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DD isn't eating anything.

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Gina1981 · 12/07/2012 12:22

DD is 8 months old and we have been doing BLW. As of last week DD cut her first tooth and a 2nd has followed and now has a cough and runny nose. As of Saturday she has been refusing to eat. She is also bf and that too I'm struggling to get her to take. I'm at my wits end. I understand she isn't well and teething but I'm worried that she won't return to her normal self. She really is being very stubborn. I just don't know what to offer her as everything I do she turns her nose up at!!

Please help, any suggestions greatly appreciated

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quoteunquote · 12/07/2012 12:29

stop offering endless choices, she probable wondering what you will come up with next,

just do meals, put it all on the table, when she sees you eating it she will want some, when she feels up to eating,

teething really does put them off,

relax she won't starve, and be back to normal very soon.

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Gina1981 · 12/07/2012 14:07

When should I start worrying? We were doing so well with BLW and now she doesn't want to touch good at all. Even putting her in her high chair upsets her. Also putting food infront of her upsets her.

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quoteunquote · 12/07/2012 14:18

Is she still taking fluids?

quoteunquote · 12/07/2012 14:22

Have you had a chat with your HV?

It's really stressful having a hurting mouth for the first time, food seems like torture,

has she got ulcers with it?

one of ours developed thrush, and went on hunger strike.

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Gina1981 · 12/07/2012 14:22

She only accepts the breast when she's tired otherwise I have no hope. I try offering bm in a zippy cup and water too which she may take a few zips!

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Gina1981 · 12/07/2012 14:24

Oh god don't say that! Hunger strike!!

Her nappies aren't as wet as they use to be!

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Gina1981 · 12/07/2012 14:30

I had a chat with my hv yesterday and she pretty much said the same as you!! Just to keep offering as I would usually do!

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matilda101 · 13/07/2012 09:39

My dd is bf and terrible to feed when teething. It might be a bit of a pain but have you tried feeding her straight after naps when she's a bit groggy? It's the only way I can feed my dd - I feed her lying down as well which helps her to relax. If I try when she's been awake for a while all I get is screaming as soon as I try to bf her!

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Gina1981 · 13/07/2012 09:48

She tends to feed to sleep and when she's finished she wakes up so I guess trying to feed her after a nap wouldn't work!!

I've tried all sorts but I'm really struggling. She is refusing any kinds of solids and bf is becoming harder and harder! I'm a complete wreck with it all.

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ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 07:52

Gina we are going through exactly the same thing. DD has just turned 9mo (yesterday) and got her bottom two teeth AND top four within 4 days of each other last week (yes, it was HELL) and has a cough & runny nose (linked to teething isn't it?).

We are BLW and she just swipes all finger food off the high chair. She adored bananas, broccoli, sweet potato, strawberries, avocado etc but nope, not interested now! She'll gnaw on a bit of breadstick and toast but then throws that too.

She will eat some spoon fed food i.e fish pie, shep. pie etc but it feels like we are regressing in her food preferences. I have a fear I'll end up with one of those kids who will only eat yoghurt and toast!!!

Hopefully normal service will resume in a week or so

ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 07:56

Oh and DD normally feeds (bf) to sleep at night (she doesn't for her day naps) but has stopped doing this too. Now she'll dose off while bf but when I puck her up to go into her cot she'll spring wide awake and start wriggling and rolling about laughing. It takes me an hour to get her to chill out enough to go to sleep. Grrrrr!!!

ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 07:57

Dose - doze
Puck - pick

ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 08:00

Sorry for multiple posts...

Forgot to mention her anti high chair and anti bib moods too. She cries in the high chair when she's put in there and rips her bib off with what really looks like a 'f* you' face

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Gina1981 · 17/07/2012 11:49

Buttonboo your last post made me chuckle! DD is EXACTLY the same. She is not having any of it. She won't eat, she won't sit in her high chair, she rips of her bib, she is very difficult to bf. I'm literally going crazy! She has been like this for nearly 2 weeks. We were doing so well with blw and a tiny bit of spoon-feeding but she is having none of it. She has lost weight and I'm petrified that she will continue like this. She has also been vomiting every evening and I wonder whether it's linked to teething. Bloody teeth!

U just don't know what to do anymore! Do I offer, what do offer, finger foods, spoonfed, grrrr my head is spinning!!

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ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 11:58

Oh dear :-( I'd see a Dr if she's throwing up. Might be tummy bug or something else. What's her poo like? Because my dd has the classic teething nappy - slimy and like ebf again. Is she drinking?

