Just that really. DD took to solids (weaned on mush and finger foods) quite quickly and has always eaten a lot. In fact, at one point I was concerned she was eating too much, too soon/cutting out bfs too quick. The hv was happy with this situation (they seem very keen on cutting down feeds and getting onto 3 meals as quickly as poss) so I'm hesitant to go back now the situation has reversed as I'm sure I will be advised to cut out bfs in order to encourage DD to eat more.
The increase in bfing during the day does seem to coincide with the decrease in eating. But she isnt feeding excessively -four feeds a day. The change in bf/eating also coincides with sleeping through the night after months (since weaning actually) of poor sleeping. This was prob coincidence but perplexing when the baby starts to sleep through when she starts eating next to nothing.
The feeds also encourage napping which wasnt really happening before. So as you can prob see, I don't really want to cut down feeds if I don't have to.
But I am worried that I may create probs with food later down the line by how I handle it now - fussiness, long term refusal etc.
The only foods she will eat reliably atm are porridge, yoghurt and toast. Last wk she was all about the pasta (Thai red beef curry with pasta, anyone? How about the classic roast chicken with pasta?) She wont eat anything mashed, either on the spoon or self feeding. She will eat lumps, so pasta in some type of sauce is fine but not mashed potato. A lot of the time, she won't even taste it so its not always down to my rubbish cooking. Same goes for the finger foods left on the highchair tray -unless its toast, rice cakes or baby biscuit things although she has better days where she gives it all a go. My lovingly prepared cod fingers were examined then carefully slung over her shoulder.
I'm not sure how to proceed.
Keep offering what Im eating and no big deal if shes not interested?
Do I offer something else?
Do I offer pudding (yoghurt or fruit) if she hasn't eaten any of her dinner?
The last two days she ate very little, only breakfast really, and woke hungry for milk in the night. I was wondering if this was just a phase -similarly to how she went off milk before. But in the meantime, I'm worried that by not eating certain (most) foods now, she will only end up eating the same three things when she's a toddler and meal times will be a nightmare forevermore!
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misselphaba · 23/08/2013 08:22
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