Hi everyone,
i have been a silent reader in this forum and i really appreciate everyone here for helping moms who are really worried with their kids and now iam here needing help regarding my 8 months old son.
he doesnt take food likingly whether formula or any solids. each time during feeding i have to distract him playing video songs on the tv. this have become a habbit from his 4th month and till now he wants to see the same video songs on tv during his feeding. whenever we go out somewhere it is difficult for me to feed him and he refuses and reluctant to eat and cries out aloud. For this reason we dont go out often.
his diet is reducing by quantity day by day.
he is taking around 12 oz of milk(someone has to dance and play music for this) and abt 2-4 oz of solids per day(this by forcing him). sometimes if i feed him forcibly he vomits out everything. now i have my inlaws with me so iam managing somehow, but in 3 weeks they r leaving and i dont know how to manage him single handedly. Is there anything to increase his appetite? iam really depressed of this. please help and ur help would be appreciated. Sheeba replied. Hi,

Pls dnt worry abt this , even i had this problem with my son when he was 10 months old , now he is 18 months old , he was a picky eater but now he eats everything .

My son he never wants to sit in the highchair , so what i did was i let him play in the kitchen or hall , he will take one bite and run ( i will put his favourites toys also) and will come back to me , somehow he will finish the foods and ask for more :).

About his milk intake , if he likes to listen to songs , maybe when u go out u can put that song in the car , see how that works or try to feed him in the park . or else u can try to give him some biscuits when u go out , so that he wont be hungry .

Take Care and All the Best
dks replied. Hi,

There must be something that he really likes. Try putting that in his food.
My son is also little fussy, so i start off by having him sit on my lap and feed him, and then after 3-4 bites put him down on the sofa and while playing with him i feed.
Also my son watches very closely when i eat and wants to eat everything i eat so whenever im having trouble feeding him, i put one spoon of his food in my mouth pretending that its my food and then he wants to eat it too.

Or, there must be his favourite toy. Take that toy when u are feeding him, make him eat 1 spoon then play with him with that toy. Then again 1 more spoon,. It take a long time but its gotta be done, and im sure you as a mother will want to do anything to feed your son.

Good luck.