Blood and iron
Aug. 14th, 2007 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinJorie had her 12-month checkup today, and tonight they called back and said she's anemic. This is not that surprising, since she's so reluctant to eat solid food; most sources say innate iron stores plus breast milk only get most kids to about 8 months.
Still, I'd been hoping that the little bit of fortified cereal she deigns to eat would be enough. Evidently not so, so we'll be giving her iron drops from now on and trying harder to get her to eat.
It's frustrating sometimes; it seems like she'll put anything in her mouth as long as it is not food. Today I tried to get her to eat some yogurt, and she took great pleasure in smearing it all over the high chair and herself but showed absolutely no interest in eating it. I ate some of it myself, which got her interested in feeding me. I got my own spoon so she could follow along, which got her interested in grabbing my spoon.
I did verbally mention licking the spoon at one point, which caused her to lick the spoon, once (she understands a lot!) I think that was all the yogurt that went into her. It didn't work a second time.
Still, I'd been hoping that the little bit of fortified cereal she deigns to eat would be enough. Evidently not so, so we'll be giving her iron drops from now on and trying harder to get her to eat.
It's frustrating sometimes; it seems like she'll put anything in her mouth as long as it is not food. Today I tried to get her to eat some yogurt, and she took great pleasure in smearing it all over the high chair and herself but showed absolutely no interest in eating it. I ate some of it myself, which got her interested in feeding me. I got my own spoon so she could follow along, which got her interested in grabbing my spoon.
I did verbally mention licking the spoon at one point, which caused her to lick the spoon, once (she understands a lot!) I think that was all the yogurt that went into her. It didn't work a second time.