8 month old refusing breakfast

[Kittiewhite89]

Hi all
My daughter is a few days off 8 months and we've been weaning since 6m.
She quickly got onto 3 meals a day despite having a tiny appetite:

7am - 4oz bottle
8:30 - milky breakfast like porridge
11:30 - dinner and yoghurt
1:30 - 4oz bottle
4:30 - tea and yoghurt/dessert
6:30 - 6oz bottle
10:30 - 6oz dreamfeed

She is now refusing any breakfast and has been like this for about a week. I've tried waiting longer between the bottle and breakfast and offering breakfast first, but whatever way I do it she will eat a spoon (babyspoon sized) and then refuse, sometimes throws up if she gets distressed by it all. I've tried porridge with her, weetabix, baby jars like rice pudding or egg custard, all with the same result.

Bit confused in what to do as she used to eat breakfast no problem. She doesn't have that much milk in the day (never has) so this is why I still dreamfeed and want her to have a milk based breakfast. Today she refused again so instead or her 4oz bottle I gave her a 6oz but I do to want us to go backwards.

I know food before 1 is just for experimenting/fun but if she eats any less then I know her weight will plateau or drop as she only eats enough to keep her going really.nshe doesn't make up for any missed food in the day.

We haven't done blw as she has severe reflux and if she gags it always results in vomiting.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thank you x

Just don't worry about it. She's having milk at 10:30pm, milk at 7am and lunch at 11:30am. Would you need another meal in that time? It's just a phase. Give her the one spoon of breakfast she wants, offer a second and then leave it. Don't force it or let it get to the point that she's upset/throwing up. It doesn't matter.

In a week or so it'll change and she'll be refusing milk or refusing lunch or eating loads or suddenly refusing food she previously liked. This goes on forever . There is never a point where they eat the same amount at the same times everyday. You'll save yourself years of stress if you accept that now.