10 month old off food

[OhTinky]

My DD has never been the best eater - started weaning at 6m with pouches and jars and the odd bit of home cooked food and BLW (can you tell I have no method!) and she was doing ok, gagged alot at lumps but was getting slowly better.

She is on follow on formula milk which she has 5 or 6 bottles of 6oz each per day. And she sleeps through the night so I'm not worried about her going hungry, yet!!

Been through a few changes, teething, first virus, moving house and starting at nursery over the last month. But she has gone on hunger strike - won't eat bread and butter or fruit or cheese or anything - this has gone on for two weeks now and is getting worse. She gets very distressed at mealtimes now.

The only thing she will have is her milk. Do I just keep offering her food at mealtimes on the offchance that she may eat something? So far today she's rejected porridge and apple purée which she normally has the whole jar of.

Anyone know if this is normal, will she suddenly just "get it" and start eating, anything I can do to make her mealtimes more enjoyable?

Is she teething Oh or can you think of anything that might have brought about her food refusal?

Don't worry though, it doesn't really matter if she isn't eating at this stage. I would just carry on offering food at your mealtimes, sit with her and give her lots of attention if she does eat.

You may find that she eats more if she has what you eat.

Thanks for the tips. I know it's just a temporary blip but it's still demoralising to have all food rejected! I'm going to put it down to a combination of teething and starting nursery. Hopefully by next month all will be much improved. As my mum says, no baby willingly starves themselves, so I'll keep offering food and not get as stressed.

It can be demoralising but try not to worry. Your Mum is right and she is just probably getting used to nursery.

If you stress she will pick up on it so just try and stay as relaxed as you can. She will start eating again soon.