calling mothers of other non eaters - dd 11mths

[hermykne]

am i getting my knickers in twist over my dd not eating, she goes nuts when the spoon comes towards her and i have given her two spoons to keep the paws occupied. she flatly refuses.

she'll eat weetabix in the morn - i think because its got milk and maybe a yogurt at lunch but all the things she liked intially (made by me) shes refusing now. sometimes she'll eat the bits of toast off the floor. i have given her finger foods - banana mango, potato, carrot, beans the lot. NO. shes even retched on occasion.

tell me she'll eat and it wont affect her teeth, bones , skin and all the rest....!!!!!!

and should i still offer it to her everyday and let her eventually pick at it?

hi corky
just posted to you on another thread!
had to search for this one as i forgot where it was!!!
just out of curiousity whats your babys birthday?
my dd is 4/10/03

last week i was in a shop where i know the sales assistant and another customer was talking to her with her baby boy and jack my firend asked her what age was her baby, she knows about mine, and we both nearly collpased when she said theexact same age as mine and then the birthday was the exact same
and just for a laugh i said what time she said 1.50pm and i said 1.41!!!!

never will it be so close..!!

My dd is 10/10 - was due on the 2/10 but was a bit late. Time of delivery, 9:05pm! So not far apart! Are you going to have a party?

We're moving house tomorrow, so its all go here today - hope the food thing is going ok?

I ended up giving my dd strips of cheese for dinner last night as she just didn't want to know her chicken cass (supposedly one of the dishes I can rely on!).

If you feel you ever want a chat or a moan just say - its good to talk to others in the same boat I find!

corky hi
so your dd is 4/10 and she was 8 days over.
she had a good breakfast today but refused the LOVELY potato coated in mushed carrot for lunch....
would love ot be able to chat to you or moan
thanks

corky
i meant my dd is the 4/10!
will have a party, cant wait, to use all my baking cake skills!!
saw a lovely idea for b-day cake in a mag wth big letter candles so .....
refused lunch and dinner today but ate the bread, what do you think is that bad givingher bread?
shes definitely tweething as the nappies are humming if u know what i mean!

URSULA
thank you for your bits of info, its very helpful

Just wanted to add a 'have come through the other side' story. My dd was exactly like this between about 9months and 15months. She reused all home cooked food and would in jars as and when she felt like it. She had no favourites, she would simply eat if she felt like it and scream until released from her highchair on most occasions. She never seemed hungry and didn't seem the slightest bit interested in feeding herself.
Before ds was born when she was 15 months she had started to hold a spoon and would eat chicken nuggets and sausages as finger food. After ds was born I didn't have time to faff about at meal times so I offered her one main course and one desert at dinner and tea time, breakfast and 2 snacks during the day. It wasn't a battle anymore, she couldn't get me to 'dance to her tune,' flapping and generally trying every trick to get her to eat and she just started to eat more and more. She still hates potato in any form but apart from that she feeds herself very well and will give most things a go.

Anyway I've been there and it's horrible, everybody said how small she was, hv kept giving me tips to getr her to eat more (as if they hadn't already been tried!) but food just isn't top of her list of priorities, there's so many other interesting things to do. Try to keep calm, it will get better and remember how tiny their tummy's are.

my dd who is nearly 3 has been a fussy eater since birth. it used to take me at least half an hour to settle her down with her bottle. the weaning stage was awful and even now she wont eat anything potatoey, any fruit excepf bananas, no veg. she even hates mc donalds! saying all that she is really energetic and yhe hv says dont worry. any tips?

Hi Hermykne
You may get a message from Mumsnet as have forwarded you my e-mail so that we can have a good moan to each other - won't be offended though if you'd rather not e-mail.

My dd is now not eating breakfast and only having 2 or 3 mouthfuls of savoury at the moment, maybe just for lunch, dinner probably nothing. I then have the dilema or knowing whether to give in to pudding as I know she'll wolf it down!

Honestly, if its not one thing its something else!

Corky - just read your last message and wondered if you'd tried sweet potato?