6 month old refusing to eat

[jbrandonAW]

Have you started solids? I know that when my daughter was about 6 months she kind of just stopped wanting to nurse as much. My doctor told me it may be a sign that she is ready for some solids. I recommend starting with avacado. Its an extremely natrually high fat food and GREAT for babies!

It could also be the sign of an ear infection, teething, or appetite decrease due to lung infection.

 

[jbrandonAW]

Have you started solids? I know that when my daughter was about 6 months she kind of just stopped wanting to nurse as much. My doctor told me it may be a sign that she is ready for some solids. I recommend starting with avacado. Its an extremely natrually high fat food and GREAT for babies!

It could also be the sign of an ear infection, teething, or appetite decrease due to lung infection.

 

[jbrandonAW]

Have you started solids? I know that when my daughter was about 6 months she kind of just stopped wanting to nurse as much. My doctor told me it may be a sign that she is ready for some solids. I recommend starting with avacado. Its an extremely natrually high fat food and GREAT for babies!

It could also be the sign of an ear infection, teething, or appetite decrease due to lung infection.

 

[jbrandonAW]

Have you started solids? I know that when my daughter was about 6 months she kind of just stopped wanting to nurse as much. My doctor told me it may be a sign that she is ready for some solids. I recommend starting with avacado. Its an extremely natrually high fat food and GREAT for babies!

It could also be the sign of an ear infection, teething, or appetite decrease due to lung infection.

 

[jbrandonAW]

Have you started solids? I know that when my daughter was about 6 months she kind of just stopped wanting to nurse as much. My doctor told me it may be a sign that she is ready for some solids. I recommend starting with avacado. Its an extremely natrually high fat food and GREAT for babies!
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<br />It could also be the sign of an ear infection, teething, or appetite decrease due to lung infection.

 

[sdelorenzo]

Yes, it does seem to be normal for cf babies, and I am sure babies without cf as well. But for those of us who take care of cf babies it can really stress us out. The best advice I have for you is to try and not get stressed out about him not eating as much if you can. There is not much you can do to get him to eat "what he should" if he doesn't want it. The more you pressure him to eat, the more he might not want to eat. It is a good time to introduce some foods and let him decide how much he wants to eat.

I really stressed over getting my daughter to eat "enough" when she was a baby and it backfired on me. We still struggle today and she is 7. I have to pick up her fork to get her to eat. For my 2nd baby also with cf, I just let him decide how much he wanted to eat and tried not get upset if he didn't want to eat. I figured that is what most moms do and there kids eat well. He has always been a good eater. Also, the book "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter really helped me in getting my son to eat well and me not to be anxious about it all. I highly recommend it.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf, Grant, one month carrier

 

[sdelorenzo]

Yes, it does seem to be normal for cf babies, and I am sure babies without cf as well. But for those of us who take care of cf babies it can really stress us out. The best advice I have for you is to try and not get stressed out about him not eating as much if you can. There is not much you can do to get him to eat "what he should" if he doesn't want it. The more you pressure him to eat, the more he might not want to eat. It is a good time to introduce some foods and let him decide how much he wants to eat.

I really stressed over getting my daughter to eat "enough" when she was a baby and it backfired on me. We still struggle today and she is 7. I have to pick up her fork to get her to eat. For my 2nd baby also with cf, I just let him decide how much he wanted to eat and tried not get upset if he didn't want to eat. I figured that is what most moms do and there kids eat well. He has always been a good eater. Also, the book "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter really helped me in getting my son to eat well and me not to be anxious about it all. I highly recommend it.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf, Grant, one month carrier

 

[sdelorenzo]

Yes, it does seem to be normal for cf babies, and I am sure babies without cf as well. But for those of us who take care of cf babies it can really stress us out. The best advice I have for you is to try and not get stressed out about him not eating as much if you can. There is not much you can do to get him to eat "what he should" if he doesn't want it. The more you pressure him to eat, the more he might not want to eat. It is a good time to introduce some foods and let him decide how much he wants to eat.

