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DS stopped wanting to eat - V worried

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kkkkatie · 21/05/2008 19:57

DS is npow 9 months, he has been quite happy wating food i have prepared for him for the past 4 months. Suddenly over past 2 weeks he has stopped wanting to eat anything. He takes a couple of mouth falls then purses his lips shut. I have tried mixing with a little fruit which he took to start with but then cottoned on, also tried distracting him, but he has also cottoned onto that. Realyl worried as he has started waking in the night and worried hes hungry. He will nibble on toast and eats the fruit puree i make but he cant live off that can he??? Anyway any suggestions would be gratefully recieved as really quite worried hes not getting enough

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constancereader · 21/05/2008 19:59

Is he teething?
Buggers up sleep and eating ime. Mine did exactly the same at this age. It will pass.

constancereader · 21/05/2008 20:00

Meant to add, just fill up on milk and he will be fine. Try not to worry.....easier said than done I know.

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kkkkatie · 21/05/2008 20:02

Yes, I think he maybe as really grizzly high temp dribbling etc. Maybe i should up the milk amount, he only has about 15 oz, mind you he didn't want his milk tonight either. Cracking night for me....

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ruddynorah · 21/05/2008 20:02

if he will nibble on toast have you tried other foods he can just pick up himself? sliced fruit? food spread on toast etc?

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kkkkatie · 21/05/2008 20:06

Tried apples grated and sliced but they seemed too much for him, tried mango, melon etc. The problem is i worry that they arn't going to fill him up enough. What spreads other than martmite, philli do you think are good???

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lazyemma · 21/05/2008 22:56

please try not to worry kkkatie - it's quite common for babies to go off their grub for a while. Just keep offering him food and milk as you have been, and I promise you he'll perk up soon. Incidentally have you tried Philadelphia on his toast? My daughter loves that and will eat it even when she doesn't fancy anything else.

wrinklytum · 21/05/2008 23:02

DD is cutting her back molars at the moment and off her food that takes a lot of chewing.

I am giving her lots of milk and soft foods that don't entail a lot of chewing...

Yoghurt
Rice pudding
Fromage frais
Cheesy vegetable/potato mash
Pureed fruit
Fish and mash
Scrambled egg

I have also frozen banana,fromage frais in tubes,milky ice lollies,to give her as she seems to like the coldness on her gums.I figure once the teeth have come through we can go back to "normal" food

Zeeky · 22/05/2008 19:03

DS is almost 9 mths and went off his food a couple of weeks ago. After gettig a bit worried for a few days, I realised that his top 4 teeth were coming through. He is still being a bit funny, but I think it is an independence thing as well, as he is happy to eat whatever he can pick up with hands and shove in his mouth, but won't take much off a spoon. So in order to get food into him I have to let him put his hands in the bowl and do it himself. The mess is unbelievable but he seems to enjoy it and is actually eating something!

TheProvincialLady · 22/05/2008 19:07

Nothing to worry about, honestly. Just offer stuff as usual and then take it away if he doesn't want it. If you make a fuss about it you are more likely to cause problems longer term when he does get his appetite back. As others have said, it is probably teething or a virus. My DS hardly ate for about a month - he went back to eating with renewed appetite and I wish I hadn't stressed so much about it at the time.

bubblagirl · 22/05/2008 19:16

i found putting bonjela on gums about 20 mins before food helped but also let him pick at food with fingers and give a spoon to hold in other hand instead of showing him anxiety with pleading eyes of please eat

i would turn my back calm myself give lots of praise attempt to feed small amount of food but let him mainly get himself into a mess

its supposed to stop them from being fussy eaters later on and my ds eats anything and everything

no juice or water also before food as i found this filled him up i would give small amount of water after bonjela to stop mouth going dry then small amount again when eating

good luck

bubblagirl · 22/05/2008 19:17

if he'll eat yoghurt a couple of yoghuts will be enough to fill him up and maybe try toast before bed to make his belly bit more full

ruddynorah · 22/05/2008 21:03

it doesn't have to be things YOU would normally spread on toast. i mean like dip toast in your food and give him it to eat. so maybe shepherd's pie on toast, or pasta sauce on toast. you see what i mean?

angie0201 · 23/05/2008 10:02

Im going through exactly the same thing at the moment so think it must be quite a common thing to happen my dd is teething but has been off food for 2 wks now its so frustrating and worrying but i just keep thinking she will want to eat at some point just go with it, the more anxious you get the more babe will pick up on it and wont want to eat even more. i know easier said then done but it wont last forever

zulubump · 23/05/2008 11:50

I was just thinking of starting a thread about the same thing when I saw this one! My dd is 8 months and was well into her food until recently. It's hard to accept her refusing food after she's been gobbling down good size meals for a while now. I think surely she must be starving!! But I'm also trying to trust that she must know what's she's doing and she wouldn't starve herself. She has no teeth yet, so maybe they are on their way. I hope so! It's so disappointing when I've made something nice (imo anyway!) for her and she won't touch it.

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kkkkatie · 31/05/2008 13:17

Hi all, just wondering how those of you that were having similar problems as me are getting on?

DS is still not eating much, and to top it off he has been poorly too, so being very careful about what i give hime. I was starting to wonder if he has a food intollerance? Hes got a nasty cough and just wish his teeth would come through as i dont think this is helping. How long does it usually take for the top teeth to come, it seems to be taking forever, his gums are bulging with teeth but they're not breakling through, at least once his teeth come i can dismiss teething as the problem for everything.

Worried still though as his trousers seem looser round his waist.

Any more suggestions or sucess stories???

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zulubump · 31/05/2008 14:12

Hmm, sorry to hear you are still having problems. My dd is still not as keen as before either. It's breakfast that she just won't eat at the moment. She ate lunch, but refused dessert!! She does seem pretty keen on trying to feed herself various things, but just isn't all that good at it yet. Most stuff ends up on the floor and I hate the waste. But I am trying to persist with this as after all she needs the practice before she can manage to do this properly.

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