Hi my 8mth daughter has for the last 6 wks been up and down like a yo yo. Her weight gain has been slow since weaning at 4 mths and since she started nursery she has been ill one week, better the next.
Now she seems to vary from day to day. Some days she will eat really well and be energetic and others nothing at all - apart from toast, cauliflower cheese from a jar and a danone fromage frais that she will always always eat so used in desperation. She looks sallow, dark eyed and doesnt smile like today and sleeps really badly on these days.
I swing from thinking she is just a really fussy eater and has had a series of nasty bugs to worrying it is something underling like a dairy intolerance and I am making it worse by giving her the cheese etc. She is breast fed but I have been giving her some formula every day since 4mths to try and get her to take a bottle/cup. Has anyone else had this problem or similar? I would like to keep her off dairy until my appointment with a peadiatricion in 2ks but am worried she wont eat anything. Tried her on wysoy but she wont drink it, she goes to a nursery 3 days a week and I find it very difficult to express at work so she needs something during the day. Is she just being a normal fussy baby or is there something else wrong - she glugged down 5oz of formula from dad yesterday (a small miracle) as I couldnt get back from work and today she seems not herself, has slight dihorrea.
Dad thinks it is another bug but I am not sure. Help would be much appreciated it as I am getting stressed and down when she doesnt eat as I am so worried. And I would like to know about the dairy thing asap so I can give her her cauliflower cheese guilt free.