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12m old DD suddenly refusing solids

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Booboostoo · 17/05/2012 16:33

DD was EBF until 6m and has since continued with BF on demand while introducing solids. So far she has been very keen on all kinds of home cooked foods, messing about with both purees and hand held food. Her solid food intake has varied, some days she has eaten impressive quantities, while others very little but she has always tried out things and been happy to eat.

The last week she seems to have gone off solids altogether. I have tried all sorts of different foods (and textures) that used to be a success before without making too much of a fuss or forcing her. She is bfing so I am not worried about her getting nutrition but the whole thing is a bit weird. She sees the food and swats it away with her hand, scrunches up her face and turns her head so clearly not interested. When she does take the food in her mouth she keeps it there for ages and eventually spits most of it out.

She has been a bit grumpy and 'off' this past week although I can't spot anything obvious enough to take her to the docs for. She's been a bit on the grumpy side, a bit tired, red eyes, etc. She may be teething again, two of her teeth look more prominent inside the gums, but she never stopped eating with other teeth before if anything she seemed to enjoy mumching on solids for relief.

Not sure if I should go with the flow and just bf or if I should worry.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 17/05/2012 16:49

Teething does put them off solids quite often, I'd try her with Ibruprofen and a teething gel and see if that improves things. Like you say though, she's getting bm so will be fine.

If she's still not eating solids in a couple of days, I'd take her to the GP and get them to check her ears and throat as sometimes infections can be hard to spot.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 17/05/2012 16:57

They get molars at around 1 year of age which can be sorer than other teeth so it could well be that

Booboostoo · 17/05/2012 18:46

JiltedJohnsJulie I have been giving her a bit of paracetamol as and when she seems very unhappy, but I think I might pop her by the GPs to have a quick look at her ears/throat (not sure how he will manage that as she bites like a pit bull but his problem!).

Fanjo her lower central incisors and upper central and lateral incisors are out and the upper canines are outlining in the gum but there could be more in the pipeline! I hate teeth!

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 17/05/2012 18:53

My DD has the worst time with her canines, so did my friends DS, so could be that, but glad you are getting ears and throat checked too :) hope she is happier soon.

ShowOfHands · 17/05/2012 18:57

DD refused all solids when teething or when ill. If you rule out one, it's probably the other. Grin

Booboostoo · 19/05/2012 09:57

Ears and throat are fine but GP peeved me a bit by suggesting that she hasn't been eating solids the last 10 days because I overindulge her with bf!!! Confused He felt the WHO guidelines are silly!

Anyway, she's been eating a wee bit more solids in the last 48 hours so let's hope it was all down to the canines which are ready to pop.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 19/05/2012 17:04

Am a bit Shock by that one and so glad that you have the good sense to ignore your GP. It's so hard isn't it when HCPs give out information that is in contradiction of the WHO codes. If she wasn't eating solids, did he think it would have been better to stop bfing and starve her?

Glad she is feeling a bit better Smile.

Booboostoo · 19/05/2012 19:00

God knows what he thought! I dropped that line of argument in favour of actually convincing him to check her ears/throat and now that I know they are fine I can keep bfing!

The worrying thing is that in his mind he dismissed the whole issue as 'mum overfeeds bf' before examining her. In this case I don't think it's a big deal as I do think it's probably tooth pain, but when dealing with young children and animals where the patient can't give much feedback your only access to symptoms is through the parent/carer. My vets, for example, trust me when I say something is wrong with the horse and start with the assumption that I am right to look for a problem.

His wife is the other GP who usually sees DD and I have had a bit of stick from her about bf, e.g. she doesn't need it at night, she's old enough to stop, etc. I get the impression with her that my parenting style isn't what she would choose and that annoys her a bit as I have had a lot of eye rolling at the bf, co-sleeping, DD being a large baby, etc.

Time to look for another doc me thinks! :)

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 20/05/2012 09:41

Time to look for another doc me thinks! you could always go armed with some print outs or when they say things like "She doesn't need it at night" ask very politely which research they are quoting from as you'd love to read it Grin.

Booboostoo · 20/05/2012 14:36

I'm in France, health care is a bit odd here. They are incredibly well funded so they would never refuse treatment of the grounds of cost but they are also incredibly paternalistic. They don't expect patients to have an opinion, much less to voice it and they are extremely insular and unaware of research done anywhere outside France. Anything they don't agree with is just labelled as an American fancy and dropped!

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juneau · 20/05/2012 14:44

My 12-month-old DS is also only eating soft foods at the moment. Anything firmer than a blueberry makes him cry Sad

With him, its definitely teeth. Two upper pre-molars are already through and the bottom two are huge, red bumps in his gums. Poor baby.

Booboostoo · 21/05/2012 09:52

Sorry to hear that juneau, hope he's feeling a bit better soon! DD was a lot better this weekend and ate solids again, although the canines haven't pushed through yet so I imagine we're in for at least one more period of pain.

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