He is now 8 months old ( in few more days) he is on breast-feed and we started some solid food for him.. in early days, while feeding him solid food, we use to distract him by singing songs or showing toys to him and he use to eat, but now, he cries like hell while eating.. have normal behavior while breast feeding…
The moment he realizes that he is done with the food, he gets his smile back and start playing again.. his crying period starts from the point where he see his BIB in his mother’s hand…
We have tried almost all possible baby food.. he just cry while eating.. nothing works.. any suggestions on how not to have him crying while he eats his stuff…
ok if u have tried everything.. baby food, grown up food, mashed food, pureed food, chunky food, mix of puree and chunky food..
than dont force him.. you dont want him to hate eating...
my son went through this not wanting to eat phase all of a sudden at 8 months as well.. oh my god it was HELL.. he could even hold liquid in his mouth for upto 10 mins. and then spit it out.. but wouldnt swallow.. i gave up and just gave him milk whenever he wanted...
after 2 weeks.. he went back to his usual self and started to eat again... babies have phases..... dont force please.. everyone told me to not force either.. its really really really hard.. but not worth it... neways.. what a child eats happily works for them .. what they eat crying and screaming, doesnt.
so offer solids.. but if he doesn want.. then dont force, give milk as much as he wants..
inshallah he will go back to eating like he used to...
put small portions of food infornt of him and let him play with it or eat on his own ... u got to distract kids attention from the food to something else and continuously talk to them and shove the food in their mouth at the same time... thats what i do with my kids...
Hmm like khawa said dont force him, you will end up making him hate it. I do what yourfriend said: put the food infront of my daughter and she will play with it and put some in her mouth. If she is just playing with it, i will put some bites in her mouth. Wrna i dont force her, it just makes us both cry. That was the advice of her ped as well.
hanibal, its very true that they will go thru phases and your little one may very well start up on his own after a time. But you also may want to take her to the doc and ask about whether it could be reflux. My son had "silent" reflux - no symptoms other than refusing food. He wasnt diagnosed till age 2 and by that time, food was a nightmare for him.
Its not a serious affliction and is easily treatable with safe medication so its worth looking into.
hanibal, its very true that they will go thru phases and your little one may very well start up on his own after a time. But you also may want to take her to the doc and ask about whether it could be reflux. My son had "silent" reflux - no symptoms other than refusing food. He wasnt diagnosed till age 2 and by that time, food was a nightmare for him.
Its not a serious affliction and is easily treatable with safe medication so its worth looking into.
Hope all goes well!
Thanks Mamaof3,
I have gone to doctor and got him checked, doctor said he don't have reflux, it is only he don't like the food his mothers cooks for him, well i have to agree with little Hamza, his mom is not among the great cooks ( like my mom) but we ( me and Hamza) don't have much choices, anyhow, i have told her to make some tasty food and stop mixing peas and potatoes and carrots and meat and rice and God knows what else and he'll eat... so he did..
Yesterday he did fine when we offered him chicken only...