Why isnt she eating... its driving me nuts

What am I doing wrong? She doesnt want anything. I try in give her table food thinking that she doesnt want baby food any more and the only thing she will really eat is cheerios and puffs.

I mean she wont eat anything. She shuts her mouth and pushes it away. When i give her table food she will eat a few bites and then play with it. I though she would have had this food thing down by now. She turns a year old next week. I get very worried because soon we say bye bye to formula and she wont get enough vitamins. Any tips?

Re: Why isnt she eating... its driving me nuts

When I introduced the puffs and cherrios that is all Max wanted.
WHen I feed them now I distract them with it..I put it on the tray and when he picks one up to put it in his mouth I shove food in there first.
I dk if you tried that or not.
if not...take away the puffs and cherrios for a few days and give dc a cool toy and distract while eating maybe.
They never let themselves starve.

Re: Why isnt she eating... its driving me nuts

I agree. With DD it's all about distraction. Sometimes when I can't get her to eat at all I let her eat on the go. Always works, shove a piece in her mouth while she's playing and she takes it.

In the highchair, I found I have to serve her and not make eye contact, otherwise she gets annoyed and won't eat.

Re: Why isnt she eating... its driving me nuts

If this is a regular thing, it could just be that she isn't a great eater! Honestly, Noah is 2 and he still isn't a great eater. Sometimes he eats, something he doesn't, sometimes he likes one thing, then if you give it to him again, he won't eat it.

I say a few things
1. Don't freak out, children are like dogs, they can smell fear and stress. If you get stressed out, she will tense up and resist anything that you try to do.
2. As long as she is eating something, don't worry too much. I don't know any 18 year olds who don't eat.
3. If she likes spaghetti-o's, let her eat them everyday, one day put peas in, one day put corn. If she wants canned pasta...give it to her, so long as she eats.
4. Pick your battles, this morning Noah wanted a cupcake OR a bag of potato chips for breakfast...I let him have the cupcake (fairy cake...only very small) as everyone knows, Mickey got milk for the bakers in the night kitchen so we could have cake in the morn.
5. Try eating dinner with her, or have her eat with other children.

I hope this helps!!!

Re: Why isnt she eating... its driving me nuts

Posted by racheeeee

If this is a regular thing, it could just be that she isn't a great eater! Honestly, Noah is 2 and he still isn't a great eater. Sometimes he eats, something he doesn't, sometimes he likes one thing, then if you give it to him again, he won't eat it.

I say a few things
1. Don't freak out, children are like dogs, they can smell fear and stress. If you get stressed out, she will tense up and resist anything that you try to do.
2. As long as she is eating something, don't worry too much. I don't know any 18 year olds who don't eat.
3. If she likes spaghetti-o's, let her eat them everyday, one day put peas in, one day put corn. If she wants canned pasta...give it to her, so long as she eats.
4. Pick your battles, this morning Noah wanted a cupcake OR a bag of potato chips for breakfast...I let him have the cupcake (fairy cake...only very small) as everyone knows, Mickey got milk for the bakers in the night kitchen so we could have cake in the morn.
5. Try eating dinner with her, or have her eat with other children.

I hope this helps!!!