not eating at breakfast - why??

[mrsflux]

ds is a year and normally eats a weetabix and maybe a bit of toast for breakky.

now nothing! not even a petit filous! (he's usually mad for them)

is it

• a phase
• he's having too much milk before breakfast - 6oz
• his snotty nose is stopping him wanting to eat so early on - he's fine by lunch
• something else

any ideas would be fab

How long has he been refusing breakfast?

DS (11m) goes through phases (sometimes a week or 10 days) of refusing to eat at breakfast time (or lunchtime, or dinner time). I tend to ignore ignore ignore if he ever refuses food and just take it away and get him down from his highchair. Eventually he starts eating again.

I've recently dropped DS's morning bottle for a cup of cow's milk (HV said it was fine) and he's drinking less milk from the cup than he did from the bottle which means he eats more for breakfast. So maybe try reducing the amount of milk or making the gap between milk and breakfast bigger?

It's been since Sunday.
I might try less milk tomorrow but can't make the gap between milk and breakfast bigger or we will never get out the house in time for nursery and work!
I'm hoping it's a cheeky monkey phase!

Good luck with tomorrow. Everything seems to be a phase at this age so hopefully it won't last long. Don't fret - if he's eating well at other times he'll be fine

I forgot to do less milk as I was sleepy!
We tried a new and different cereal. He had 10 spoons then was done.
He is a bit less snotty so maybe that's it?

Haha - I know what you mean, I'm always on autopilot when I get up in the morning...

10 spoons sounds good

Fingers crossed it was just the snot and he'll nomming his breakfast up from now on.

same again today, think its a teething thing now as he cut another last night!

Still no joy!

we've tried different things to eat. Smaller amount of milk in the morning. Milk in a beaker etc.

Any advice ladies?

Do you do milk then food or food first? We've been doing milk first.
Anyone got any yummy ideas?

Help!

Ps he eats well during the rest of the Day usually so I shouldn't worry but breakfast is important!