About two weeks ago my daughter, 11 1/2 months, was completely off baby food. She would eat whatever I put in front of her, which has always been the case. Now, she will only eat fresh fruit! Last week she ate meat loaf, mashed potatoos, and green beans like it was going out of style, this week, she will have nothing to do with it! She will eat the baby food, but not any other table food that she has been eating. Should I be worried? Should I start feeding her baby food again, even though she is past that stage? She would eat the Gerber Graduates cups of food, but now she won't. It is really frustrating for me and her because she can't tell me anything! If anyone has any advice, please send it on...I am tired of being so frustrated!!!
This is totally normal and next week it will be a new food obsession! Just keep offering her lots of choices and she will get what she needs.
They say that children's tastes change from day to day sometime. I think I have a vegetarian on my hands. The doc said to just wait and don't be too worried. I'm not a doc, but I don't think reverting back to baby food would be good. What happens when she won't eat her dinner and you're having to make chicken nuggets and mac n' cheese for her every meal. If she's hungry, she'll eat.
maybe she has a sore throat or ear ache?
oh yeah, welcome to the world of crazy baby eating! It is a very mysterious thing. They love one thing one day and then might not eat it again for weeks. My boy loved veggies especially green beans, broccoli and cauliflower. Now forget it! All that I can get down him is fruit and cucumber which is actually fruit anyway. But hey you just have to flow with them. My son turned two last Friday and I am now a lot more chilled out about his eating, because it was either chill or pull my hair out. I did some reading on the caloric needs of a toddler and just tried to get the minimum calories in him in whatever form possible. I have done pediasure a couple times when he just wasn't eating and both times he was just a couple days from a fever so you will continue to adjust to how to feed your daughter and continue to learn to read what is going on with her. At her age I let my son graze a lot. I could usually get breakfast down him pretty good but after that he was so busy it was pretty hard to get food down. I would just stick something in his hand and see that he ate it, like toast or something portable. I did always try to get him to eat at each meal, but if he didn't I didn't sweat it too much and tried to get him to munch on a granola bar or fruit through the day. He used to love pudding and I could usually get him to take that if all else failed, and it isn't a ton of sugar and gives some calories. Best wishes!! You will get through and I know that many moms will have great advice on here for you:)
I wish I had advice...but all I have is sympathy right now. My little one is 14 months old and recently off baby food. While on baby food I fed her lots of regular food and she would eat everything. As soon as we went 100% off baby food she changed overnight - and is still changing, from one day to the next. For my girl I think it is because she feels she has more control over her eating now. I tried to go back to baby food and she would have none of it. Ayla will eat some fresh veggies but mostly wants fruit. Somedays she will eat meat, others she won't. I am getting fed up and I have just recently been standing my ground. I give her what I had planned and if she doesn't want it, I don't give her anything else...when she gets hungry again, I give her the same thing. This is relatvely new so I am not sure of the success rate yet. I am not sure if that is good for an 11 1/2 month old, though...my girl is strong-willed! I will keep you updated if I discover anything. I pray you will figure it all out and get some good advice!
God bless!
P.S. My best friend said it may be teething but seems like a coincidence
Sounds like your little one is moving into toddler-hood!
According to Dr. T.Berry Brazelton in his book Touchpoints 0-3: look at your child eating over the course of the week instead of day by day (one year P.140)
I would suggest you get a copy of this book if you don't already have one, it's a great reference for the stumbles (he calls them touchpoints) you come across in parenthood!
Good Luck!
I am in the same boat. My son will eat ANYTHING the daycare puts infront of him. Have you tasted those gerber graduates foods ... they are awful! My son wont eat fruit. I finally figured out he does not like "wet" food. We use a book called deceptively delicious by jessica seignfeild (sp) you put pureed foods in there pancakes, hamburger, everything. Also my son likes fresh veggies over frozen or caned. They are picky picky picky. I think its normal. At least she is eating some kids wont even eat anything. We would give our son baby cereral mixed with yougart sometimes after he had been eating all sorts of new foods the bland seemed to help. Good luck.
Hi S.
I would not worry too much about this. It will pass- justkeep offering her what you know she likes and try to introduce new things- she will eventually get over this- most kids go thru this from time to time- she will eat when she is hungry. As long as she sleeps well, is happy and plays well just let her tell you when she is hungry.
good luck and blessings
Your daughters overnight picky eating may be due to sore gums. She may have teeth coming in and her gums may be tender which could be why she prefers soft foods that she does not have to chew. I suggest to give her the soft foods and I bet in a few days she will have a shiney new tooth!
Same thing happened with my son. I don't know what switch got turned on but he has become a picky eater. I always offer him what ever I am eating but also include things I know he will eat. I don't want him waking up at 3:00 in the morning hungry. I notice growth spurts he eats almost anything and then after the spurt he gets picky again.
My son loves most fruit. I do get him to eat green beans and broccoli. Meat is questionable and potatoes are 100% out. He would live off spaghetti if I let him.
I bet your little one is eating more than you think. As I am learning it is a phase.
Hi S.,
It is common for babies to seem to progress to one stage and then regress to a previous one. Development is cyclical where babies go back and forth as they mature. As long as she is eating and happy, enjoy this time.
M.
When my baby is teething he will not eat anything he usually eats! It was frustrating, but I just let him eat whatever I can get him to eat. He is 21 months & STILL eats babyfood. He eats some table food, crackers, Gerber Cheetos, bananas, etc but he still wants his babyfood. The way I look at it is this, babyfood has vitamins & nutrients at least I know he's not mal-nourished.He's a healthy 33lbs :) Im a firm believer in they will eat when they ready & I have learned to not let it upset me like it did in the beginning.If it were my baby, I feed her what she wanted, even babyfood :)
No, you should not be worried but rather get adjusted to the fact this will happen until your child leaves home.
As long as she is eating healthy and continuing to thrive, introduce her to new foods every day. Babies, toddlers and small children generally eat food based on texture and their tastes will continue to evolve every day.
You might want to introduce her to yogurt and continue to introduce her to various types of veggies and cheese products.
