Hi
My DD2 has just turned 1. She seems a bit behind developmentally, she crawled a week before she turned 1. She's not saying any recognisable words yet. She's also terrible at feeding herself, for example I have just put down cooked brocolli, chicken and sweeet pot pieces and she just squishes it up but if I feed her with the spoon she's dying for it, just not wanting to feed herself. Also when DD1 was 1 I gave her cold milk out of a cup and never used a bottle again and this one flat out refuses to have her milk in her cup, she just throws it.
I have tried just ignoring it and thinking she'll drink when shes thirsty enough but she's just been in hopsital with gastroenteritis and she's lost weight.
So seeing as she seems a few months behind with everything should I just chill about trying to get the bottle off her and keep on with the finger foods??
Any advice on any of this welcome. I don't mind her being a bit slow with things its just my DD1 was walking and talking at 1 and I know they are all different but could use any good ideas about how to deal with it. I don't want to be too lax so it gets to the point where I can't get her to do these things, if she hadn't been ill I think I would just ignore it and think she'll eat/drink when she's hungry/thirsty enough so maybe I should just wait till she's gained a bit more weight and then be ruthless.
Sorry to go on
Thanks