Ladies, gents, everyone, please can you advise me?
My DS, more or less 8 months old, has decided to refuse all solids with what can only be described as total melt-down of the red-faced, hysterical tears and back-flip variety.
I can quite understand that babies are unpredictable, lord alone knows it's been a total nightmare soul destroying horrific a challenge to get to this stage, but just when I thought I could be perhaps (whispers) be starting to get this, it all starts going wrong.
He was enthusiastically scarfing down everything I offered him, puree wise. He's never really wanted finger foods; although I have provided them, he kind of looks at me like I'm offering him glass-encrusted wooden spikes or arsenic, prods at them and stuffs his toys in his mouth instead.
Now all he wants is his bottle, and he's gone from 3 meals a day and milk feeds to entirely milk feeds. The GP has checked him out and there is nothing overtly wrong; I took him along as the only other thing that seems notable is that his nappies contain toxic waste - green, chemical smelling, runny & explosive poops that have turned his peachy bum into a red and macerated wasteland. A couple of friends have intimated teething, but I can't see any signs of them; could teething be the cause of this solid-strike?
Also, the crux of the question, what should I do for the best? Leave the solids completely and not even try? Although it's killing me, when he refuses I just say 'ok', and give him milk. I don't make an issue of it at the time, but I do shed bitter and lonely tears when he's in bed. Or should I continue to offer them? I just don't want him to associate feeding with heartbreak, and the original cause of this issue to be well over, but have him continue the same pattern through association.
If you could offer some wise words, I'd be grateful. Has this happened to you, and how did you manage it?
Cheers.
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Help help help! 8 month old forcefully refusing solids after LOVING them
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getthegirladrink · 19/01/2013 14:23
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