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My daughter will not eat! Please help

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Lk11 · 24/02/2011 17:00

My daughter is 15months old and i have never had any trouble feeding her!
This last month, she will not eat anything. She always ate three meals a day and enjoyed home cooking.
I have tried everything to try and get to eat but she just screams, crys and refuses to eat enything.
Has anyone else been through this, should i seek medical advice if this continues?

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 24/02/2011 17:07

is she eating nothing at all? just milk?

trying to assess here whether she is starving herself in which case it could be a medical emergency, or if she is eating tiny amounts (her tummy will be roughly the size of her fist)

Danthe4th · 24/02/2011 17:35

Back off completely for a few days, make sure she gets milk or fluids and then start again reintroducing foods and giving less milk.
See how you go, perhaps she is not having a growth spurt at the moment, children are very good at regulating themselves and often are eating more than you think. Offer small amounts sat up at the table with you eating and try not to get stressed out about it. If she doesn't eat it just take it away get down and do something else.
Monitor it for a bit but honestly try to not make it a battle as its not worth it for you. Ive 4 children who all eat different amounts often consuming loads one week and then not much the next.
Your daughter doesn't understand the 3 meals a day that we get used to, perhaps try feeding a bigger meal at lunchtime or whenever she seems more hungry.
My eldest never ate much other than her main meals she never snacked and 15 years on is much the same, but my other teenage daughter will eat for england!!

barmbrack · 24/02/2011 17:37

Teeth growing? Can you see or feel any lumps?
Try giving her calpol half an hour before a meal and se if she is more keen

Normantebbit · 24/02/2011 18:11

Put a range of simple foods out for her - chopped egg, toast fingers, apple slices, yoghurts, chicken pieces. Let her choose and don't stand over her, just buzz about keeping things relaxed. Always have a decent snack about your person when out .

I found flapjacks and cake and plain biscuits were very handy for rekindling and interest in food.

FakePlasticTrees · 24/02/2011 18:17

Nothing helpful to add, but we are going through a similar thing with DS (14 months) right now. He's gone from eating most things, 3 meals a day plus snacks to having milk, a bit of porridge in the mornings, then yoghurt, those organix crisps and on occasion a mouthful of banana /half a biscuit and that's it. I even offered him chocolate cake this lunchtime in an attempt to get anything other than yoghurt in him. (He even declined chocolate cake, if I did'nt have the busted fanjo to prove it, I'd swear he wasn't mine)

He's at nursery 3 days a week and they've been able to get a tiny bit of food in him, but normally only 4-5 spoonfuls of whatever it is.

Will try Normantebbit's suggestion tomorrow.

Mummy2Bookie · 24/02/2011 19:11

Try yoghurt. All kids love yoghurt, even chocolate yoghurt if necessary

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