Eating problems

[byjove]

How long has this been going on? Is she still nursing? How is her intake? Is she teething? I could see her being picky about texture and temperature if her gums hurt.

I would try to follow her lead for now. Keep offering different things. Make it low stress. Offer a variety of textures (warm, cold, mesh feeder, finger food, spoon, hard, soft). If it lasts more than a week or so, I'd talk to your doctor. If she is still eating something (cottage cheese, and BM) I doubt she'd loose all the weight she gained, she just might slow down at gaining. And it could be she is having stress about eating from your stress. It is hard to relax, I know.

[gdaisy09]

So Iz has been a very difficult eater lately. turning her nose up at almost anything I offer her (but waking up hungry and wanting boob in the middle of the night).

For her it seems to be that she wants to do it herself (i.e, she doesn't want me holding the spoon, pouch, or whatever; she wants the food put on her tray and then wants to have at it.) even then she doesn't eat much, and she makes a huge mess in the process.

so I'm trying to go with it, the pouches are so messy, so she only gets those when i don't mind cleaning up a huge mess, which means she's eating far fewer fruits and veggies. things that have gone OK:
toast with a little butter (she ate about half a piece with no crust)
pancakes (again she ate 1/2-3/4 of a pancake
cheerios
banana
apple
chicken nuggets

I keep trying to come up with things she can self feed, it's especially hard when I'm not making dinner for a family and I generally cook for myself after she's gone to bed.

[obscurereference]

Are you sitting down with her for every meal? I have heard that other moms sometimes just keep offering food while the kid is playing. Sometimes they just don't want to stop, so let her keep going, just offer food while she plays. Pop it directly in her mouth if you need to. I would also talk to your ped since she has had so much trouble gaining in the past.

In my experience, eating and feeding takes a giant nosedive right around age 1. Welcome to toddlerhood!

[byjove]

Nov 9, 2016 16:09:16 GMT -5 @tifga said:

Nov 9, 2016 15:39:11 GMT -5 byjove said:

How long has this been going on? Is she still nursing? How is her intake? Is she teething? I could see her being picky about texture and temperature if her gums hurt.

I would try to follow her lead for now. Keep offering different things. Make it low stress. Offer a variety of textures (warm, cold, mesh feeder, finger food, spoon, hard, soft). If it lasts more than a week or so, I'd talk to your doctor. If she is still eating something (cottage cheese, and BM) I doubt she'd loose all the weight she gained, she just might slow down at gaining. And it could be she is having stress about eating from your stress. It is hard to relax, I know.

Her ped said she is teething but I see no signs of it. I mean she's drooling and chewing on everything but that's what babies do.

She nurses but the Dr who gave me the domperidone made painfully clear that nursing is not enough and she needs 3 meals and 3 snacks a day.

This has been going on for a few weeks now. First she had a stomach bug and then a cold but now she's healthy so I don't get it.

Margs went a month this summer refusing all solids after having a food reaction and catching a virus and then a double ear infection. It was frustrating as heck, but we just had to wait it out. I wish there was a magic answer. My advice stays the same for now :/ are you afraid of feeding her too much cottage cheese? Could you try yogurt or something similar?

[cnf2013]

Can you try mixing some other things into the cottage cheese at least? Some smashed up berries or pureed veggies?

Ellie used to eat anything and everything but has recently started turning her nose up at a lot of things she previously liked. It's frustrating, but I'm just trying to roll with the punches and let her try new things in the process. We give her basically anything we're eating at this point unless it's really spicy or dessert. Maybe some things with a wider variety of flavors would help? Like we gave E some zoodles tonight that had a coconut milk based sauce on them and she loved it, which is great because she's been a veggie snob lately.

[geners]

@tifga what kinds of food was she eating previously? C was all about purees until very recently and then started refusing them in favor of finger foods he could feed himself.

[thatgirlrachel]

Hugs, @tifga!! I would just echo what everyone else has said. Especially about trying to mix cottage cheese with other foods and trying foods she can feed herself. I hope this passes for you soon!

[COCO]

Lots of good advice offered. Just adding a note of support - hugs!

[cnf2013]

Nov 11, 2016 11:31:19 GMT -5 @tifga said:

cnf2013 she's been loving lentil noodles with cheese so maybe she'll like zoodles. What's your coconut milk sauce?

geners fish, chicken, yogurt , and brocolli were her favorites now she's turning her nose up to all of it.

I've tried mixing but she can always tell and will just spit it out. Then she just looks at you with a face of suspicion when you try the next bite.

So far eating while playing seems to be helping a bit.

Boy do babies keep you on your toes.

No idea what the sauce was. My mom made it, but she got the recipe off cleanfoodcrush.com