Hi all,I' m new to this forum.
My son is 1 yr and 15 days old.I leave him in daycare.He was eating properly till 1st birthday.After he started refusing to eat.if we give by force,he just takes 1 or 2 spoons and after simply closes his mouth tight.For last 10 days he is having cold and cough and i' m giving him medicine for that.In the daycare somehow the lady tries to feed him since many kids are there he takes.But at home he doesnt eat.If i give biscuit or wafers he likes it but that also doesn' t finish it fully.
His weight is also is very less.He weighs 8.4kgs.His birth weight was 3.4Kg.
Earlier he used to eat whatever we eat,even if we eat pulav,biriyani he likes that and used to eat that.Please help me. sonia replied. hi ! my son is the same. he' s been troubling since we started solids. but during this time, 1 yr. that is, my doc was saying children do start to become fussy and have other intersts so eating is their last priority and so the weight also goes down or sometimes off the chart. so don' t worry. give him 3 hr. gap and offer finger foods and let him eat sitting with u at the table. may be it' s the cold and cough or just a passing phase. both my children r fussy in eating. so i can very well relate to u. what really worked with my kids - the elder one was eating the food myself in front of her and not offering her. may be she wondered why - is it so good that it' s just good for her to eat. something clicked and i indulged her too. it' s a very rocky road ahead. just keep tight and take a deep breath. remember - NO ONE can stay hunger for long. so if he rejects just take it easy and offer after 1/2 hr or so. u' ll know. children teach us parenting. all the best !