Please advice. Baby won't eat or drink at all

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Soni

Hello,

My 8 months old is doesn't like milk since she's born but been a good eater. Suddenly she started refusing solids as well. She won't open her mouth to begin with and if I make it she will spit it out. A

Anyone in the same boat??

Any advice??

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Al

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Just keep offering the solids, but don’t force it. You want her to have positive associations with food so stay stress free and light about it and go with the flow. As long as she is drinking the bm/formula, she’ll be fine (if she really drops that too then obviously call the doc). Some babies go on purée strikes when they’re ready for more finger foods; if you haven’t and feel comfortable, try roasting some veggies or other favorites (should be squishable between your fingers) and see if that sparks an interest. My son has been a voracious eater his whole life, but went through a week or two where he started getting super picky. Thought maybe teething, but nothing popped through. We just carried on like nothing was happening and he’s back to inhaling his meals. Like with everything now, they’re going to not only test our response, but figure out their own preferences. For him, I think it was mostly testing to see what our response to his refusal would be. Lol lil stinker.

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Soni • Feb 3, 2019
Talking about formula, max 22-23 oz a day.

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Soni • Feb 3, 2019
Yah I try offering different food but she is refusing

Cl

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What do you mean by ‘doesn’t like milk’? Do you mean breastmilk or formula? If they’re a good eater it’s likely not a like/dislike thing. Possibly grassiness or you’re misreading general fussiness as dislike. As others have said don’t stress about solids if your baby is gaining weight consistently you don’t need to force anything. Just keep gently offering new food experiences (flavours, textures, finger food, purees etc) eventually baby will catch on to the deal. There’s no rush!

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Clare • Feb 4, 2019
That sounds so hard. It sounds like she may hate the bottle rather than the milk itself but obviously I’m just guessing here. It sounds like you’re doing everything you can for her and she will eventually develop to want to eat but until then it’s gonna be a challenge. I’d encourage you to talk to your pediatrician for more targeted advice about introducing foods

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Soni • Feb 3, 2019
She's formula fed. Since she's born she hated bottle. Till today she will never take the bottle while she's up. I have to put her to sleep and then give her bottle. Trust me first 4 months were nightmare. She used to refuse bottle all the time. I used to feed milk with spoon, cup and sometimes syringes. She started eating and I never had any problem until day before yesterday. She won't open her mouth at all.

Ve

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My 8 month old has been going through this phase for pretty much the past month as well. He was doing well with solids and now usually refuses anything coming from a spoon except yogurt. We have been trying to do baby led weaning as well and put bite sized pieces of food on his tray and let him experiment. He is cutting his first tooth so I'm assuming that is why he is acting up. He is my second but I don't remember my first doing this🤷🏼‍♀️

Me

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Is she teething? Sometimes appetites drop during teething.

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Soni • Feb 3, 2019
Yeah seems like she is teething.