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Hi All,

Havent been on this for a wile but need your advice please.
My DD has turned one about 3 weeks ago, i breastfeed her until 7 months (I stopped when I got pregnant again) and I followed Gina Ford Contented little baby book for weaning, she has always been a great eater and has always eaten a wide variety of foods for me.
In the last 2 weeks or so she has seriously gone off her food, at first i thought she was sick of the foods i was making her to tried to give her more variety, then I thought she was not happy about being fed so tried to get her to feed herself.. again this did not work. This is really starting to stress me out as i dont know what else to do..

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas as to what I am doing wrong or what could be the matter with her.

Any help is greatly appreciated..

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meanwhile try sandwiches, weird how the same food presented differently can suddenly be appealing. Consider too, if it's starchy foods (complex carbs) she is rejecting, they might actually be giving her a sore tummy, the carbs in fruit/milk etc (simple carbs) are actually much easier for them to digest at that age. <em>edited by kiwispiers on 16/08/2011</em>

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Yes, probably being too 'fussy'. I was exactly the same & found it really stressful! My son has been through various no-eating phases and I've finally learned not to stress about it. He will eat when he really is hungry. Sounds like your daughter is actually eating a fair bit if she's having brekkie, fruit and yoghurts etc. They pick up straight away that you get stressed about it and it only makes it worse. But when I just really wanted my son to just eat something, using a toy/distraction while I fed him worked best - something relatively novel/or that she's not usually allowed to play with (yes, I know not good for eating habits etc but sometimes they just need nutrition...), offering out of the saucepan as if it's an afterthought (my son would sometimes refuse the food on his plate/bowl but would then chow it down from the pan....), and not sure if the novelty would work for a one-year old, but smoothies or veggie soup from a cup (and spoon) sometimes worked (smoothies with sweet potato, banana, some wheatgerm etc - pretty healthy) or soup with plenty of peas - nice and smooth. Sometimes meals in a no-eating phase would take aaages as he'd refuse at first, I'd start clearing up etc/turn my back, then he'd start eating (although I guess one-year might be a bit young for the 'ignore and come back tactic'....Assuming there's not a medical reason for it, and she's eating something (even if very little) just ride it out. Don't mean to put you off, but there'll be plenty more no-food/funny preferences/food aversion stages ahead!

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Hi Ladies, Thanks for the replies.... No she has not been unwell and is teethin a bit, she hasn't got her molars yet. Sometimes I try and sit with her and eat my lunch and other times like last nights dinner I was just feeding her alone. She is still eating but its fruit, yoghurts etc.. cant seem to get her to eat her daily carbs.. the day starts off very well, she will eat her breakfast no bother which is usually weetabix/fruit, readybreak/fruit, museli etc, mid morning snack is also fine but then lunchtime comes and its a complete no no.. Do i continue trying to feed her the food I had been or should I be trying different things all the time in the hope that some of this will go down.. I have tried putting potatoe, veg, chicken etc all on a wee plate to see if this will help but most of it ends up on the floor and I just know she has not ate enough for a lunch/dinner.. Yesterday I made pasta and a cheese sauce for lunch, tried feeding her she ate a few mouthfuls then it was mouth shut, for dinner I tried sweet potato diced and sweetcorn.. again wud not eat the sweet potato and picked out the bits of corn... not what i would call a dinner.. Any ideas on where to go from here.. Am i being too fussy? Its only stressful because there was a time she would have eaten everything in front of her and looked for more... Thanks again A bit of lateral thinking... is she also trying to change her nap times or has she recently dropped one? It could be that her body clock is a bit out and that's throwing her mealtimes too. I also think that when it comes to food, even though it's hard not to worry, try not to stress about it. It shouldn't become a battleground or a rather traumatic time with Mummy fussing about the place getting all wound up. COntinue trying to eat with her - it's a great example to set - but if she doesn't eat, she'll eat next time, or the time after that. Also try not to compensate by giving extra snacks because that'll just switch her mealtimes (and mess up her bodyclock) even more.

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Hi Ladies, Thanks for the replies.... No she has not been unwell and is teethin a bit, she hasn't got her molars yet. Sometimes I try and sit with her and eat my lunch and other times like last nights dinner I was just feeding her alone. She is still eating but its fruit, yoghurts etc.. cant seem to get her to eat her daily carbs.. the day starts off very well, she will eat her breakfast no bother which is usually weetabix/fruit, readybreak/fruit, museli etc, mid morning snack is also fine but then lunchtime comes and its a complete no no.. Do i continue trying to feed her the food I had been or should I be trying different things all the time in the hope that some of this will go down.. I have tried putting potatoe, veg, chicken etc all on a wee plate to see if this will help but most of it ends up on the floor and I just know she has not ate enough for a lunch/dinner.. Yesterday I made pasta and a cheese sauce for lunch, tried feeding her she ate a few mouthfuls then it was mouth shut, for dinner I tried sweet potato diced and sweetcorn.. again wud not eat the sweet potato and picked out the bits of corn... not what i would call a dinner.. Any ideas on where to go from here.. Am i being too fussy? Its only stressful because there was a time she would have eaten everything in front of her and looked for more... Thanks again

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I agree with pp. My dd did the same thing around 11 months. We ate a lot of scrambled eggs and oatmeal. Sometimes dinner was just blueberries. She has gotten much better, now at 14 months. Keep trying, dont get frustrated (dont react lest they do it just for a reaction). Try feeding off your plate or with your utensils. Good luck, you are not alone!

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Honestly I think it is just a phase, my one year old went through this for a few weeks and now seems to be back on track, I found that actually using a new bowl (bright colour) and spoon was the best motivator for him. So long as the fluid intake is good, don't worry and don't force the issue, just give her whatever she likes (fruit etc) until she gets over it. You don't want it to turn onto a food aversion/toddler control issue. http://www.expatwoman.com/qatar/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=154860 also they actually don't need as much as they used to as their growth rate has slowed down.

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teething? has she got her molars yet? has she been unwell? cold or blocked ears? will she drink from a cup, if so you could try making smoothies with yoghurt or just juicing veg and fruit together to get her through this. do you eat your meals with her? maybe just offer her things from your plate and also have whatever else you would spoon feed her with to hand. easier said than done but try not to stress as she'll pick up on it, it could also be her stretching some new found independence/control?? try not to let her refusing or not eating be the centre of attention and give extra praise and cuddles for eating or mouthing food. my sister tells me that no baby will starve in the presence of milk or food! maybe you could keep a food diary and see what's offered and what's actually eaten over the course of a week... may give you some reassurance. always an option to get her checked over by a paed.. have a look down her throat and in her ears to make sure there's nothing brewing??

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