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9 month won't eat please help

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SUZSORTED · 24/02/2026 19:46

Here is as much info as I can give:
She is formula fed Kendamil step 2

6:30am Bottle 1 180ml with iron drops and multi vit drops
10:00 Bottle 2 180ml
12:30 Bottle 3 180ml
1:30 - solids (Also tried 2pm)
3:00 - bottle 4 210ml
6:15 - bottle 5 210ml

She has 2 solid naps in the day at 11 and 3:10 normally around 1hr

Before she stopped eating. She preferred savory vegetables with wheat or egg. She had penut butter with bannana.
She didn't like fruit or sweet things as much but she did eat apple, plum and blueberry well. Sometimes with yoghurt.
I successfully moved her on to fork mashed food and one of her favourite was potato and green beans or egg and Carrott.

She just now pushes the spoon away, clamps her mouth shut or will only eat 1 spoon. she takes water during her meal no problem.

I've tried putting the mash in front of her to touch. Pre loaded spoons, also always offred her some of the vegetables as soft fingers for her pick up.

I thought it might be a leap because she started rolling onto her tummy all the time and is not pushing up on her arms but it's been 2.5 weeks now with no improvement. She isn't teething and has her 2 bottom theeth through without any fussing she is a super chill baby tho so even if it was bothering her she probably wouldn't fuss. I'm very lucky in that respect.
I'm eating with her as well. nothing is working and heath visitors advice was not helpful at all.

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SUZSORTED · 26/03/2026 17:36

now things are much better.

breakfast: she loves toast strips!
she has toast, egg strips, toast with creme cheese, toast with penut butter or toast with Avacado was a hit today!

lunch: tends to eat half
Some days a veg melty stick or cucumber batons as a side

Egg muffins - Brocoli cheese ceralac
Egg muffins - Red pepper, paprika, cheese, ceralac
Salam Brocoli Potato Green Beans Mash
Beef Cottage pie
Beef bolinaise with lentils, Carrott and Courgette, tomoto and orzo pasta
Lentil Califlower Brocoli Carrott Tumeric puree

Dinner - she eats it all!
Porridge with apple, pear, bannana or Avacado.
Actamil Berry cereal

All of these are on rotation and I batched cooked her lunch and froze them.

4 bottles a day 5am, 9.30am 2pm and 6pm

i will drop the 9.30am bottle when she is ready.

Thanks for advice for food nutrition book I will ask for hard copy!

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SUZSORTED · 26/03/2026 22:07

Mulledjuice · 26/03/2026 12:10

I recommend the First Steps nutrition trust resources - free online or you can get a hard copy posted to you

just downloaded the pdf thanks

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