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Eating Problems:17months rejecting completely meals
2008-02-03
Name: Dimple



Hi All,

long one but wanted to tell u whats happening to give u better picture, please take time to read.

My daughter who is 17months old and refusing on having other then liquids and milk.

With lots of try also I am not able to feed her since last 4 days. 2 months back she developed habit of keeping food in mouth and I used to give her water, chip etc between each bite to make her swallow food. But its not working since last 4 days. She is keeping in her mouth food for around 15minutes and then making sign with fingure(she not speaking yet) towards closed mouth(with food) that something is there in her mouth and crying face. If now we give water to her to swallow food she is making sign of having some unwanted stuff in mouth and then not eating. She come fwd for drinking water but dont want to swallow food and asking us to remove from her mouth then we again distract her and try to make her swallow by distracting. In this way she is just having 4 bites in 1.30-2hours. Thats almost kind of skipping meal as its 1/4-1/3portion of her meal. yesterday I am just gave her cerelac/gerber nothing else the other 2 time so that atleast something goes in her stomach that too with many many difficulty. today no to gerber also. This is happening since last 4 days - not eating food. She is keep on skipping one or other meal everyday since last 4 days. 1st day dinner, 2nd day breakfast and 3rd day lunch & today no meals.

Her daily routine includes 3 times milk and 3 meals. once 4oz juice. Meals r almost little more then half katori. If we measure liquid then its 100ml comes till that place. gerber means 10tsps.

I used to give her pureed food till age of 15months. month back started giving well mashed food. Till now(till 17months of her age) I gave her mashed rice-dal, idli-dal, dalia, khichdi, cerelac, upma nothing else so tried all this 5 in 3 days but no luck. She is not interested at all.

If no meals then should I replace them with milk then should I start giving her 3 regular and 3 milk(replace with meals) to 17 months old or should I more wait for her to start eating?
Please advise/help me. Thanks in advance.

She was thumb sucking when she was hungry and during sleep but since last 4-5 days she is sucking thumb a lot I am thinking its because she is hungry.

She has got 11.5 teeth till now. 4 front upper, 3.5 front lower and 1-1-1-1 each side for chewing. I am not able to see any other teeth comming.

Other wise she looks normal.

Please advise.
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2008-03-04
#1
Anonymous Name: pritee
Subject:  eating problem



hi ... my child is also around the same age.

put a gap of atleast 4 hours in between meals so that she is really hungry.

i suggest u try giving her a toy or take her near the window & then try feeding her kichdi, daliya, upma ...

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2008-02-04
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Anonymous Name: v
Subject:  don worry



eh come on....its an absolutely commo issue...my daughter,when arnd 20 months ,was not eating solid foods,for more than a week...so don worry..children arnd this age keep their food in the mouth for a long tine either as a fun activity or just to avoid taking the next mouth...they are more interested in other things than eating cause they are more aware of their environment and want to constantly keep exploring.Perhaps u could try distracting her by showing pictures from books or playing ring tones from the mobile and other such monir things...but theneven after this ,don worry if she takes long time...by the time she is arnd 3...she will be able to understand what u tell and will improve...thought it might not be a major change...my daughetr is 3.5 yrs now and even now we have to persuade her to eat quickly...even today morning she was having a spoon of rice for 15 mts and even now it takes 1 hr to feed lunch...but somtimne she eats oit really quick...i rememebr v well that i was also in such a desparate state....some kids eat v well where as some kids are picky eaters...but rememeber most of the kids are of the latter kind...so don worry...i would suggest u stop all the baby foods and give foods that u normally eat but a bit mashed up and if u want less spicy...2 times limk is enough and 1 time u can give her juice but 2 much of liquid intake is obviosly going to fill her stomahc and she wont feel like eating,...in all dont force her and wait for her to starte eating...even 2 spoons of a new food is enough...dont expect the kid to gobble up all the food and ...sometimes even we have our own moods for tasting things...so don worry...jus keep a check with the doc for her weight...but dont worry abt it much...kids will never starve themselves..if they r hunbry they will surely eat....tc
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2008-02-06
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Anonymous Name: Dimple
Subject:  Thank



Hi,

I went to check with doc she told me its just attitude according to my daughter´ s age and due to forcefeeding(thought it was distraction but kid didnt like solid since begining). doc told me to either put her in preschool to make her learn by seeing other kids. But now after almost 7days.. I am out of this shock(suddenly my daughter stopped eating) and trying to change my attitude towards feeding her. Stopped forcefeeding(distracting) and trying everyday new. she has started little bit now not as earlier but something is better then nothing(touchwood) giving her own time to swallow. Not offering water to make her swallow fast. Yeah will be starting pediasure at night time to make sure she has atleast 1 time proper serving. Working on making her eat mashed and non mashed food also.

I will definetely go through the tips maintioned by you.

Thank you v v much. Please keep giving ur suggestions.

-Dimple
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