eating strike

[Sara]

Ollie's given up on solids. He'll nibble on the occasional bit of rice
cake or rye cracker, and that's it. He's not interested even in
Oatios, good Lord!

We've been slow introducing foods because of a family history of
allergies, but there had been many he liked. This past week -- pffft.
He cries and squirms to get out of his high chair, and isn't
interested in eating in any other place.

Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
to nurse?

--
Sara, fortunately a SAHM to the 11-month-old barnacle

[Marie]

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 19:52:36 -0400, Sara >
wrote:
>Ollie's given up on solids. He'll nibble on the occasional bit of rice
>cake or rye cracker, and that's it. He's not interested even in
>Oatios, good Lord!
>We've been slow introducing foods because of a family history of
>allergies, but there had been many he liked. This past week -- pffft.
>He cries and squirms to get out of his high chair, and isn't
>interested in eating in any other place.
>Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
>to nurse?

My daughter will be one in a week. She doesn't eat much at all,
breastmilk is her main source of food! What I do to get her to eat
more is feed her "on the run"...have fruit/cereal around her play
area. She nibbles here and there. Or eat things that she can eat and
likes, and she'll come over to take bites from me.
Marie

[iphigenia]

Sara wrote:
>
>
> Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
> to nurse?

Hrm. You *do* know about Gabe, right?

--
iphigenia
www.tristyn.net
"i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
i do not think that they will sing to me."

[Sara]

iphigenia wrote:

> Sara wrote:
> >
> >
> > Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
> > to nurse?
>
> Hrm. You *do* know about Gabe, right?

Oh. Yes. Fifteen months, yes? Am I thinking of the right baby?

--
Sara, accompanied by the baby barnacle

[iphigenia]

Sara wrote:

>
> Oh. Yes. Fifteen months, yes? Am I thinking of the right baby?

Yep : )

--
iphigenia
www.tristyn.net
"i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
i do not think that they will sing to me."

[Michelle Podnar]

DD is almost 15 months, and still eats limited solid foods (about 15-20% of
her diet)..... but at 1 years, she would only eat cheerio's.....

--
Michelle P
Ava Marie July 14, 2002
"Sara" > wrote in message
...
> Ollie's given up on solids. He'll nibble on the occasional bit of rice
> cake or rye cracker, and that's it. He's not interested even in
> Oatios, good Lord!
>
> We've been slow introducing foods because of a family history of
> allergies, but there had been many he liked. This past week -- pffft.
> He cries and squirms to get out of his high chair, and isn't
> interested in eating in any other place.
>
> Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
> to nurse?
>
> --
> Sara, fortunately a SAHM to the 11-month-old barnacle

[A & L Lane]

"Marie" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 19:52:36 -0400, Sara >
> wrote:
> >Ollie's given up on solids. He'll nibble on the occasional bit of rice
> >cake or rye cracker, and that's it. He's not interested even in
> >Oatios, good Lord!
> >We've been slow introducing foods because of a family history of
> >allergies, but there had been many he liked. This past week -- pffft.
> >He cries and squirms to get out of his high chair, and isn't
> >interested in eating in any other place.
> >Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
> >to nurse?
>
> My daughter will be one in a week. She doesn't eat much at all,
> breastmilk is her main source of food! What I do to get her to eat
> more is feed her "on the run"...have fruit/cereal around her play
> area. She nibbles here and there. Or eat things that she can eat and
> likes, and she'll come over to take bites from me.
> Marie

I'm interested in advice on this subject - my ds2 is 20 months and really is
not eating well at all. When I took him for his 18mo vaccs (early Aug), I
was shocked to find out he had put on very little weight since January - he
has fallen down to the 10 weight percentile. After discussing it with our
doctor, we decided not to panic as our whole family has been suffering from
persistent colds/coughs this winter and as soon as Angus feels unwell, he
goes off solid food entirely. However, I have been attempting to interest
him more in food - so far not with spectacular success. We are still bf a
lot (it seems to me) and I have to admit, I am looking forward to weaning
sometime through his second year but dont feel I can push this too soon,
given his lack of interest in food. But, I do worry that I am not
encouraging eating enough by offering bm so frequently. I have put him on a
multivitamin/iron supplement and am trying to offer more food. His older
brother was similarly fussy with food and seemed to live on air but
maintained steady weight growth on the 50% line all the way so it was
surprising to find the different response from ds2. He is active, alert and
doesnt seem to me to be overly thin or unhealthy - but I worry none the
less.

Advice gratefully received.

cheers
Leah

[Chookie]

In article >,
"A & L Lane" <lonewood @ telstra . com> wrote:

> I'm interested in advice on this subject - my ds2 is 20 months and really is
> not eating well at all. When I took him for his 18mo vaccs (early Aug), I
> was shocked to find out he had put on very little weight since January - he
> has fallen down to the 10 weight percentile. After discussing it with our
> doctor, we decided not to panic as our whole family has been suffering from
> persistent colds/coughs this winter and as soon as Angus feels unwell, he
> goes off solid food entirely. However, I have been attempting to interest
> him more in food - so far not with spectacular success.

