9 month old spitting out food all the time all of a sudden - tell me it’s just a phase!

[Alexapissoff]

Third child, my other two didn’t do this!

For ten days now she has eaten no solid food. Everything gets blown out with a raspberry. Food from a spoon, food she has put in her mouth herself (I don’t follow one type of weaning method). Nothing has gone in. No pressure is being created. I try then leave it.

She isn’t ill, her teeth aren’t particularly playing up at the moment.

And I know you’ll say just give her more milk - but she doesn’t drink a lot of milk, never has.

Since birth, the maximum she has had in a 24 hour period is 16oz. She’s never taken more than a 4oz bottle and it wasn’t a case of taking little and often, she would refuse to feed more frequently than 4 hour intervals no matter how little she took at a feed (and we have tried different bottles and teats, none made a jot of difference, she’s on kendamil milk).

Thankfully that amount didn’t change with the introduction of solids.

We have a great doctor who we saw regularly about it for the first few months (we see him face to face as we are with a private practice incase anyone is wondering how we did that during covid), she has no allergies, no reflux, we had her checked for tongue tie by a specialist . Perfectly healthy and happy, just doesn’t drink a lot of milk.

Somehow she’s gone from being born on 3rd centile to 50th centile at 6 months and has stayed there so there have been no worries about growth hence no talk of higher calorie milk or anything, she’s already taking steps, smashed all milestones early, says a few clear words, clapping, pointing etc, motor skills are fine, sleeps well. So she’s doing great.

She was eating really well until ten days ago, we weaned on medical advice just before 5 months and she took to it like she was starving (probably was with so little milk).

I know it’s supposed to be “food is fun until they are one” but she doesn’t drink the amount of milk that other babies do so she was eating Greek yogurt, cheese etc.

She hasn’t been drinking more milk since she’s had no food, still the same amount.

She was doing so well, I just need some reassurance it will end!

If she's just blowing it out with raspberries, then I would be inclined to think that she maybe has just found a new thing she likes doing.
Do you tell her no when she does it?
Have you changed her food? Introduced anything new?

She’s been blowing raspberries for months. When she farts she looks at me a blows a raspberry and laughs so she’s not just discovered it.

Nope, no new foods. Just one day decided she didn’t want to eat. Blows the first few bits out abs then refuses to eat anymore. Chucks everything in front of her on the floor, refuses spoon. I’ve not pushed it obviously- I try a couple of times then leave it.

She does it, I say no.

And she’s not just jokily blowing raspberries - it’s clearly to spit the food out if you see what I mean.

Hmm have you checked in her mouth for anything else? Any sore bits (if she will let you). Hopefully it won't last long.

She seems fine. Chewing on her toys as usual. No discomfort. Refused lunch and dinner today, but has happily been playing as normal. Just had a bath and now she’s nodding off on me in bed.

And dinner was pasta and pesto with cheese, always a hit and eaten with us all round the table as usual. Even being able to think she was swiping some from her siblings plates (the best thing ever to Dd) didn’t persuade her to open her mouth.

My DD who is turning 1 does this. She’s a little wagon. The mess is incredible. She doesn’t do it all the time, some days she just doesn’t seem that hungry. I also think babies are like adults in that sometimes what we offer them isn’t what they fancy at that particular time. She seems to get fed up of the same meal after a few mouthfuls and prefers variety so if I’m spoon feeding her pasta I’ll also have something else like brocilli, carrots and some cheese to offer her when she starts spitting out the food. I tell her not to do it and wipe her face when she does it to try to teach her not to. I’m hoping it will pass soon the clean up is a killer

It’s just such a worry as she doesn’t drink much milk. If she did it wouldn’t be so bad. But when it’s 16oz on a fabulous day and 10oz on a bad day (in 24 hours), she does need the nutrients from food as well.

Mine did this when teething, liked the taste and would keep going back for more but as soon at they chewed and felt the texture they would spit it out. No other obvious signs of teething either, nursery worried at first that he had an aversion to lumps/textures until I told them he happily wolfed down pasta and meatballs the night before

Just keep offering a variety of teasers/textures alongside something they have eaten happily in the past, they go through so many phases at this age I’m sure if will pass

Tastes/textures not teasers!!

Maybe that’s it.

She’s so good with a variety of textures, always has been. She’ll happily (well before now) chomp away on macaroni, chopped veg etc.

Nothing has changed though in food/texture.

Just keep doing what you are doing, I’m sure it will pass

At 15 months my ds still chews everything then spits bits out, I’m past worrying, he’s growing, he’s happy and healthy. He has days where he eats pasta then days where he doesn’t it’s no big deal he’ll eat when he wants to .

How's your babies skin? Any rashes/eczema?

What sort of reaction does she get from you when she does it? Maybe thats part of the appeal? - shocked face, you laughing etc.

@SouthOfFrance

How's your babies skin? Any rashes/eczema?

Absolutely fine. She had never had a reaction to anything. No rashes or skin problems at all. No crying/arching back/vomiting/any sign of discomfort when feeding or afterwards etc. So no one thought there were any medical issues to her not drinking much milk.

@PenfoldPenny

What sort of reaction does she get from you when she does it? Maybe thats part of the appeal? - shocked face, you laughing etc.

Nothing.

First time I will say a stern no.

Then nothing at all. I’ve learned with two older children never to give a reaction and to just ignore!

@Sugarcube84

Just keep doing what you are doing, I’m sure it will pass

At 15 months my ds still chews everything then spits bits out, I’m past worrying, he’s growing, he’s happy and healthy. He has days where he eats pasta then days where he doesn’t it’s no big deal he’ll eat when he wants to .

That’s the thing isn’t it, asking as they are growing and healthy.

It’s just always been on my mind that she didn’t take much milk, so I was so pleased when she took to solids and I could give her alternatives to the milk in her diet.

I’m really hoping it will pass soon.

So today she decided to eat Greek yogurt for breakfast and the left over dinner that was so terrible and was spat/thrown all over the floor last night, she had a few bit of (not much but I’ll take it!) with no fuss.

Fingers crossed it was a blip.

I know this post is older but my LG is exactly the same. Hardly drinks milk (never has) and now the d amount of food she is having, she’s spitting out. Did it get better 😢

How are things with you now? My 8.5 month old is the same. I fight each day to get 20oz milk into her over 24 hours. she initially was great with food (though only will feed herself, no spoon) but in the past month she happily chomps away on everything offered and then pushes out about 95% with her tongue. I’m so fed up 😢. Some weeks she loses weight, other weeks she puts on far more than average for her age to catch up, been like this since she was 3 months