10 month old not wanting to eat-any ideas please?

[jenniferlynn]

Hi all, I'm posting a similar thread in the sleeping section as little one is going through a whole lack of sleeping/feeding thing at the moment..I've heard of terrible two's-any chance there is a terrible ten months as well?!

Started weaning daughter at five months and she took to it really well and would eat a good selection of foods, would also take milk from a spouty cup and all was going well until a fortnight ago. She had a day where she was quite sicky and so just offered her milk feeds rather than food and since then she doesn't seem to want to go back to food.

She had mainly been eating mashed foods (some bought some homemade), fruit and cereals and then 3 milk feeds a day (first thing, bedtime and 10pmish). Now however she will only take a few mouthfuls of food and then just turns her head away or bats the spoon away. We've had a bit if success with finger food but again she will only have a few mouthfuls before leaving it. The only thing she will eat with no fuss are pears, bread and fromage frais.

So I guess my question is do we just let her eat pears, bread, fromage frais and hope she grows out of it on the basis its better she eats something than nothing-or should we keep trying to give her other foods?

I don't know if its related or not but for the past couple of months her sleep has been all out and the past two weeks although she initially sleeps well, after her 10pm ish feed she will wake every hour absolutely screaming. Maybe thats a whole different story?!

Thanks for reading and hopefully helping :)
Right am off to bed now as little one is at nursery for the day :o

Sounds like one of the developmental spurts - there's one around 37 weeks and another around 46 weeks. It's totally normal and usually only lasts a short while.

It affects what babies will eat, how much milk they take, their sleep as well as their mood or behaviour. Often they'll be more inclined to take finger food. The book called The Wonder Weeks explains it all.

I'd keep offering what you'd normally give her and if she doesn't eat it, offer something healthy you know she's more likely to eat.

FWIW, my DS often does this when working on a developmental spurt, even refusing things which are some of his favourite foods. He always goes back to normal before long. (His sleep goes to pot too, but that's a whole other thread! )

I'm not sure about the 10mo issue specifically, but my GP once told me that babies under one year balance their food intake out over a week (as opposed to us adults who'll balance it over one day) which stopped me worrying when my weaning DS was having a particularly picky day.

I think there are worse food combos than fruit, fromage frais and bread. It'll probably be different by next week.

Enjoy your snooze

are teeth coming?
under the age of one they don't really need to eat, most nutrition still should come from milk. try not to worry too much. sound absolutely normal to me.

Hi there, thanks for responses and reassurances.

Angeldog I shall hope it is a developmental spurt and wait it out for a few more weeks and am going to look out the book you recommended.
HeroShrew you're right I guess its not that bad as a diet (having just eaten two raisin and oat cookies it is perhaps one I should aim for?!).
Mousymouse am not sure about teeth-she chews everything in sight anyway, but her gums don't seem especially red or painful to her. Will do my best to just relax.

Thanks again to everyone think I'll just let her eat what/as much she feels like and try not to fret