Until you can get to the Dr try anything easy on the tum or things she might prefer. Yoghurt? Pear (even purée)? Avocado?

I think the throwing up sounds like it's a little more than just a food rebellion. Hope you get it sorted and she's back to her usual self soon...

hodgiebreeder · 17/07/2012 13:56

Sounds familiar!!! My DS is nearly 9 months and had 2 teeth come through followed by a cold. He was off his food for about 3 weeks or so. Weirdly he now has his 4 top teeth coming through and is eating like a horse..... These babies?!?! Anyway, what I found useful was anbusol. It's a liquid that you pop on your finger and then rub into their gums (MUCH better than the gels which just seemed to slide off). I tried to do this 15mins or so before each feed (solids and milk) and it seemed to take the edge off the pain and he ate far better. Otherwise, I'd suggest just keep offering and trust that if they're hungry they'll eat. Whatever you do DON'T do what I did and panic, offering lots of alternatives..... I now have a DS who won't eat any savouries until he has a strawberry first.....sigh. HTH and good luck.

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Gina1981 · 17/07/2012 17:56

I saw the doctor today and DD had her ears checked etc. All fine so I guess I can blame it all on the teething!! I think she is also cutting teeth on her top gum. Let's hope they all pop out and be done with it (wishful thinking)!

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ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 19:18

Glad she's ok Gina

And it all settles down for you soon. DD managed to eat all her chicken casserole tonight. No broccoli though. Still...small steps...!!!

ButtonBoo · 17/07/2012 21:15

Spookily, my DD was sick tonight!

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Gina1981 · 18/07/2012 15:40

DD still not eating anything. Refusing to bf now too!

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forevergreek · 18/07/2012 15:48

One thing that worked here was their Ellas kitchen/ plum baby pouches of fruit purée. Kept them in the fridge an if by the end of dinner I thought they had hardly eaten anything all day would give them one

Usually ate as was cold on gums

Now 2 1/2 and 14 months and eat anything

ButtonBoo · 18/07/2012 21:46

Grrrrr Gina!!

Think PP's advice might be worth a go. Is there anything she'll eat?

My DD ate dinner tonight but not much else. She also doesn't seem to get enough from a bf anymore. She's really fussy about half an hour after a feed, like she's still hungry. I've backed up with cartons of formula today to see how she'd go and sure enough she's been a bit happier. Is your DD bfing at all? Coming on and off? Which might be the teeth issue. Or literally not interested in feeding at all? You could try syringing BM or even water if she's not drinking anything.

minibmw2010 · 19/07/2012 21:36

My DS is constantly teething, has 14 teeth at 13 months (incl his 4 molars, now they were bad !!!). When it all kicks in I give up and just give him lots of cold yoghurts, rice puddings (to fill him up) and he likes drinking the pouches of fruit. Oddly, when he's not teething he'll drink water out of a normal bottle, when Teething it has to be a an Avent bottle, but hey whatever works.

Also, go back to mush of you're really worried. Ella's Kitchen Stage 2 but kept in the fridge so for them it's nice and cold but for you they are getting chicken casserole !! I had to persevere to get first couple of mouthfuls in but then he'd realise oh yeah I'm hungry, this is OK ...

Hope that helps some

MamaBear17 · 20/07/2012 08:51

My dd did this a few weeks ago and I thought it was just teething. I took her to the doctors and they said she was fine. She was okay in herself, apart from being a bit grumpy but I assumed that was her teeth and through hunger because she wasnt eating. About 3 days later she became really poorly, listless and sobbing. I took her back to the doctors and saw a different GP who read me the riot act because my DD had a bacterial throat infection and needed antibiotics. It was only when she checked the system and saw that I had took her to the doctors a few days before that the doctor mellowed towards me and talked me through the issues. Anyway, my DD did not have a fever, but the doctor has said that she had probably had a sore throat for a number of weeks - so the whole time I thought she was teething. It might be worth taking your baby to the doctors and getting checked out. Insist they check her throat too. I dont mean to worry you but my DD was almost sent into hospital because the first doctor I saw said it was teething because their was no fever and she 'would eat when she was hungry'. The second doctor had been a paediatric doctor before she became a GP so was more thorough with her examination. To say she was cross at the state my DD was in was an understatement. I feel so guilty that I didnt spot it sooner but the two things are so similar in symptoms xx

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