Hi all

am tired of feeding laya...i donno if she does it purposely. if i feed her say it bf, snacks, lunch, dinner she will open her mouth to eat the next thing for sure she would spit it out. sometimes she keeps it in her mouth and spit it a min later....i have tried changing her menus. nothing working out.. i donno she is thinking that to be a play for her.. and i dont want her to play with food.. donno how i ll make her eat...
Pls ideas, tips suggestions welcome

ANitha
Bhairavi replied. I think this is a problem many of us have to face.. and I can totally understand how tiring it can be.. But be assured that Laya is eating as much she needs.. She wont stay hungry and not eat. Sometime around 1st year baby's appetite reduces.. it could be that. I think kids dont eat either becoz they dont want to waste their play time, or they are not hungry, or they dont like the taste or else they are teething.. So what I do is whenever she fusses to eat, I switch on hindi songs DVD, she just loves it, and try to feed her while she watches it.. that way she is occupied. Even then if she doesnt eat, then she probably isnt hungry and I wait for her to give me hunger signs, then I feed her. And when she is really hungry.. she eats anything..:)
I hope this helps..
Bhairavi. Hetal replied. try singing something funnny to her c if it works :),,and let her play with food for a while,if that satisfies her,.nothin wrong, she will learn to eat herself eventually.
also, if you have started ne other milk than bm or formula, try to increase the time between milk and her solid meals..
when i started nirja with cows milk,for 1 week she took food properly then in morning feeds, she would skip her breakfast ! so i stopped that and sometimes reduced morning feeds to half or lesser,,and then she was eating fine. although, i wont say she completes all her meals to 100% and on time....
and her schedule is changing these esp in past one week, her sleep times have reduced, also her interest in food have reduced dramatically, but she eats just netime of day,,,sometimes her lunch is in late afternoons..
when i asked dr, he was ok with her growth so i m not worried.

so just keep an eye on her weight,,as far as she is not going underweight & feeling active and playful and not tired at netime of day,,she is fine :)
and yes this is phase of maturing to toddler years, and i expect it to just pass on at ease.

love to laya,
Good luck Sheeja replied. hi Anitha

u can try this site for Laya. She will defintely gonna like it.

http(:)//disney.go(.)com/disneychannel/playhouse/gobaby/index(.)html

just place the laptop in front of her high chair while feeding and play it.

love to laya Priya replied. Maybe laya is teething. Dylan is doing this and biting my shoulders off at the same time. he only wants to drink milk at time. i am still distracting him and feeding. Laya is soo cute love her name . she looks like you, from some of the pics i made out of you. why didnt you post your pics. trust me i have changed in features since having dylan but this is all part of motherhood.
Priya