For three weeks our 8 month old has had twelve ounces of formula a day does this affect our baby health wise in terms of iron deffeciency?
Infants do require plenty of iron during their first year of life. The two main sources are the iron in infant cereal and the iron in milk (formula or breast milk). There is a good amount of iron in the amount of formula your baby takes each day. It would be even better if he/she still likes infant cereal, to encourage that as well. While more iron is better, getting a bit less will not affect your child’s health. My 8 month old refuses to let us feed him solid foods because he wants to be in control of the spoon. How do we get him to eat more? We’ve tried giving him a spoon of his own, and using one to spoon food in, but he just gets mad when we take “his” out of his mouth. Your son is showing some “personality”! Often the two spoon technique works, but not here. Here are some options: 1. wait until he takes his spoon out of his mouth before trying to give him the food on your spoon; 2. patiently sit by and let him feed himself only with his spoon; or 3. try some finger foods (and hop