I really stressed over getting my daughter to eat "enough" when she was a baby and it backfired on me. We still struggle today and she is 7. I have to pick up her fork to get her to eat. For my 2nd baby also with cf, I just let him decide how much he wanted to eat and tried not get upset if he didn't want to eat. I figured that is what most moms do and there kids eat well. He has always been a good eater. Also, the book "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter really helped me in getting my son to eat well and me not to be anxious about it all. I highly recommend it.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf, Grant, one month carrier

 

[sdelorenzo]

Yes, it does seem to be normal for cf babies, and I am sure babies without cf as well. But for those of us who take care of cf babies it can really stress us out. The best advice I have for you is to try and not get stressed out about him not eating as much if you can. There is not much you can do to get him to eat "what he should" if he doesn't want it. The more you pressure him to eat, the more he might not want to eat. It is a good time to introduce some foods and let him decide how much he wants to eat.

I really stressed over getting my daughter to eat "enough" when she was a baby and it backfired on me. We still struggle today and she is 7. I have to pick up her fork to get her to eat. For my 2nd baby also with cf, I just let him decide how much he wanted to eat and tried not get upset if he didn't want to eat. I figured that is what most moms do and there kids eat well. He has always been a good eater. Also, the book "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter really helped me in getting my son to eat well and me not to be anxious about it all. I highly recommend it.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf, Grant, one month carrier

 

[sdelorenzo]

Yes, it does seem to be normal for cf babies, and I am sure babies without cf as well. But for those of us who take care of cf babies it can really stress us out. The best advice I have for you is to try and not get stressed out about him not eating as much if you can. There is not much you can do to get him to eat "what he should" if he doesn't want it. The more you pressure him to eat, the more he might not want to eat. It is a good time to introduce some foods and let him decide how much he wants to eat.
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<br />I really stressed over getting my daughter to eat "enough" when she was a baby and it backfired on me. We still struggle today and she is 7. I have to pick up her fork to get her to eat. For my 2nd baby also with cf, I just let him decide how much he wanted to eat and tried not get upset if he didn't want to eat. I figured that is what most moms do and there kids eat well. He has always been a good eater. Also, the book "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter really helped me in getting my son to eat well and me not to be anxious about it all. I highly recommend it.
<br />Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf, Grant, one month carrier

 

[kitomd21]

Ellie has absolutely no interest in solids and she's almost 10 months old. Very frustrating! Our first child started on solids at 4 four months (w/o CF)! Is this a common CF occurrence? Perhaps she's being bottle-fed so often (we try to feed her every 4 hours) that she's not hungry enough to try actual food? If you even try to put something near her mouth, she literally clamps her mouth shut and turns her head away! If you manage to get anything in her mouth with the slightest texture such as rice cereal, she gags terribly.

 

[kitomd21]

Ellie has absolutely no interest in solids and she's almost 10 months old. Very frustrating! Our first child started on solids at 4 four months (w/o CF)! Is this a common CF occurrence? Perhaps she's being bottle-fed so often (we try to feed her every 4 hours) that she's not hungry enough to try actual food? If you even try to put something near her mouth, she literally clamps her mouth shut and turns her head away! If you manage to get anything in her mouth with the slightest texture such as rice cereal, she gags terribly.

 

[kitomd21]

Ellie has absolutely no interest in solids and she's almost 10 months old. Very frustrating! Our first child started on solids at 4 four months (w/o CF)! Is this a common CF occurrence? Perhaps she's being bottle-fed so often (we try to feed her every 4 hours) that she's not hungry enough to try actual food? If you even try to put something near her mouth, she literally clamps her mouth shut and turns her head away! If you manage to get anything in her mouth with the slightest texture such as rice cereal, she gags terribly.

 

[kitomd21]

Ellie has absolutely no interest in solids and she's almost 10 months old. Very frustrating! Our first child started on solids at 4 four months (w/o CF)! Is this a common CF occurrence? Perhaps she's being bottle-fed so often (we try to feed her every 4 hours) that she's not hungry enough to try actual food? If you even try to put something near her mouth, she literally clamps her mouth shut and turns her head away! If you manage to get anything in her mouth with the slightest texture such as rice cereal, she gags terribly.

