13mo gone off food very suddenly - quite worried

[wasabipeanut]

Ok we're a bit past weaning as DS is now 13 months but this seemed as good a place as any.

For rhe last week ds's normally healthy appetite has just dropped off completely. He has gone from wolfing down pretty much whatever gets put in front of him to looking really quite pained. He either throws stuff on the floor or starts crying when it gets put in front of him. He might take a bit of yoghurt off a spoon but if I try and feed anything else off a spoon he just spits it out. And its meal after meal - he can eat next to nothing at lunch and again for tea even though you'd think he'd be starving by then.

His top 2 teeth have just come through - v late teether - and I would expect him to go off food for that reason but they are there now and he doesn't seem any happier. We've had little blips before but they've passed after a day or two.

I'm prob fretting for no reason as he is healthy and a good weight and perfectly happy in himself but I get the impression that if nobody bothered to feed him he wouldn't actually be that fussed. I'm just troubled because its such a sharp change and so out of character.

I'm late to this teething lark - could it all be related to that?

Absolutely and completely it could be teething. My DS has a monster appetite, but as soon as one starts pushing through, he's just not interested.

Try whizzing something up, or seeing how much more he'd like to eat yoghurt, and that will give you a good indication of whether it's just tender gums that are making the food unappealing.

Or, could just be a cold or something. Don't worry - mark the days on your calendar until he starts eating properly again. This is a great way to remind yourself next time, how these things we get our knickers in a twist about are often only little phases that last a day or two - a week at most.

Sorry - see you've tried the yoghurt.

If he's sleeping normally (normal for your DS!) then he's not hungry. You can't make him be either. Just have to sit on your hands and accept he'll start back when his appetite returns.