10 mo not really eating - help!

[WhoahThereCrazyHorse]

Just when I thought we'd cracked it!

DD is mostly doing BLW with the odd spoon-fed yoghurt. In the last week or so she is increasingly refusing food and getting pissed off in her high chair. She's never eaten huge portions but she is small (9th centile) so that hasnt bothered me, particularly with the 'food is for fun until one' thing. However, she has pretty much lost interest and it's starting to stress me out. For breakfast she has just eaten approx a 6th of a slice of toast and half a yoghurt, then refused all of her previous fruit-based faves like plum, grapes, blueberries. For lunch she will pick out maybe 2 bits of meat from a casserole and refuse all veg, and tea she might have a couple of bits of pasta and probs another yoghurt.

That's not enough, is it? There were days a month or so ago when she would shovel pasta in like there was no tomorrow and this is worrying me! I need to try and call a halt as I can feel myself starting to try and force more food into her when she's already starting to get upset - not good!

Has anyone got any wisdom for me, please!

Oh and milk-wise she has 4 bottles per day, seldom drinking much more than 5oz each time so some days she doesn't make it to the 20oz per day that I think is recommended.

And for tea - 2 fingers of roasted carrot and 2 spoonfuls of yoghurt. Aaaargh.

Is she teething? Or a bit unwell? My DS has days like this, then eats again. I try to look at what he eats over the whole week, as he more or less self regulates, so if he eats faffily one day, the next day he eat a bit more, then eats like a piglet a few days later.

Teething or throat infections make him go right off food apart from soft things like roast carrot and yoghurt.

Calpol helps.

As does trying not to get stressed about it but it is hard. He's 11 months.

Oh, and there is a big developmental leap 42-46 weeks when they get fussy and go off food and sleep weirdly...try looking up 'the wonder weeks' for reassurance. It's a great book detailing children's developmental leap and now they concede with fussy, clinging, regressing stages.

I think I had a similar post when my DS was 10 months, although I didn't do BLW. He just totally went off food, even his faves like banana and yoghurt. It only lasted for a few days though. He was also off his bottles. I think he was a bit unwell. He got his appetite back and is still eating like a horse 3 months on. Try not to worry and don't stress yourself or her out too much.

This sounds exactly like my 10 month old DD right now. Did yours improve again WhoahThere?

Same here!!!

Sleep - gone to pot.
Meals - gone to pot.
Ability to get through ten minutes without whinging - gone to pot.
My patience - starting to wear really thin as sleep deprivation is kicking in big time.

All I will say is you are not alone, let's all hope things improve soon!