 

[kitomd21]

Ellie has absolutely no interest in solids and she's almost 10 months old. Very frustrating! Our first child started on solids at 4 four months (w/o CF)! Is this a common CF occurrence? Perhaps she's being bottle-fed so often (we try to feed her every 4 hours) that she's not hungry enough to try actual food? If you even try to put something near her mouth, she literally clamps her mouth shut and turns her head away! If you manage to get anything in her mouth with the slightest texture such as rice cereal, she gags terribly.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS never did like rice cereal -- gagged like he had a hairball. And also seemed to have texture issues -- he liked baby food meats, stage 2 mac & cheese and some of the stage 2 mixed meats and veggies (dinners), did like babyfood oatmeal with pears -- but try to bump up to a stage 3 or anything with ground meat or texture and he refused to eat it.

At that age ds ate a LOT of yogurt, meats, mac & cheese, finely ground up chicken ala king, soups... Pretty much just a trial and error process. Would try something and if he loved it, we'd shovel it in.

another thing to consider is that baby food is pretty bland and low in fat -- have you considered spicing it up -- adding butter, salt, cream? Or grinding up regular food very finely? DS ate what all the other kids at daycare at -- unless it had even the tiniest pea in it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Ratatosk]

DS never did like rice cereal -- gagged like he had a hairball. And also seemed to have texture issues -- he liked baby food meats, stage 2 mac & cheese and some of the stage 2 mixed meats and veggies (dinners), did like babyfood oatmeal with pears -- but try to bump up to a stage 3 or anything with ground meat or texture and he refused to eat it.

At that age ds ate a LOT of yogurt, meats, mac & cheese, finely ground up chicken ala king, soups... Pretty much just a trial and error process. Would try something and if he loved it, we'd shovel it in.

another thing to consider is that baby food is pretty bland and low in fat -- have you considered spicing it up -- adding butter, salt, cream? Or grinding up regular food very finely? DS ate what all the other kids at daycare at -- unless it had even the tiniest pea in it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Ratatosk]

DS never did like rice cereal -- gagged like he had a hairball. And also seemed to have texture issues -- he liked baby food meats, stage 2 mac & cheese and some of the stage 2 mixed meats and veggies (dinners), did like babyfood oatmeal with pears -- but try to bump up to a stage 3 or anything with ground meat or texture and he refused to eat it.

At that age ds ate a LOT of yogurt, meats, mac & cheese, finely ground up chicken ala king, soups... Pretty much just a trial and error process. Would try something and if he loved it, we'd shovel it in.

another thing to consider is that baby food is pretty bland and low in fat -- have you considered spicing it up -- adding butter, salt, cream? Or grinding up regular food very finely? DS ate what all the other kids at daycare at -- unless it had even the tiniest pea in it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Ratatosk]

DS never did like rice cereal -- gagged like he had a hairball. And also seemed to have texture issues -- he liked baby food meats, stage 2 mac & cheese and some of the stage 2 mixed meats and veggies (dinners), did like babyfood oatmeal with pears -- but try to bump up to a stage 3 or anything with ground meat or texture and he refused to eat it.

At that age ds ate a LOT of yogurt, meats, mac & cheese, finely ground up chicken ala king, soups... Pretty much just a trial and error process. Would try something and if he loved it, we'd shovel it in.

another thing to consider is that baby food is pretty bland and low in fat -- have you considered spicing it up -- adding butter, salt, cream? Or grinding up regular food very finely? DS ate what all the other kids at daycare at -- unless it had even the tiniest pea in it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Ratatosk]

DS never did like rice cereal -- gagged like he had a hairball. And also seemed to have texture issues -- he liked baby food meats, stage 2 mac & cheese and some of the stage 2 mixed meats and veggies (dinners), did like babyfood oatmeal with pears -- but try to bump up to a stage 3 or anything with ground meat or texture and he refused to eat it.
<br />
<br />At that age ds ate a LOT of yogurt, meats, mac & cheese, finely ground up chicken ala king, soups... Pretty much just a trial and error process. Would try something and if he loved it, we'd shovel it in.
<br />
<br />another thing to consider is that baby food is pretty bland and low in fat -- have you considered spicing it up -- adding butter, salt, cream? Or grinding up regular food very finely? DS ate what all the other kids at daycare at -- unless it had even the tiniest pea in it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">