I’m Happy

Because Miguel is eating finally! I’m not sure if it is his new vitamins working or he really likes the taste of Earth’s Best botlled food, but whatever, what’s important is for two consecutive days already–that means six main meals–I’ve been able to feed him without struggle. I’m praying this will continue and he will get used to eating solids regularly.

I’ve been struggling with Miguel’s poor appetite since long ago and have done every possible trick I could think of to get him to eat. I even “dreamt” of feeding him only homemade foods at first but soon gave in and offered him commercial food when he wouldn’t have any of the food I lovingly prepared, and he even puked at the first taste of my mashed potato–is my cooking that bad?!

So for months now, I’ve been offering him taho, beef soup or fruits but none seemed to appeal to his picky tastebuds. After he got tired of Gerber Stage 1 I was only able to feed him cereals and table food occasionally, and every feeding time was a battle. I had been exasperated of this ordeal especially this last week when he wouldn’t eat even his cereals. Add to that the fact that he only consumes 16oz of formula at daytime and would breastfeed twice at night.

I was feeling too tired of our routine and the only thing that kept me was the prospect of another pedia visit last saturday. His doctor’s words of encouragement and reassurance always give me hope.

When I was done ranting about my frustrations, she recounted her bilins about vitamins, meds, and feeding. And she said I could try feeding him bottled baby foods again. Right, why have I forgotten about that!

So we went to the supermarket and I realized I stopped feeding him bottled baby foods because there’s only Gerber Chicken Dinner available and he can’t eat chicken! Sigh. Then I remembered there’s Healthy Options and they sell organic foods. To my great delight, Earth’s Best has a wide variety of baby food for lunch and dinner, so I bought about five types and so far Miguel enjoys eating them.