My 11 months old baby does not seem to be interested in eating.he only eats wheat cereal ,breast milk yoghurt

Question

my son doesnot take formula milk. neither juices.initialy he liked egg. but now he hates eating it.is he eating less. what should i do

Answer 1

Try some things that are more interesting like Cheerios, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, ripe smashed bananas!  My children are healthy but, underweight so I supplement their meals with CARNATTION INSTANT breakfast and I add a banana toss in the blender with some whole milk and ice to make a smoothie.  They drink it all day and love it... It's cheaper than pediasure.  

Cut down on drinks and serve food first then give the drinks.. He may be filling up on drinks so he won't eat...!  

I make my kids oatmeal pancakes and they LOVE it... They are sweetened with instant oatmeal and milk or juice... Very healthy and easy to grab n eat!

Use regular pancake mix 1 cup

Make flavored instant oatmeal.. Apples n Cinnamon are good make according to pkg. direction... *substitute apple juice for water....

make in micro/cool..

I add 1/2 cup of applesauce in place of oil in pancake mix...

beat 1 egg

1/2 cup of milk OR applejuice...

Pinch of cinnamon

tsp. of vanilla...

Combine all ingriedients... add milk/juice until desired consistancy..

heat skillet until water dances on surface.... spray with non-stick spray or use butter...

pour batter in 1/2 laddles in the skillet

let sit until bubbles form and pop on surface.. edges look dry..flip and cook on other side 1 min....

These freeze well and taste good with syrup...

Good luck

Answer 2

Egg's an intersting one.  Not sure that's the go for a while yet.  But a lifesaver for variety and family food shop planning are baby cookbooks.  They help with nutrition and utilising ingredients for both baby and for us.  They're not too dear and worth a shot.

Answer 3

Dont worry. He will eat when he is hungry. You should never feed a child egg before one year of age? How long have you given him egg?

Some babies arent ready to take on a full course meal. Keep giving him cereal and breast milk yogurt. Stop the eggs.

Answer 4

Keep trying all sorts of different things, his taste buds are still developing so his tastes will vary from month to month, so you could probably even go back to the eggs at some point. Eventually he will find things he likes (even if you have to cheat and give him the "dessert" ones, you know, berries and bananas and such) and once he discovers flavours he likes, he will start thinking there may be something to this whole eating thing after all. :) Also making fun games you know like making the spoon an airplane or whatever works for you, will also help.

Weaning him or restricting breast feeding to non-meal times may help... if that is an option for you.

Answer 5

You need to try him on different types of foods, find out what he will eat. Also you might want to take him to the pediatrician he may have some sort of mouth sores or thrush. Also, if you are offering him "good" stuff while at the same time offering him something new he will tend not to take the new item. Don't give him so many choses. Try one food at a time and let him play with it, if he doesn't eat it that's ok, don't offer him his favorites right away. For example when he eats breakfast give him some soft cut up fruit if he doesn't eat it, then he may simply not be hungry. Let him go play and then later offer it to him again. Also offer him what you are eating . They tend to eat better off of "mommy" or "daddy"'s plate than their own. If you are still feeding him breast milk it may be too much for him. Try weaning him back to 2 or 3 feedings a day and offer him water, juice, or even cow's milk the rest of the time. He is old enough to drink cow's milk now, but just double check with his pediatrician to make sure that he says it is ok.  

Answer 6

you should have taken your kid to the doctors months ago

Answer 7

wow

Answer 8

Just try small amounts of a variety of foods and hopefully you will find something he likes. But as long as he isn't dehydrated and is gaining weight.

You may find this site helpful for some added support and someone may be able to offer some answers.

www.bumpsandbeyond.friendhood.net

Sair

Answer 9

It could just be a stage he is in. I wouldn't worry about it unless he starts losing weight or acting lethargic. My doctor told me as long as my baby was eating and still gaining weight and was getting the nutrients she needed she would be fine. Maybe try giving him a vitamin, like Flintstones.

Answer 10

http://kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/tod...

How much should my toddler be eating?

Between ages one and five, a child's growth is in a decelerated stage; that is, they have slowed down in growth. Since growth slows down, their need for calories subsequently decreases, which in turn leads to a smaller quantity of food ingested per day. Added to the decelerated growth is a burgeoning independence which limits the variety of foods your child is willing to eat ("finicky eater"). Rest assured that toddlers do not need as much food as you might expect because of this slowing down of the growth rate. Three small meals and two snacks a day (and some will eat a good bit less) will probably be enough to fuel even the most active toddler. Please realize, too, that finicky eaters are the rule rather than the exception.

