Refusing to Eat: Infant, Gerber
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Refuses to Eat Baby Food...
Asked by N.S. from Philadelphia
on April 23, 2007
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Hello, My son is almost 9 months old and is just learning to chew and is refusing to eat his pureed dinners. I mostly give him Earth Best Organic stage 2 dinners. He ...
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- Hotdogs, grapes, eggwhites, Peanut butter ARE THIE BIGGEST CHOCKING FOODS! My daughter at 8-9 mos hated the texture of babyfoods and also wanted to feed herself. I sta...
- I have a 1 year old - and he started eating table food around 9 or 10 months. He would still have some stage 2 babyfood - but he was off of that entirely around 11 mon...
- Is it just the dinners that he refuses or baby food fruits and veggies too? My 11-month-old daughter also does not like baby food dinners. She will, however, eat the b...
7 Month Old Refuses to Eat from Bottle
Asked by S.F. from Denver
on April 13, 2008
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I have a 7 month old daughter who will not eat from a bottle. I have been breastfeeding. Up until about 2 months ago, she would occasionally eat a bottle of pumped m...
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- Go with the solid foods and try a sippy cup or regular cup. She's not going to starve herself. She'll eat one way or another.
- Well I don't really have any advice, but I have a one year old boy who has never and still does not take a bottle. I still breastfeed him. He eats other food too, but ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. My son had no problem going back and forth from breast to bottle, but my daughter never liked the bottle. I tried every kind...
Eight Months Baby Refuses to Eat
Asked by J.S. from Gainesville
on November 19, 2009
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I am a mum of a eight month girl and l have problems with her because lately she refuses to eat fruit, vegetables doesn't like at all and she doesn't want to eat with ...
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- Someone just recommended those little mini bagels to give the kids when they're teething. They're pretty tough, so it would take a while to gnaw through... Also- maybe...
- I also have an 8 mo old. He refused to eat at one point, but he was teething and all he wanted to do was chew on things other than food. He was also probably going t...
- Maybe her gums hurt. Get orajel from the pharmacy and apply to her gums gently. You might also add some honey to her milk about 1 teaspoon. The vitamins in honey ar...
11-Month-old Who Refuses to Eat Chunky Foods
Asked by C.S. from New York
on March 11, 2007
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My 11 month old son totally refuses to eat foods that are not mushy. When I try to feed him foods that have a diffent consistency or that have some chunks in it, he g...
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- hi, i also have 2 sons, ages 18 months & 31 months & when my younger one was just about your sons age he did the same exact thing! i continued to keep trying really sm...
- Hi, I have an 11 month old daughter. She had a problem at 1st with the chunky foods too. Still from time to time she seems to gag on the food, but i've noticed that ...
- Hi~ My friend had this problem with her daughter. Her pedi referred her to the Birth to 3 program. They came out to her house with an OT, PT, Social Worker, Ed. Con...
7 Months and Refuses to Eat Baby Food
Asked by L.J. from Chicago
on December 28, 2010
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My 7 month old is my third child (the others are 5 and 2) and she was doing a great job with eating baby food, I started her at about 5 months and she was up to three ...
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- The waking up at night is now a habit and not a necessity - some kids do it anyway, regardless of whether they eat baby food or not. Once a night at 7 months is too m...
- A few things 1) food should only be eaten from a spoon, fork, or fingers. Never in a cup or a bottle unless medically necessary. 2) Taking in more calories has little ...
- The baby food really doesn't have any nutritional value and really doesn't have many calories either. As long as she's taking her bottle, that's all she really needs ...
6 Month Old Refuses to Eat Formula!
Asked by L.K. from Los Angeles
on October 10, 2008
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My almost 6 month old daughter has been exclusively breastfed since birth (aside from the first two days of her life when she had formula until my milk supply came in)...
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- Hi, I had the same trouble at 5 months old. I ended up making forumla and putting a breastmilk floater in the bottle, so the first thing in the nipple was breast milk...
- Hi L., when my son was six months we had that same problem because i was only breastfeeding up until then, but someone told me to put half formula, half breastmilk, le...
- Hi L., Its just my opinion but I think formula is gross. Have you tasted it? Its disgusting especially compared to the sweet vanilla cream taste of breast milk. I'...
Introducing Infant Cereal/Step 1 Gerber Foods
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on April 17, 2007
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Hello,
I introduced rice cereal to my 5 month old daughter 2.5 weeks ago. She didn't really care for it. She seemed to swallow pretty well. I switched her to oat...
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- My daughter got cereal and veggies/fruit 1x/day until she'd gone through the whole cycle of fruits and veggies. Then we increased to 2x/day. I always gave her the so...
- HOw old is your daughter? I would try rice cereal in a couple of weeks again. It's a really good source of iron. Mix it with the fruit. I do that and the kids re...
- Hi L., I started giving my girls cereal and baby foods around 6 months or so. It is a good idea to introduce veggies first, since those don't take as good as the f...
Getting Baby to Eat Solids
Asked by M.S. from Evansville
on February 3, 2007
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I have a four month old baby girl that has been only breastfeeding up until now. At her last doctor appointment the doctor said that she wanted me to start her on cere...
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- I wouldn't worry about it. Most Peds do not encourage solids until 6 months. Unless your baby is under weight I wouldn't force it or even try it again for a while. ...
- If she's not developmentally ready, you're just wasting your time and both will be frustrated. My son was more than ready at 4 months but my daugher was closer to 6 m...
- First of all get a baby food feeder and try to get her to eat out of it. They are not very tall and about 2-3 inches around. It has a plunger like thing on the bottom ...
Infant Refusing to Eat Rice Cereal but Loves Baby Food...
Asked by S.I. from Johnson City
on September 18, 2008
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I started my daughter on rice cereal. She would close her mouth so tightly that I couldn't get the spoon in and she would end up taking a fit. However, she loves baby ...
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- They make several different kinds of cereals. Try a different one.
- Dear S., -You've gotten several very insightful ideas here. You don't mention your daughter's milk source. Is she breast or bottle? -To begin with, I believe that ri...
- My daughter refused rice cereal after starting baby food. I mixed it in her baby food and would thin it with milk if it needed that and she took it fine. It might be...
Breastfeeding Babe Refuses Bottle
Asked by C.G. from Norfolk
on January 30, 2008
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I have been breastfeeding my baby exclusivly since she was 2 weeks old. Now that she is 4 months old I would like to seperate from her for longer than 1 hour. I have ...
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- Hi C., I understand as my son breastfed til he was 14 months. I would recommend Avent bottles with the smallest nipples. I believe they have 1 or 2 holes. The mo...
- I went through the same thing as you. My youngest refused to take to the bottle. I finally found one that he liked. It was Gerber Nuk bottles. If she likes the Ger...
- It is sometimes hard to introduce a bottle to a breastfeed baby. One thing you may have to do is to let her cry till she is hungry enough to take the bottle. Have yo...
