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My 15 month old daughter hardly eats any solids. Instead of listing what she does not eat, it is easier to list what she does….
* cucumbers (a bite or two)
* bread (a few bites)
* rice (sometimes)
* spaghetti (dry, no sauce)
* dairy products like cheese and yogurt
* sometimes boiled egg if i mash it up and mix it with rice cereal and mix that with fruit yogurt too.
* few bites of turkey breast deli-meat.
So her main meal is always her bottle of formula and the solids that she does eat are just in between snacks.
I am , of course, very very frustrated and at a loss at what I should try as I feel like i have tried EVERYTHING. If food does manage to get inside her mouth she will spit it out. Food is always everywhere in my house (on the floor, in our hair, on the walls) accept in my daughters tummy where it should be!
My daughter also wakes up once in the middle of the night for a bottle, and i feel i cant refuse giving it to her because she has nothing in her tummy accept for milk so she must be starving?! She won’t go back to sleep without the bottle of milk and she will just continue crying. You may suggest i let her cry it out, but please continue reading below…
I tried taking her off formula for a few weeks and gave her whole milk instead, on her pediatricians recommendation. He thought that should make her hungrier for food since whole milk is not as dense as formula. He also suggested i supplement with vitamin drops. hahaha…that, of course in my case, did not work. Not only will my daughter refuse the vitamin drops (even if they are mixed in with the milk in the bottle), but she was starving since her solid intake did not increase. Yes…she is a stubborn little one.
My other issue is her sleeping habits.
She cannot fall asleep on her own and my husband is completely against “cry it out” as he cant bare to see/hear our daughter crying. We have argued about this too much and I always end up loosing because he just walks into her room and picks her up.
I don’t need to rock her to sleep but she just needs to be held and cuddled, which is actually very sweet most nights, but some nights i am just so exhausted (im also 9 weeks pregnant) that i just wish i could put her in bed after having her milk bottle and she would fall asleep on her own.
Any suggestions on how to make my life a little easier?! Please!!

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