Never a big eater or breastfeeder - she's a hair below the 2 percentile - my dd had been refusing all but a few bites of solids for about a week or so, either crying at the sight of food, or just turning away from the spoon, and often then staring at my boobs. We almost always offer finger food and mashed food on a spoon.
Today at lunch she had a few bites of mashed cauliflower cheese, and a bit of a cheese and avocado sandwich, and ignored some cauliflower spears. She then breastfed quite a lot, considering she bf at 7am and 10am. She used to eat a couple of ice cubes worth of food, and would happily chomp through whatever finger food we offered, before smooshing it to oblivion.
Hard to tell if she's teething as there are no other signs, and I don't think she's ill as she doesn't have a fever or runny nose, is sleeping really well, etc.
Anybody else had this? I know I shouldn't worry, and I've read "My Child Won't Eat", but I'm just a worrier. Also, I am going back to work in three months, and feel a bit of pressure that she should be eating a "reasonable" amount of solids by then.
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mootie · 07/03/2007 13:46
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