Nang Ginutom Si Bea Bulilit

First of all, bago mag-violent reaction yung iba dyan, I would like to say na hindi ko minamaltrato anak ko, okay? 

Being a very picky eater, feeding Bea has always been hard. Nandyan yung hindi mo sa mapatigil sa upuan. Nandyan yung ayaw nyang ngumanga kahit anung gawin mo. Yung iiyakan ka. Yung tatakbuhan ka. Yung mas gusto pa ung jellyace.

At times, nawawalan na ko ng pag-asa na kumain ng matino si Bulilit. I thought I tried it all, until may nagsabi na try ko daw gutumin para kumain.

The first time I heard that, my initial reaction is, "Isn't that kinda harsh for a baby?!?" I mean, kawawa naman diba kung magutom si Baby? Baka sumakit tyan nya. I was totally against it at first. But I've ran out of tactics on how to make her eat. So yun triny ko. :S

I first feed her 240 ml of milk that afternoon. Then, natulog na sya. She woke up around 4:30pm. Ayun, naglaro-laro muna, nanuod, nangulit. After some time, nagpapabuhat na sya, then dinudukot yung dede ko. I put her down. Ignored her. After awhile, naglaro ulit. Then maya-maya, nagpapabuhat na naman. Dukot ulit sa dede ko. She wants milk. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, dapat hindi ako mag-give in sa gusto nya. Hindi ko kasi malalaman kung effective yung gutuman tactic. I just gave her a cup of water instead.

Around 6pm, eto na, time to eat. Grabe! Yung bulilit, hindi makapaghintay. Inaabot nya talaga sa table yung pagkain. Tumitingkayad pa. Mukhang nagutom nga.

Slurping the lugaw

a very hungry baby

The first time she ate tokwa

So is gutumin tactic effective? Yes!

She finished the whole bowl of lugaw in just a few minutes. Plus, nakiagaw pa sya sa tokwa ko. Tapos nagmilk at jellyace pa sya after. She ate alot that time. :)

While watching her eat, natuwa ako. Ang gana-gana nya kumain. Ang dami nyang nakain. But then after nun, I said to myself, hindi ko na uulitin. Hindi ko na sya gugutumin. Naawa ako eh. Parang pinagkaitan sya. Parang binge eating yung nagyari. Baka pagnakasanayan nya, lagi na syang mag-over eat. I don't want that to happen.

So yun, maybe this tactic is not for us. Sa iba, pwede siguro. But Bea is too young. It's harsh. I would not do this again.

Yun lang po.