My baby is 11 months old now and she used to take food properly till last week but from last 4-5 days she is not accepting food...neither milk nor khichadi, soup or kheer or any fruit . We are very worried. She take some chapati with us while we are having lunch or dinner and she shows interest in our food but after taking a few bites she refuses ... doctor is saying nothing is there to worry. I have tried to add spices to her food to make it tasty but of no use.
Please advise..
She used to have
1. morning milk with wheat flakes (9.00am)
2. any fruit or wheat satva or nachni satva(11.30am)
3. soup(2pm)
4. khichadi(2.30)
5. kheer(6 pm)
6. soup and khichadi(9.30pm)or 10.30pm

She sleeps very late till 12 am.
Please advise on her diet and timetable and why she is refusing food.

Alka
3. Hetal replied. check :
1.gums, might be teethng,,
2. needs flavours, or reduce them..sometimees,,some babies like mine njoyed eating just saltless boiled food,,once a while ! nthng wrong if it makes her eat !
3. change in texture of food, lumpier to dry,,dry to cubes or chopped to whole big pieces might interest her.
4. colour and appearnce of food,,try to make it appealng,,see if diff colour boiled vegies and piece of roti makes her eat that..put them in your plate and let her come to you and make her eat.
5. shapes,,choppng in funny styles, or cuttng in diff shapes,,might intrst her..my dd used to gag idlis,,with star shaped cookies,,she ate them ! she was around 13-14mnths,though.

6.where is amt of milk ? how much milk or formula she takes,,how many times,,,
your 11months old is expcted to eat in accrdnce to below :
http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=1270&table_name=dis_sleeping

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6767&table_name=dis_feeding

just the same case as yours...might throw some lights..
above all,,here timetable is not properly timed..after offerng her breakfast of wheat flakes,,you are offerng her wheat satva again in 2hours,,thn soup and thn lunch,is very late..why 2 breakfast ???
at 11months,,your child should take :
1/ milk full feed/formula in nxt half an hour breakfast///could be wheat flakes, wheat satva or nachni.
2. fruit or soup. as brunch
3. lunch.
4. milk or a servng of dairy/cheese or yogurt.
5. aftr 2hrs or so, a juice.some snacks
6. dinner.

thats all ! and she is eatng dinner quite late,,again the same good khichadi and soup !! she needs variety,,she is growng toddler...add in variety to her diet...
let her play with food, let her sit with you all and eat..make her timetable in 3-4hours schedule if you want her to eat nicely,,,her juices or liquid servngs like milk should be 2hours plus or minus diff with solid timings...
try to make her sleep early,,if sleepng early is problem,,let her sleep at 12 and wake her up gently at 730 in morning,,and let her take a longer nap in noon after lunch.
it will be a messy in trying to put her to routine but now that she is 11months,,she will take around 2 naps of 1-2-3hrs each,,dpnds on how her sleepng habits..
see that if wakng her up early makes her sleep early at night and her meal times are regulated...keep her food ready by the time, its her feedng time..when you are tryng to adjust her meals,,expect her to be hungry acc to her old feedng times,,but feed less and slowly change the timings to the one you want...try thatt,,see if works well,,
at the same time,,see her responses to new schedule if you are tryng to set it up,,,if she seems to be fussy with it,,,carry on with your old schedule,,but her food has too much of wheat/heavy foods in her early daytime and thn its all rice diet...wheat in itself before 12months is heavy and a complte nutrition,in that gnvng nachni(ragi) is alike a full load of food !
thn you are offerng khichdi and thn kheer ! all same types of diet...offer her balanced diet, balance everything well,,and schedule her to proper timings,,
early to bed, early to rise,,makes the child rise and shine,,so make sure to keep trying to schedule her to normal timelines of wakng and sleepng.
good luck,,lemme know if nething confuses you.