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he doesn't want to eat anything?
« on: April 14, 2006, 17:04:58 pm »
my son is 14 months old and for the last month he  started to reject all food he does not seem intrested at all , here and there he will eat a yogurt or a puree but

when it is time to eat he acts as if he is tired ,  moves his mouth from side to side he does not even taste the food ,

some days i prepare him so many different types of foods ,its like a buffet but he does not want anything and we have tried feeding him his his high chair at a small table in front of the TV with toys without toys, signing dancing everything before he would eat watching barneys video but now nothing

at the moment i have cut down his bottles to three bottles a day of 8 oz , this month is actually lost weight last month he weighed 10.800 now he is weighing 10.500 so now i am worried .

does any one have any ideas?

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Re: he doesn't want to eat anything?
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2006, 17:41:44 pm »
What's his feeding routine look like? If the meals are too close to his bottles, he may not be hungry enough to eat. Toddlers' appetites decrease a LOT after their first birthday, so some routine adjustment might be in order.

Have you tried finger foods? A lot of times, toddlers just want a bit of independence, and finger foods or using their own utensils can help. Choices are good too. Offer only two things and let him choose which one he wants. If he isn't verbal yet, he can still point or gesture. If he chooses not to eat, that's his choice too.

He's old enough to understand how to make food into a battleground, and he can probably sense your concern. My best advice to you is to relax a bit and try to keep mealtimes as low key as possible. Eating meals with him might help some, if you aren't already, and I'd cut out the distractions. If he chooses not to eat, try to lightly say something like "I guess you aren't hungry right now, maybe later" and end the meal. A lot of time if you remove the pressure to eat and the attention that's being paid to the situation, the problem resolves itself.

I always say that healthy babies don't starve themselves, but if you are concerned about his weight loss then a call to the dr might be in order.
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Re: he doesn't want to eat anything?
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2006, 17:53:35 pm »
his feeding schedule is as follows

6.20 a.m first bottle 8 oz

9.00 a.m breakfast

12.00  second bottle  of 8 oz   ( sometimes this bottle is given after lunch )

2.00 pm lunch

5.00 pm 6.00 pm snack   ( macromi and cheese , poridge,  noodles etc)

7.00 pm   last bottle of 8 oz and bed


this is my sons routine we are also now giving him less juice as before he would drink about 8 oz of fruit juice

another question when we put him on his high chair should we give him any toys ?

the doctor told us to buy a medicine called dietrex apparentely is will open up his appetite
do you know of these drugs?



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Re: he doesn't want to eat anything?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2006, 00:45:07 am »
How are things going?  Still a hunger strike?
I always made a rule of not giving toys at the table while eating.  With my first it was easy, when she was done, we were done.  Now it's a little harder with #2.  When she's done we take off her tray and leave her strapped in and pull her to the table so she can play with toys while the rest of us finish.  This way she gets the idea of staying at the table.
Never heard of the drugs, so I can't be of help there.
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