I've been having a lot of trouble getting my 14 month old daughter to eat anything. She still breastfeeds on demand and wants to breastfeed ALL. THE. TIME. It's very straining to have her always pulling on me and tugging on my shirt. I do NOT plan on weaning her any time soon.
It would be different if she was teething or didn't feel well, but this has been going on for months now and she has only just started teething again these past couple of days. She hasn't been teething before that since she was about 10 months old, I think. She just doesn't want food. She just wants to nurse.
I've tried feeding her pretty much everything. There are a few things that used to be her favorites, but she just won't touch them anymore like cereal and bananas. She also no longer likes carrots or turkey dogs (I dice everything up so she won't choke).
In an effort to get her to eat, I've been giving her things that don't exactly top my list of healthy stuff, but I've been desperate. Even these very favorite things of hers she will only eat in tiny amounts - usually no more than a tablespoon's worth and then she's done. I can do this maybe three times a day before she loses interest and just starts throwing it.
She's always been lean, but I'm worried about her not gaining weight. Other babies her age all look chunky and have lots of baby fat. She's very thin. She doesn't look skinny and she is strong and vibrant and full of healthy energy, she's just very long and lean looking to me, so that adds to my worry.
Here's what I can *sometimes* get her to eat:
-broccoli
-sweet potato
-Barbara's Cheese Puffs (natural version of Cheetos)
-Annie's Mac & Cheese
-natural turkey deli slices
-mozzarella cheese
-YoBaby yogurt
-eggs
-raisins (but they always come out undigested)
-organic strawberries from our garden
-O Organics toddler vegetable crackers (OMG I am so addicted to these!)
-teething biscuits or Baby Mum Mums (which worry me because they are made in China)
As you can see, there's not a lot of fruit on there. She gets fruit once a day to every other day when I can get it in her. She likes mostly starchy carbs which isn't great, so I've been trying to find the natural types that are fortified. She can LOAD UP on some mac and cheese, though, I'm telling you! Is it better to just start making that for her every day until she gets sick of it?
It just seems like she's eating so little to me. What to do? Any tricks I can try or should I just trust that she knows what she needs and that her body will get any additional nutrients it needs through breastmilk?
Edit: Here's a photo so you can see what I mean by "thin." She lost her little fat "bracelets" a long time ago and she has long thin legs. Any baby fat she still has is in her sweet little cheeks. She seems to act so healthy to me, though. She doesn't look skinny to anyone else, does she?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...yfire/13wf.jpg
It would be different if she was teething or didn't feel well, but this has been going on for months now and she has only just started teething again these past couple of days. She hasn't been teething before that since she was about 10 months old, I think. She just doesn't want food. She just wants to nurse.
I've tried feeding her pretty much everything. There are a few things that used to be her favorites, but she just won't touch them anymore like cereal and bananas. She also no longer likes carrots or turkey dogs (I dice everything up so she won't choke).
In an effort to get her to eat, I've been giving her things that don't exactly top my list of healthy stuff, but I've been desperate. Even these very favorite things of hers she will only eat in tiny amounts - usually no more than a tablespoon's worth and then she's done. I can do this maybe three times a day before she loses interest and just starts throwing it.
She's always been lean, but I'm worried about her not gaining weight. Other babies her age all look chunky and have lots of baby fat. She's very thin. She doesn't look skinny and she is strong and vibrant and full of healthy energy, she's just very long and lean looking to me, so that adds to my worry.
Here's what I can *sometimes* get her to eat:
-broccoli
-sweet potato
-Barbara's Cheese Puffs (natural version of Cheetos)
-Annie's Mac & Cheese
-natural turkey deli slices
-mozzarella cheese
-YoBaby yogurt
-eggs
-raisins (but they always come out undigested)
-organic strawberries from our garden
-O Organics toddler vegetable crackers (OMG I am so addicted to these!)
-teething biscuits or Baby Mum Mums (which worry me because they are made in China)
As you can see, there's not a lot of fruit on there. She gets fruit once a day to every other day when I can get it in her. She likes mostly starchy carbs which isn't great, so I've been trying to find the natural types that are fortified. She can LOAD UP on some mac and cheese, though, I'm telling you! Is it better to just start making that for her every day until she gets sick of it?
It just seems like she's eating so little to me. What to do? Any tricks I can try or should I just trust that she knows what she needs and that her body will get any additional nutrients it needs through breastmilk?
Edit: Here's a photo so you can see what I mean by "thin." She lost her little fat "bracelets" a long time ago and she has long thin legs. Any baby fat she still has is in her sweet little cheeks. She seems to act so healthy to me, though. She doesn't look skinny to anyone else, does she?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...yfire/13wf.jpg
:She's extremely active. I can't get her to sit still for more than a minute which is good. She's very alert, active, and incredibly intelligent. She never stops talking and she recognizes some letters and points to them when she sees them in books and makes the sound for them, so I know she's not slow mentally. She just isn't *quite* ready to walk yet, I guess. I'm not that worried since I know a few people who didn't walk until they were 15 months.
