By amusedslovenia - 07/09/2012 18:19 - Slovenia

Today, for the third day in a row, my 10-month-old is refusing to eat any of the meals that I prepare for him. He will however eat anything semi-edible lying on the floor, cat kibble included. FML
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amusedslovenia 5

OP here... My son is 10 months old. I'm really at my wits' end. He had been a good eater from the start, unlike his older brother who I couldn't get to eat anything either. I set out to feed my kids all organic, home-made, fresh and so forth. I gave up with my first after having spent literally hours a day preparing healthy, nutritious and yes, tasty foods that he wouldn't touch beyond a spoon or two. My two year old grew fine on very little food and now eats the same we do. My younger. however, is tiny for his age - he wears clothes for 3mo (but developing normally, thank God, and the pedi's not concerned). I can only get him to taste a spoon of something and then it's over. But anything he picks up from the floor (bread crumbs, and yes, cat kibble (food), he will eat. And scream when I take it away from him. Maybe he's on a strike or teething or... I don't know. Maybe I should start placing food on the floor for him LOL.

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BubbleGrunge 18

OP, I'm a nanny and I have been a preschool teacher for eight years. The key with children is not to allow them control of their diet yet at the same time do. Offer him a variety of food items, and let him eat what he wants from the plate of food. If he doesn't want to eat anything you've given him, then let him down and don't sweat it. Children will not starve themselves I promise! Be consistent with offering him foods, offer him food at ever eating time his schedule is on. Teeth are a huge issue with babies ad toddlers, as well as food textures. If your baby is teething, chances are something cool with sooth his gums and make him less grouchy/against eating. They make pouches you can shove frozen fruits or anything cold or frozen in. The child can hold them, and eat them at his leisure. I'm not sure what they are called, but it looks like a net on a ring. Now, textures are a different issue. As children grow, their soft pallet and taste buds change as well. If you notice your baby isn't into a certain food, asses the texture of it. Is it too hard, soft, mushy,etc. Then, try something with an opposite texture. Good luck, children can stress you out without even trying I know!

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totheforest84 4

Have someone install a feeding tube until she decides to eat.

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KiddNYC1O 20

Just a phase I'm going throughhh. :howls:

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ManicGypsy 22

If she rather eat cat food off the floor than to eat your cooking, perhaps you aren't a very good cook? Order pizza and see if she eats that. If she does, then you need to learn how to cook.

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happylawyer 16

Usually, kids are the most sincere critics. Is she the only one refusing to eat what you prepare?

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pradip 26

make some sandwiches and place them on the floor, train them, they don't know what they are doing when they are young, I remember my neighbor kid eating mud even when she was 10,

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Donnakar 20

how old is she ? maybe she will grow out of it possibly ?

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angelwolfe 15

My son is doing that too. Maybe the floor gives it flavor?

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mrsmaglietta 6

make her sit at the table and eat if she doesn't make her sit there if she doesn't eat the meal then she will have it for breakfast if she doesn't she will have it for lunch and so on kids need discipline and structure remember you don't ask you say

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QueenSaru 28

While I agree with needing structure (my parents were very big on the 'you eat what we're eating or you go hungry' schtick, none of this catering because Speshul Snoflayke doesn't like roast beef shit), but pleeeease do not do the "you'll have this for lunch" etc thing! I am NOT a breakfast eater, I never have been, if I've not been up for a few hours it literally turns my stomach, and my grandmother did that to me once. Have you ever had four hour old Rice Krispies? It's honestly disgusting and did nothing to improve my already lukewarm feelings for a woman who'd made it clear that my brother and I were inferior in her eyes because my mother married a Jewish man.

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