8 month old baby going further and further off her food...

[charl2503]

My baby is 8 months old and the past 3/4 days she has been behaving really strangely. the first day or two she would scream uncontrollably, sometimes for 2hours+.
Since then she has been really off her solids, screams everytime i try to get a spoon near her. since then she has been really sleepy and unsettled during the day. today she wont have a bottle or any water. all day i have managed to get 7oz of milk down her. she pushes the bottle away every time.
i am really worried. i have taken her to gp and also out of hours but they have basically said i am wasting their time. what should i do?
please help.

What did they actually say? Any idea at all about what was wrong?
Is she teething or perhaps has an ear infection? Has she had any calpol or anything like that? Sorry, lots of questions!

perhaps she is teething? does she have any other signs of illness?
i would ring NHS direct perhaps? does she have a temperature or anything?

may be a gastroenteritis? my DS1 went off his food for a while, no temperature, very sleepy and vomited only once, when he was 15 months

does calpol help?
have you tried fruit puree in a pouch or baby juice? thats all my DS could manage when he was ill i was very desperate for him to eat/drink a little bit and i never give him juice otherwise

good luck

It does sound as though she's under the weather - does she have a temperature? Try and get fluids down her, but if she won't take anything then the GP MUST take a look at her - small babies really shouldn't get dehydrated. How are her nappies?