my 11 month old child has not eaten much today, how do you get a child this age to eat?

Question

he willfrom the jar but nto from the bottle. I am worried about dehydration

Answer 1

i agree that your biggest concern should be dehydration. make sure he has had at least three wet diapers and see if his mouth is moist. if these things are OK and there is no fever than keep an eye on him and see how he does. sometimes a child's ear hurts but its not infected. give the child juice or sprite to Drink, if he starts running a fever or showing signs of getting worse make an appointment with his dr.

Answer 2

I'm diabetic. When I was little I didn't want to eat anything - not even sweets. The doctors always proposed the idea of feeding me ice cream, loly pops, chocolate, but nothing ever worked. My parents soon found that I was diabetic, because one day my blood sugar was so high I drank (literally) three quarters of a jug of milk because I was so thirsty. I passed out, and then was taken to hospital.

If your child has problems with eating sweets, you should definetely question diabetes. If the child likes drinking milk from the jug, and not the bottle, maybe it just favors or feels safe drinking from the jug. I'm not sure what your child is eating from the jar and doesn't want to eat from the bottle?

Hope this helps!!!

Answer 3

Don't try to keep on and on at him, he will know even at this age that he can 'pull your strings' and wind you up!
With my first baby, I made the mistake of worrying myself silly about him not eating/drinking enough and now he's 10 he is still very fussy, and I think it's because of the way I was.
Offer him drinks and don't 'cajole'. If he needs it, believe me, he'll take it.
My youngest baby is 11 months and I take her lead as far as feeding is concerned. She's absolutely fine even though she has day's like your baby often.
If you don't feel like eating you can't force yourself, babies are the same.
There's a lot of water in jar food anyway so take comfort from that, and just keep offering a bottle with no fuss.
Try not to worry too much, baby will pick up on it and it'll become an issue and a battle of wills!

Answer 4

Dilute his food with some liquid, you may also try to let him sip from a cup instead or even from a teaspoon. He may be cutting a tooth so the pressure exerted from having to suck on a bottle may be causing him pain. You may try putting oragel on his gums before you offer the bottle.

Just some suggestions....There really is a lot of liquid in food, so I wouldn't worry too much about dehydration.

Answer 5

This same thing happened to my child. He went from eating well to not much. I took him to the doctor and he had an ear infection. They say that the sucking on the bottle can hurt their ears more.
Also, try to push fluids other ways if you can - let him drink water or juice from a grown-up glass. I know before my son was using a sippy cup well, he loved to feel grown-up. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

maybe try a sippy cup. The child might not want a bottle any more. The child will eat when they are hungry but finger foods help too. Things they can feed themselves.

Answer 7

During the first year of life, a baby triples their birth weight. They need a LOT of food in order to do this.

At around a year, that growth slows dramatically. Most babies experience a significant decrease in appetite during this time. It's normal and healthy.

If he won't eat from a bottle, it may be his signal that he's ready to wean. However, it may indicate an ear infection - it's painful to suck from a bottle with inflamed ears. Watch for other symptoms, such as general crankiness and tugging at the ears.

Answer 8

Don't worry, all kids do this. Sometimes they will even go a couple days without eating hardly anything. It's fine, keep offering food, but they will eat when they get hungry. Stay away from junk food, or you will be giving them junk food all the time just to get them to eat. Sometimes they will stick to one certain food and eat it for days on end. Don't worry, this is normal.

Answer 9

let him drink from the "big boy" cup. this can either be a sippy cup (which he's at the right age for), or put about a 1/3 to a 1/2 cup liquid into a regular plastic cup and monitor him while he dinks it. but, like i said he is at about the right age to start him on a sippy cup! good luck!

oh, how to get them to eat, lol!
trust me when they get hungrey they will eat. they only time you have to worry is if they are running a fever.

Answer 10

Try oatmeal with pedialite, I went through this just lately. Be sure he is having wet diapers and a wet mouth, if not, take him to the er, or call and check what they want you to do. Try a lukewarm bath and then try the bottle again, don't give up!! Good luck