Some toddlers are eating very few solids, or even no solids, at 12 months. This is not unusual and really depends on your child - there is quite a big variation. We like to see breastmilk making up the majority (around 75%) of baby's diet at 12 months. Some babies will be taking more solids by 12 months, but others will still be exclusively or almost-exclusively breastfed at this point. It is normal for baby to keep breastmilk as the primary part of his diet up until 18 months or even longer. An example of a nice gradual increase in solids would be 25% solids at 12 months, 50% solids at 18 months, and 80% solids at 24 months.

Some children take a little longer to begin taking solids well. Some of them have food sensitivities and this may be their body's way of protecting them until their digestive system can handle more. Others are late teethers or have a lot of difficulty with teething pain. At this point there is NOTHING that your milk lacks that your child needs, with the possible exception of enough iron. As long as his iron levels are within acceptable levels and when he does eat you are offering him foods naturally rich in iron, then you have plenty of time before you need to worry about the amount of solids he's getting.

All you need to do is to continue to offer foods. Don't worry if he's not interested or takes very small amounts. Your only true responsibility is what you offer, when you offer it and how you offer it, not whether or not he eats it. That has to be up to him. Trying to force, coax, or cajole your child into eating is never recommended. Continue to nurse on demand, day and night, and trust your child to increase the solids when he's ready. As baby slowly moves into eating more solids, your milk will fill any nutritional gaps nicely.

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/eb...

    *   It's not uncommon for weaning to be recommended for toddlers who are eating few solids. However, this recommendation is not supported by research. According to Sally Kneidel in "Nursing Beyond One Year" (New Beginnings, Vol. 6 No. 4, July-August 1990, pp. 99-103.):

      Some doctors may feel that nursing will interfere with a child's appetite for other foods. Yet there has been no documentation that nursing children are more likely than weaned children to refuse supplementary foods. In fact, most researchers in Third World countries, where a malnourished toddler's appetite may be of critical importance, recommend continued nursing for even the severely malnourished (Briend et al, 1988; Rhode, 1988; Shattock and Stephens, 1975; Whitehead, 1985). Most suggest helping the malnourished older nursing child not by weaning but by supplementing the mother's diet to improve the nutritional quality of her milk (Ahn and MacLean. 1980; Jelliffe and Jelliffe, 1978) and by offering the child more varied and more palatable foods to improve his or her appetite (Rohde, 1988; Tangermann, 1988; Underwood, 1985).

[...]

Nursing toddlers benefit NUTRITIONALLY

    * Although there has been little research done on children who breastfeed beyond the age of two, the available information indicates that breastfeeding continues to be a valuable source of nutrition and disease protection for as long as breastfeeding continues.

    * "Human milk expressed by mothers who have been lactating for >1 year has significantly increased fat and energy contents, compared with milk expressed by women who have been lactating for shorter periods. During prolonged lactation, the fat energy contribution of breast milk to the infant diet might be significant."

      -- Mandel 2005

    * "Breast milk continues to provide substantial amounts of key nutrients well beyond the first year of life, especially protein, fat, and most vitamins."

      -- Dewey 2001

    * In the second year (12-23 months), 448 mL of breastmilk provides:

          o 29% of energy requirements

          o 43% of protein requirements

          o 36% of calcium requirements

          o 75% of vitamin A requirements

          o 76% of folate requirements

          o 94% of vitamin B12 requirements

          o 60% of vitamin C requirements

      -- Dewey 2001

    * Studies done in rural Bangladesh have shown that breastmilk continues to be an important source of vitamin A in the second and third year of life.

      -- Persson 1998

Answer 11

try to make some interesting shapes with food and talk with child and show him some pctures while he is eating

Answer 12

It can take 10 - 12 tries of a new food before your baby will develop a taste for it. So keep trying. But don't stress about it as it's not at all unusual for a baby to be fussy about food at this age.

Try mixing a small amount of a new food into a food he already likes. For example a tiny amount of stewed pear into his wheat cereal or yoghurt. Then gradually add a little more as he develops a taste for it.

Also, from a nutritional point of view, the breast milk will be giving him a good base of all the essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates he needs. So he won't starve.

Isn't breast milk great? Hooray for boobies!

My two year old still has a love-hate relationship with egg. So does his thirty year old father for that matter.