These suggestions are from a post of mine on a similar topic a while back:

* Have meals together as a family. I don't expect DS to eat alone, nor do we
watch TV while eating
* Have a pleasant atmosphere at mealtimes (I find that saying grace promotes a
mood of thankfulness and peacefulness)
* Offer the child the same food that everybody else is eating (unless it
involves chillies!), mashed or cut up if necessary
* Pay no attention to likes and dislikes at this age -- they change every
week. Just offer them what you're eating. If they don't want it, they don't
eat it.
* Put very small amounts of a few foods on his plate -- lots of food is
confusing and off-putting
* Replace whatever he has eaten after a little while
* Fulfil any requests the child makes for more food
* Don't hang over the child while he eats (have you ever had someone stare at
you while you eat? It's a real appetite-killer). Eat and talk as you would
do at a table of adults.
* Encourage independent eating -- at 11mo, DS was eating with his hands and
using a cup fairly well. When the child seems ready/eager to use a spoon or
fork, let him.
* Offer only water to drink, except on special occasions
* Have meals and snacks at about the same time each day
* Never make a big deal out of what he eats or doesn't eat -- trust his
judgement
* Expect mess and be prepared for it -- use a "splat mat" if you have carpet,
put a bib on the child, roll his sleeves up, have a washcloth handy for wiping
face/hands afterward, etc
* We don't usually have dessert, and therefore don't use bribery

The imprtant thing is to keep offering him the foods that your family usually
eats. It doesn't matter if he eats them or not -- it does matter if you stop
offering.

HTH,

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the astonishing
creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider one*
grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc

[A & L Lane]

"Chookie" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "A & L Lane" <lonewood @ telstra . com> wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in advice on this subject - my ds2 is 20 months and
really is
> > not eating well at all. When I took him for his 18mo vaccs (early Aug),
I
> > was shocked to find out he had put on very little weight since January -
he
> > has fallen down to the 10 weight percentile. After discussing it with
our
> > doctor, we decided not to panic as our whole family has been suffering
from
> > persistent colds/coughs this winter and as soon as Angus feels unwell,
he
> > goes off solid food entirely. However, I have been attempting to
interest
> > him more in food - so far not with spectacular success.
>
> These suggestions are from a post of mine on a similar topic a while back:
>
> * Have meals together as a family. I don't expect DS to eat alone, nor do
we
> watch TV while eating
> * Have a pleasant atmosphere at mealtimes (I find that saying grace
promotes a
> mood of thankfulness and peacefulness)
> * Offer the child the same food that everybody else is eating (unless it
> involves chillies!), mashed or cut up if necessary
> * Pay no attention to likes and dislikes at this age -- they change every
> week. Just offer them what you're eating. If they don't want it, they
don't
> eat it.
> * Put very small amounts of a few foods on his plate -- lots of food is
> confusing and off-putting
> * Replace whatever he has eaten after a little while
> * Fulfil any requests the child makes for more food
> * Don't hang over the child while he eats (have you ever had someone stare
at
> you while you eat? It's a real appetite-killer). Eat and talk as you
would
> do at a table of adults.
> * Encourage independent eating -- at 11mo, DS was eating with his hands
and
> using a cup fairly well. When the child seems ready/eager to use a spoon
or
> fork, let him.
> * Offer only water to drink, except on special occasions
> * Have meals and snacks at about the same time each day
> * Never make a big deal out of what he eats or doesn't eat -- trust his
> judgement
> * Expect mess and be prepared for it -- use a "splat mat" if you have
carpet,
> put a bib on the child, roll his sleeves up, have a washcloth handy for
wiping
> face/hands afterward, etc
> * We don't usually have dessert, and therefore don't use bribery
>
> The imprtant thing is to keep offering him the foods that your family
usually
> eats. It doesn't matter if he eats them or not -- it does matter if you
stop
> offering.
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
> (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
>
> "Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the
astonishing
> creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider
one*
> grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc

thanks for those suggestions
I find that I am already doing most of those things and certainly Angus
seems to eat better when we are all there and I can put a bit of what we are
having on his plate. It just doesnt seem to be enough. We have got into
the habit of having 2 night-time meals for the kids which seems strange but
works well for us - the boys have early tea at about 5:30-6:00 as they seem
to be getting hungry about then and it is too long for them to wait till
later - it usually works that my husband is in the kitchen cooking the main
meal and I sit at the table with the kids so it is family time - we chat
about the day and what we plan to do tomorrow - ask Patrick about school,
etc. I suppose you could describe the meal as a fairly substantial healthy
snack. Then later at about 7:30-8:00, we have our main meal with everyone
sitting down to the table together and the boys have some of what we are
eating. I have breakfast at the table with the 2 boys each morning - more
to make sure that Patrick gets a good breaksfast before school but it also
helps to get a tiny bit of cereal into Angus. I was always fairly relaxed
about food with Patrick who seemed to live on air but gained weight steadily
and who is now a reasonable eater. Angus has definitely always wanted to
deal with food by himself - however inefficiently. My usual technique for
helping him with something on his plate is to have 2 spoons - one for him,
and one for me, or I load up his fork and then let him deal with it. Water
is the main drink - Patrick drinks some cows milk but Angus is strictly
focused on breastmilk only - Angus drinks far less water than Patrick and
has always done so. We also rarely eat dessert - or we may have a water
icypole each after Angus goes to bed. I'm just at a loss to know what else
to try and happy to read your suggestions. He has finally got over all the
winter coughs/colds and I will weigh him again soon to see if there has been
any change - hope so. He looks fine and is active and alert. I am
perfectly happy for him to be just taking a while to settle into the weight
that his body is programmed for - I was concerned at him dropping down the
percentile bands so drastically though.

cheers
Leah Lane

[nospam]

sounds a lot like my little one, now a heatlthy 3 1/2 yo. I was
reassured by posts from folks stating that babies can be noursished on
soley on breastmilk for up to 3 years. If he is pooping at least once or
twice a day I wouldn't worry too much.

Sara wrote:

> Ollie's given up on solids. He'll nibble on the occasional bit of rice
> cake or rye cracker, and that's it. He's not interested even in
> Oatios, good Lord!
>
> We've been slow introducing foods because of a family history of
> allergies, but there had been many he liked. This past week -- pffft.
> He cries and squirms to get out of his high chair, and isn't
> interested in eating in any other place.
>
> Have any of you run into this -- an almost-one-year-old who wants only
> to nurse?
>