My DD is 10 months old and she's still not eating solid food, the health visitor has referred her to a dietician because she says she should be having 3 good meals a day and snacks, she's not putting on weight well at all, but she had always been slow to gain.
She was 6lb at birth, dropped to 5lb 2oz a week after and is now 14lb 10 oz.
She's breastfed and has a lot of milk, it's her go to over anything and the first thing she looks for.
I offer her a meal 3 times a day, either purée or finger foods the same as us,
She is put to the table with the family with her food and I've tried letting her eat from my plate and have tried spoon feeding her puréed foods too.
She picks food (and everything else!) up and puts it in her mouth, but hen she just spits it straight out, I can't even get calpol or medicine into her, she has to have suppositories.
she has 2 teeth and has had an ongoing battle with oral thrush wish I think we've sorted now. She's also had a bout of tonsillitis and a few ear infections.
When we first started weaning her she ate well, toast, roast dinner, pasta etc but that was only for a few weeks, now she's surviving on milk and very, very rarely she'll take some yoghurt from a spoon.
She's developing well in all other areas, she is taking the first few steps, she can cruise, crawl say a few sounds and words, she can clap, wave and is generally a bright and happy girl.
She just won't eat!
I'm determined not to make a big deal of it and let it become an issue but the HV said she won't develop her speech and swallowing muscles properly and she's already so tiny that my milk can't sustain her and I won't be able to sustain my supply and my health at the rate she's feeding.
Does anyone have any tips?