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Help, she won't eat!

Posted by on Jan. 24, 2013 at 11:46 PM
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Dd is 13 months. She will not eat hardly any food. We cut up veggies and fruit and give her oatmeal and she just sits at the high chair and screams. This has gone on for a while. Pedi said that her formula was enough for the first year and now that she's one we have been trying for a while to get her to eat. All she wants is milk. She hates having food on her hands and she screams and waves her hands for me to clean them. I have tried so much food... From healthy veggies to not so healthy spaghettios and fries and cookies and she won't eat! I don't know what to do! I have an appointment with the doc in the first week of feb.
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babygomez
by April on Jan. 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM

I'm not sure what it could be, sorry. My kids have always loved food.

Bump!

MixedCooke
by Gold Member on Jan. 25, 2013 at 3:01 AM

it is more of a texture issue.  When you go from a completely liquid diet to now some weird new flavor, color and texture, it can be jarring to a baby.  Try things that are similar in color and texture such as yogurt and pureed bananas, butternut squash, apple/banana, mashed potatoes, etc.  You want to gradually warm them up to all of this, so it is a slow process, often times recommending one type a food for the week, to check for food allergies as well.  It is a SLOW process.  They dont go right to table foods.  Also think about adding some liquid vitamins, such as Polyvisol with iron, to make up for any lack in her diet.  Enfagrow also offers a formula for older kids that is similar tasting to milk but has added vitamins.  I mix the liquid vitamins to my daughter's milk and she is none the wiser.

Did you check for teeth?  She could just be teething and it hurts to chew right now

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