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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you do soy formula (I know it's not ideal, but can you try it?).  Or maybe try CVS Gentle - it's made by PBM, so it's different than the other brands.  It was like our 5th or 6th try and it worked for us.

I would focus equally, [b]if not MORE, on food.  At 8 months, food should be the primary source of nutrition. [/b] What solids have you tried?  At 3 months, we started with rice cereal, then added wheat cereal or oatmeal.  By 6 months, DD was full on eating food (plus 2 or 3 bottles a day in between meals), but she was picky about the brand.  There is a big difference between brown-ish Gerber carrots and homemade or Earth's Best.  I pureed a lot of food in the baby bullet - the options are endless, so please try it. DD liked carrots, peas, chicken and rice, and macaroni with a little parmesean and teeny but of tomato. The Giant brand baby food is great (Beechnut)- it's the only brand of baby food that has something other than veggies that tastes good IMO.  Good Luck!

[/quote] Why are you giving such bad advice???
"Even when babies enjoy discovering new tastes and textures, solid foods should not replace breastfeeding, but merely complement [b]breast milk as the infant's main source of nutrients throughout the first year[/b]. Beyond one year, as the variety and volume of solid foods gradually increase, breast milk remains an ideal addition to the child's diet." http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/faq/index.htm?s_cid=cs_1011[/quote]

+1. Take your bad advice elsewhere, PP.[/quote]

This is a failure to thrive baby - it needs to get calories however it can. But buying breastmilk from strangers off the internet seems like a much worse idea than trying more solids.  OP, if this is as serious as it sounds, your pediatrician should be helping you to figure this out. I wonder if your baby would take formula from a different caregiver.  [/quote]

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