8 month old completely gone off food! Any suggestions please!

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My DS is 8 and a half months old weaned at 5 months on fruit/veg purees always ate well. Was poorly at 6 months went off food for a while regained interest he has had a cold now for 3 weeks on antibiotics last week seemed to pick up but has gone off food again. Is breastfed morning night and try with bottle twice during day which he refuses mostly occasionally get in 3/4 ounces.
ds is 17 lb 5 oz not very big and dropping on centile chart. very alert and sleeps from 7-5/6 with one feed during night.any ideas its worrying me silly!!

yoghurts, cheese, bread sticks any sorts of finger foods. Lots of puree fruit and veg! Im sure he would not starve himself!

thanks cms he will eat a yoghurt during the day if i catch him at right time i am sure that worrying more about it makes feeding time more stressful.

I agree with childmindersam; my baby goes off food when he is unwell and I just give him extra milk and any thing that he WILL eat. Oddly enough, he will always eat a prune chopped up (but he is a bit older than your baby). Tins of baby fruit are usually accepted too, as well as mushed veg with some melted cheese. Its really worrying when they stop eating but he will eat if he is hungry, I'm sure. And when he is better, he will eat lots of food to make up for it

mine go through phases of going off food - usually if they are not well or if they are teething. I just try and make sure they get lots of milk, and keep offering food - they start eating again when they are ready.

my ds is 8.5 months old and sounds similar to yours....he is teething!! I am not forcing the food issue yet, he seems to eat better for breaky.....and they often make up for any loss after the teeth come in- I'd recomend reading some of the teething threads!!