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Refusing feeds

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AlertPeachSloth · 19/08/2026 09:56

Hi everyone we are really struggling at the minute with my 7 month old. Everyday is a fight to get formula into him, we’ve tried purées and BLW and he just isn’t interested in food either. He’s on omeprazole for reflux since he was quite small and also on Neocate for CMPA. Also no tongue tie/lip tie.I’m just looking to see if anyone has any advice on what we could do, the dietician keeps saying don’t force it on him and do BLW but again he’s not interested. Nobody really wants to listen because he is gaining weight but I know deep down there is something more to it. Each day is just more stressful than the one before😢

He has always been like this since birth - there has never been a time where he has happily accepted a bottle and drank a full 6 ounces

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OtterMummy2024 · 19/08/2026 10:08

Have you tried spoon feeding?

You say he's gaining weight, is he tracking his centile? Is he low centile?

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AlertPeachSloth · 19/08/2026 10:45

OtterMummy2024 · 19/08/2026 10:08

Have you tried spoon feeding?

You say he's gaining weight, is he tracking his centile? Is he low centile?

I have tried spoon feeding aswell😣 the last time he was weighed (last week) his weight hadn’t gone up although he has grew in length. He is on track with his centile

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Peonies12 · 19/08/2026 10:55

I wouldn't expect him to be interested in food or eating much? It took mine til about 18 months to be interested in food and eat proper meals. Your dietician is right, forcing anything on him is a bad idea. Give him bits of your food and let him play with it. No pressure.
I'd really recommend Sarah Ockwell-Smith's book about Gentle Eating, it's about trusting babies/toddlers that they take the food they need, and promoting a healthy relationship with food.
Mine would never take formula or bottles but I thought bottle feeding was meant to be responsive rather than aiming to get a full bottle down them?
he's gaining weight so I can't see any issue to stress.

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AlertPeachSloth · 19/08/2026 11:10

Peonies12 · 19/08/2026 10:55

I wouldn't expect him to be interested in food or eating much? It took mine til about 18 months to be interested in food and eat proper meals. Your dietician is right, forcing anything on him is a bad idea. Give him bits of your food and let him play with it. No pressure.
I'd really recommend Sarah Ockwell-Smith's book about Gentle Eating, it's about trusting babies/toddlers that they take the food they need, and promoting a healthy relationship with food.
Mine would never take formula or bottles but I thought bottle feeding was meant to be responsive rather than aiming to get a full bottle down them?
he's gaining weight so I can't see any issue to stress.

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We be so worried about him, if we don’t keep trying him with formula he would happily only take 10 ounces within 24 hours (we tried this for a week). The dietician has also told us to feed him breakfast, lunch and dinner - my LO couldn’t be less interested in it. It ends in screaming, tears, food everywhere and a very upset baby and mum.
Thank you so much for your advice I’m definitely going to look into reading that book.

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