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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. To add, This is just a vent. My friend visited yesterday and at the end of the short visit I was so close to tears. Her questions and comments went something like this...

Your 8 month old still does not say mama, dada, mine did all that. She has a one year old. Mine sleeps so sell from midnight to 10, then again from 10:30 to noon after nursing and then 5-7pm. You don't give any solids to your DD, see how thin she is, you are doing irreversible harm (but my DD keeps refusing the oatmeal, banana, sweet potato,  avocado, squash I offer her). Well you need to add some spices and try harder. Your DD hasn't left the house and not met anyone in 8 mths other than the doctor and cries if a stranger even so much as touches her, you are raising a maladjusted kid. We have struggled and continue to do so without sleep training but ped and ped GI have said no sleep training  since she is not doing well. And so the entire day is spent in either putting her to nap or doing nap extensions, or calming her 5-7 times a night and coaxing her to feed, then keeping her upright. Yours still does not sit up on her own or sit for long unsupported, nor does she crawl, oh my....and so on....[/quote]

OP, hang in there.  I would try different formula's and bottles.  We had to try a dozen to find the right one and I cannot even tell you how many bottles.  After about six months we had to find new bottles as they old ones were rejected.  We ended up mixing the regular similac sensitive and the one with rice starch.  We kept our kid on formula till 3.5  It was very hard and those mean comments don't help.  I will never forget all the screaming.  For us, it got better at 11 months.  Mine did start puree young, at 4 months but could not do any solids until 11 months.  Then at 1.5 the solid feeding hell started.  Only recent at 4 is he branching out from his few foods.  He went from the 3% to the 50-60% and is now healthy.  I thought we'd never get off the formula.  It was our lifesaver.  We almost did a feeding clinic but the week before he started to eat a few more foods so they said don't bother as its ok.  Its hard having "that" child.  Mine slept from midnight to 10 too and I loved it.  It worked great as I am a night owl.  We later transitioned down to 9 PM.  If it works for you, don't change a thing.  Hang in there.  Find a good GI and know it will get better.[/quote]

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