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Weaning rgression after illness

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pinkdelight · 26/03/2008 09:10

Hi there - hope you can help. My ds is five-and-a-half months and started eating solids about a month ago. From the start, he was an eager eater and wolfed down everything we offered.

Last week he had his first brush with illness - fever and a cough. He's much better now but has completely stopped eating solids. Is it because he could still be feeling rough or have a sore throat, or can babies go back a step in weaning after an illness? I've heard that they may regress in other ways but didn't know this was a possibility. Is it normal? If so, how long might it last? Should I keep offering food at every meal? I'm chucking away a lot of nosh!

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dal21 · 26/03/2008 09:50

have you tried going back to basics? offering a little baby rice mixed with a little fruit? i have read that if they regress, gently building up from scratch is the best way to go.

pinkdelight · 26/03/2008 11:18

I've gone back to baby rice for that reason, and so as not to waste all the stock of purees, but he still refuses it. I guess that, as ever, there's no easy solutions then - just persistence?

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