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Should I be worried a out 13mo's feeding?

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LaMadrilena · 02/07/2022 16:44

DD is 13m and developmentally spot-on - walking, saying the odd word, but I'm a bit worried about her feeding. Ebf from birth, then mixed from about 7m. I still bf morning, evening and during the night (I work FT). I wanted to do blw from 6m, but she couldn't cope, just retched or vomited No problem, we introduced purées and carried on bf/bottle. She has always been a bit hot and cold with purées, sometimes wolfs them down, sometimes totally refuses. At nursery she's always eaten fine, and I know that's fairly common.

I'm occasionally trying her with more solid food - omelette, soft veg sticks, rice etc, but she still retches and/or loses interest before she's really got any nutrition from it.

After a recent stomach upset, she doesn't even want purée, she's just demanding breast. Again, she's ok at nursery.

Should I be worried? Not so much about her immediate nutrition, but that she's not really progressing?

Possibly relevant:
She's got 6 teeth, 4 up and 2 down
She had a slight tongue-tie at birth but we were told it didn't need treating.
Weight is fine, 8.9kg/19lb6

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LaMadrilena · 02/07/2022 19:39

TL:DR - 13mo still only wants breast, refuses solids. When to worry/what to do?

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PritiPatelsMaker · 02/07/2022 20:36

If she's been poorly recently, it's perfectly normal.

Keep offering the food, do the old tricks like sit her on your knee when you eat a sandwich and don't fret if she's not eating for now.

Id also try her with a dose of Calpol in the morning to see if she improves a little.

As for only wanting purées, my DS only ate purées until 12 months and he had undiagnosed Tongue Tie. Could that be what's going on with your DD?

LaMadrilena · 02/07/2022 21:25

Thanks for the reply. Tongue-tie is something that is playing on my mind. She was initially diagnosed at birth and they said they'd snip it before we were sent home, but then they changed their minds and said it wasn't necessary. We insisted because of constant breastfeeding and she was seen at 4 months by ENT who said yes it could be snipped but would have to be under GA so we had to think whether it was worth it at that age. As her feeding then improved and calmed down, we haven't taken it any further. Maybe I do need to go back to the paediatrician with it. Although she's wailed in his face enough times for him to have noticed by now!

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PritiPatelsMaker · 02/07/2022 21:57

I'd definitely think about having it done. Especially if sleep is an issue a well.

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