dear arti,

my daughter was eating properly tilllast week ,she is going 2 be 14 months old now.now suddenly she has stopped eating.i give her BM only at night.i notice that the intake is reducing day by day.i also give her similac gain around 8 oz daily.we r staying at abu dhabi.so please help me with some tips.iam totally in despair.iam giving her khichdi,curd rice, chappathi,idly,poori etc.but she refuses them abruptly though she was relishing them earlier.please help. Aarti replied. Sini,

My son did this at 13 months and yours is doing it now. Till 12 months he used to eat large quantities of his cereal or ragi. After 13 months there was a big drop in the amount. When I asked my pediatrician, this was her response \";if he keeps eating at the same rate after turning one year he will turn into a big balloon\";. I found the fussy eating continue almost till he turned 3 recently.

Change your strategy and offer her smaller meals more often. It is irritating but I've noticed this in many of my friends' kids too. I believe that this is the stage when mothers get frustrated and try to overfeed their kids. It is not good for the future. It teaches them to overeat. Atleast this is what I was taught in my college.

Good luck, Aarti