Day 22

I'm so relieved Morgan is feeling more himself today, he's had a little bit of baby rice for breakfast and had a very small amount of pear and squash for lunch. His appetite is returning slowly so I hope he wants to keep up the solids again tomorrow.

Day 21

Another dreadful day for my poorly boy, he's been utterly miserable and tearful all day. He's barely touched his bottles all day so I've not even tried to give him solids today. I really hope he starts to feel better tomorrow.

Day 20

Oh what a horrid day. Little man has an awful barking cough and a cold, I was worried it was a chest infection so took him to the doctors but his chest is clear so its just a cold. His appetite is down to almost nothing so I've not offered him any solids, I just need him to keep his fluids up so been trying to tempt him with bottles all day with limited success. I really hope this is his worst day.

Day 19

Breakfast went down a treat this morning, I gave Morgan a spoon for him to play with and had to keep prising it out of his mouth so I could feed him. He does make me smile! I gave him the 4 grain porridge with formula again and will look to add fruit to it in a day or 2.

Lunch also went well, butternut squash and pear was gratefully received!!! I had big smiles and a clean bowl afterwards, was a big helping too, 3 tablespoons!

He still isn't himself but at least his appetite has been good today.

Day 18

Little man was a bit less enthusiastic over his lunch today, not sure if he's bored of pear and rice or coming down with something. His big sister has a horrid cold so maybe he's at the start of that??

Going to try butternut squash and pear tomorrow, it was one of his sisters favourites as a baby.

I have today introduced breakfast too as the gap between bottles was getting smaller. Have stuck with 4 grain baby porridge with just formula but he seemed to like it, he seemed more satisfied this morning for some solids so he's been more cheerful.

Day 17

More smiles over his pear and baby rice! Bowl almost finished and bottle went down a treat afterwards. Looking forward to trying him on combinations of solids soon, I think I'll mix a familiar food with a new one and see how he reacts as the 3 days of just one does seem to lengthen the process.

As I mentioned yesterday, we had a 'mummys way' evening and guess what? A certain small person finished his bottle after his bath, hmmmmm... lol.

Day 16

Pear and baby rice has been a complete success, yay! I mixed it with some baby rice and a splash of formula and he's gone mad for it. He did hesitate after the first spoon, bit of a "you sure thats not apple love?" moment I thought, but he soon cleared the 2 tablespoons I'd prepared.

He is a happy little man, as long as you ignore the 60-90 minute meltdowns we've had the last 2 evenings! I think its because his evening routine has been disturbed, he usually has a bottle after his bath but its been delayed the last couple of days so he's refused to feed. Will address this tomorrow evening I think and get him back on track.