No solids 12 months old

[Lottie81]

Hello. My daughter is about to turn 12 months old and is still 100% breastfed. She will not take a bottle or eat solid foods. She very rarely puts anything in her mouth, even fingers or toys! She will happily play with food and now and again she licks something.

She is behind her peers physically i.e not crawling but can rock on all fours. She makes sounds like; bababa, dadada and mamama, giggles, plays peek a boo etc....and although I feel she is a little behind the health visitor and language therapist think her development is perfectly fine.

She has been assessed by a facial surgeon and he does not think a tongue tie is an issue. She just isn't interested to the point of being suspicious of anything other that breastfeeding.

We are so, so worried and nobody seems to be able to offer any advice or knows what to do. We let her play with food everyday but do not force spoon feeding because it just makes her upset and we are trying to build trust around the dinner table.

Any advice greatly received. Thank you

My 11 month DS old doesn't crawl, but he walks.

how does that help the OP? obviously, her DD neither walks nor crawls.

This might sound nuts but have you thought about putting some puree on your boobs? Start with a little bit of banana or sweet potato. If they like it, then the 2nd time actually let her see you put that food on your nipple so she associates that previous yummy taste to that food visually.

my eldest didn’t eat solids until about 14months, I remember the panic of the “food is fun until one” mantra and realising it was no longer fun and she needed to eat. She is now at school and eats just fine. There may be other stuff that cause of concern but on its own

I wouldn’t worry too much

Does your HV think her speech development is fine or her development as a whole (including lack of solids etc) is fine?

My ds2 who was prem didn't have solids until he was about 8 months and I had no end of grief from my HV. Really stressed me out (unnecessarily as it turned out).

What will u do when u go back to work? (Presuming that u are coming to end of maty leave) id defo have a chat with GP

Chocolate. That was in response to the poster who said that the not crawling at 12 months would worry them alone. Along with other posters, it was example that not all children crawl at that age.

Lottie, I haven't read the full thread, and I'm sure people are giving you good advice, but, purely anecdotally, my younger daughter was the same - EBF until she was 14 months, totally uninterested in food, no obvious developmental delays except that. She's in her mid thirties now and a completely normal functioning human being who eats just like everyone else. The only thing that was ever 'wrong' apart from not eating was that she wet the bed until she was 11, which was tricky but not the end of the world. She's been to university and she's a qualified occupational therapist and she is in very good health. It's so easy to worry when they're little. The worst thing about her only wanting breast milk for such a long time was my levels of exhaustion!
I'm all right now, too!

I'm not saying don't investigate or get further advice, but I am saying that it's quite possible that there's nothing wrong with her, she just likes things the way they are!

How did this end @Lottie81 did she eventually eat looking fir hope here