My daughter is 12.5 months and nurses in the morning and at bed. She gets two bottles while I am at work. We are transitioning to whole milk at this time as well. My daughter at 10 months or somewhere closely after decided she wanted to eat solids. Then about three weeks later she decided she didn't want to eat at all. She got a couple teeth at that time. I figured she stopped eating solids due to that, no biggie. She hasn't really wanted to go back to solids though. She would only take baby food again. She at this time is getting all four 1year molars. We are waiting on the last one to pop through the rest of the way.
She isn't eating much food in general at this time. We are lucky to get 10 bites of any type of baby food in her at all meal times. Two/three weeks ago she would eat cheerios, puffs, things like that no problem. She won't even eat those now. I am just curious when I might see her pop out of this. Also what age was your LO off of baby food. I figured she would long be off of this stuff.
Don't worry about it. At one year old she's still just learning to eat. Let her have what's comfortable to her. Keep nursing if you're both comfortable with it, and make sure she's getting calories and nutrients in one way or another (milk/formula/baby food/ food etc.)
Chat with her pediatrician to be sure she's not losing weight. Otherwise she's probably fine.
Enjoy your little one.
We started solids at 12mo (never did babyfood, just had him eat what I ate)
Weaned off formula right around 18mo. There was no set "date". As he started eating more, we used less and less formula. It was pretty easy to follow his cues. His body knew what it needed, and by then he was cognizant enough to be able to tell us. He didn't talk, but when he's pushing away milk or tablefood and pointing to the fridge, or pushing away his formula and digging into his plate... it's a pretty easy thing to go along with. Feeding on demand worked so well while nursing, and then so well on formula, and then so well on solids... that we just kept it up. All the way up to this year (age 9), but that's only because he has meds that give him "the munchies". <rolls eyes>
My son was a fast grower... there was no physical way to shove enough nutrition into him via table foods. Slower growing kids can wean off a lot sooner to no ill effect.
Don't get me wrong, I've made the mistake of forcing issues from time to time (And now we shall arbitrarily do "this"! based on an average of the population instead of your own particular needs <again with the eye roll>)... but I've always regretted it.
It was EASY w/ my son, though, to follow his cues because he had no preexisting medical condition and he was *very* expressive. ((Like I said, he didn't talk until 2ish, but he communicated reeeeeeally well)). Not everyone has "that kid".
She's probably just not eating b/c it hurts. I wouldn't worry about it right now. After she pops those teeth out, she should go back to normal.
My son is doing/did this.... it has lasted about six months - so far. He ended up losing weight and we had to go in to the Dr. for periodic weight checks. We had him food allergy tested, thinking it might be his stomach.... he came up a little high for a gluten sensitivity, but nothing major. He just breastfed a lot more during this time. Seems like there wasn't a true "answer" in our case, but he is slowly starting to eat a bit more now (at 20 mos.). We did a lot of whole milk yogurt and made smoothies and whole milk cottage cheese... lots of vitamins and fish oil. Good luck... it's very frustrating
The bottom line is: she needs intake. Adequate intake daily. And nutritious intake. Which Formula or breastmilk is. It is more nutritionally dense, than solids.
Like Riley J. below, I went by my kids' cues.
Fed on demand. Per nursing and "food."
Nothing is static, with appetites or food wants... so you need to be able to gauge your child and flex with it.
And when teething, with my kids, they did not want to eat either.
I was breastfeeding, so they just had more of that and more often.
Food tastes and wants, CHANGE all the time. Everyday. It never stays the same. Their taste buds are also, changing and developing. And they are experimenting. What they eat now, will not be the same thing they eat months from now or a year from now or years from now. That is, normal.
Even for adults... we don't always want to eat the same thing, for months. Or we change in food cravings. Just like kids.
Just make sure she is getting Formula or breastmilk, too. Because, it has all the nutrition in it, she needs. Even if she is not "eating" much.
You don't want her to get dehydrated. As well.
Try giving her a frozen little washcloth. Dampen it lightly then stick it in the freezer. My kids, loved to knaw on that when teething.
I'd keep offering solids to her. If she liked finger food prior, then try it again. Low-pressure, just put some interesting things on her plate. Make sure she is medicated if you think her teeth are bothering her. Maybe offer her something cold, like a popsicle or frozen fruit.
I'd be more worried if you didn't mention teeth or said she refused to nurse as well. If a baby is still getting fed (breastmilk/bottle) then solids can be supplementary.
The beauty of nusring a toddler is that on days when they don't eat you do NOT have to worry-- they'll just nurse more. By all means transition her to whole milk for while you're at work -- I HATED pumping and was SO glad to be done with that part! As I've said before:
nursing a toddler/preschooler has been one of the more relaxing aspects of motherhood so far.
How many times as a Mom do you get to NOT worry? When nursing a toddler you do NOT have to worry about supply or hauling a ____@____.com pump to work because they're eating good and drinking from a cup. On the days they don't eat good you do NOT have to worry because you know they'll nurse more that night. On the days that involve a drive thru you can feel less guilty knowing the junk is balanced out with nature's perfect health food. If you have a comfort nurser, when they're sick you do NOT have to worry about dehydration. I think my son is FINALLY realy weaning-- he was sick a couple of weeks ago and for the first time he didn't comfort nurse through it so I had to actually WORRY about pushing fluids and dehydration."
