby more milk will solve the hunger problem but doesn't realize it's not filling him up!

I have this parent too! DCPs started purees at 8months (just a few veggies, no fruits until 10months), and now at nearly a year they still do not give her any table foods beyond toast, mashed potatoes, and mashed peas. DCG desperately wanted what my DD (a week older) was having so finally I just started giving her things and recently I just had that "this is how it will work at my house" talk with DCM. She was nervous (still is) but DCG is fine and since she's started getting more table/finger she's been a much happier kid

[Unregistered]

So I have an infant. She's 7 months old. I need to ask if I'm crazy because I don't feel as though she's being fed enough. I also don't feel like she's developmentally where she should be probably because she's not eating right however she does go to the doctor once a month due to the fact that she was born with an issue to her sinus cavity and acid reflux.

Basically when she started her mom wrote me out a note that says that she is fed 1/2 a 4 oz jar of baby food & 2 tsps of oatmeal at 10am and she will probably still act hungry. If she still screams after an hour to go ahead and give a 4 oz bottle of formula. Repeat at 1pm. The child is here from 7:50am till 4:30-5:10 (depending on who is picking her up). So I'm lead to believe that she only wants me to give her formula if I think she's hungry enough for it but I feel like even with the formula she's probably still not eating enough through out the day.

She's rolling from her back to her belly but not from her belly to her back. She is barely pushing herself up. She is very tall for her age but I feel like she's so waif. She is so boney! There is nothing to her really. I feel like if she were eating more she might have more energy and might be progressing faster.

Am I wrong?

She should be intaking 24-30oz of formula i 24 hours,1 jar of fruit, 1 jar of veggies, and cereal twice a day she is crying because she is still hungry poor baby. At 7 months my little guy was on table food 3 times a day plus snack plus 4 6oz bottles. Personally I would buy more jar food and cereal at your daycare and feed her.

[SunshineMama]

I would be more concerned about the formula intake than the food. I didnt feed any solids to either of my own breastfed children until 7 months, and it was only a little at a time. I figured the breast milk was better.

As far as the development, I might relate that to not having enough nutrients, and the child needing more formula for sure. It makes me feel a bit better that the child is being seen and observed monthly by a doctor though. Maybe the doctor recommended small meals to keep the reflux under control?

[Heidi]

There is a name for this condition:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/growth/failure_thrive.html