Hi,
My son is 15 months and he doesnt eat at all.
When i give him rice in mashed form he throws up.
I am giving him 2 yo-baby' s per day and 2 gerber veggies and 25 OZ milk per day.
I try to give him boiled veggies also and dal sometimes.
He throws up very often.He is 21 Lbs at 15 months.he is very evry skinny.I feel like crying.i am very upset because of him.
Please tell me what to do and how to and what to feed him.
WILL HE EVER EAT?WILL HE EVER GAIN WEIGHT?
I AM HELPLESS I NEED YOUR ADVICE.PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME.
Lakshmi replied. Babitha,
Thankyou so much for the inputs, can you please tell me some more recipes as you ,mentioned.
Thankyou so much. nitujain replied. hi lakshmi...relax...i tell u my story...my baby was just 15 lbs when he was 14 mth...literally underweight...but i trying hard so he bec ome little chubby ...though he was eating...roti rice little ..poor apeptite...but slowly he is gaining weight..so just keep trying..one day u will get output...try to give normal food whayever ur eating..like dal with tadka...roti he will differntly take..gud luck sandhya replied. Hey its ok ... u try all these and the tips given by dks also u get cds of rhymes,kids movies ,frog songs,etc u show her the movies and songs etc and feed her . Now a days kids are like that they have to be fed and tehy should not be known that they r eating.. dks replied. Hi Lakshmi,

Yea you can mash up all these foods- sme of the stuff like the fruit compote- just run it in the blender.

dks replied. Hi Lakshmi,

First thing you need to do is relax yourself. Only once you are relaxed can you put n a 100% effort.. and im sure you know thi situation needs ALL your effort.
I understand what you are going throught. I go through it every month too with my 11 month old. What i do when this happens- i tell myself, there is no use of getting depressed over it. I need to think of a solution.So i make a list of foods that contain good fats (i only give fresh home-made stuff) and work around them with new recipes.

All you can and SHOULD do is keep trying. It will work. Your son will eat- he WILL gain weight! Try some of the follwoing. Dont get hyper is he doesnt eat the first time.. if he doesnt eat one thing, leave it. Reintroduce that item a few days later and so on. But remember DO NOT GET HYPER.He can sense it. If you remain calm and cool he too will be so. Give him his fav toys at food-time. If you have a veranda our a patio sit outside with him. Point out to things to distract him while feeding. If this doesnt work, my friends have said making their kids sit in fron tof the t whilst plaing nursery rythmes does the trick.

Anyway good luck to you. Following are some of the things you might want to try giving your son.

Avocado dip (can be given with cutley or small pieces of bread)
1 ripe avocado - grated cheddar cheese- 1 tsp yogurt- mix the ingredients together well and serve.SIMPLE AND YUMMY

Give cheese slices as a snack

Milk shakes- with mango or banana or chikoo

Make fresh fruit yogurt- just blend natural yogurt with mashed fruit of his choice

Make custard and jelly - fresh from scratch. That way there are no preservertives being fed to your son. For fresh jelly just replace the water with and fruit juice his choice- and add geletine powder- once it boils add 1 cup cold water. Thats it. Refridge.

Peanut butter sandwich with or without jam.

Dry fruit compote- take dried figs, apricots, prunes- throw into a pan with 1 cup water and 1/2 cinnamon stick and let it simmer for 10 minutes till soft. Mash and serve with little fresh cream.Im sure he will like this.

Good luck.
sandhya replied. Hi !

Yaah its very hard time if kids don' t eat i too face problem sometime why don' t u try some digestive syrup .. give him raisins soaked in water ealry in the morning..My kid does this some days , 10 days she eats and 10 days she makes hell ..
because if kids are very hungry then they eat somethig or the other..
Why don' t u try fresh fruits like banana ,papaya,... instead of gerber .they give more vitamins more than gerber.Give him veggie cutlets,poori,roti,upma,idli or something other than rice.Try all varieties ,i do it all the day she will eat some or the other..
All the best