Not eating

Question

My LO is 8m. Suddenly, he doesn’t want to eat. Been offering him different types of food, but he rejects. Previous months when first start solids, he was okay with accepting food. Suddenly he only prefers his baby biscuits and milk. What can I do to make him want to eat? Should I be worried at all if he doesn’t want to it? #advicepls #firsttimemom

EL W · Answer

Trial and error to find out root cause of his food rejection. Is it because he prefer to feed himself? Is it because the way food is served is not exciting enough to him? Is it because the food variety needs to be wider? Sometimes it’s just a temporary phase that they will grow out of. But if it’s persisting for more than 1 week or so then you should be concerned for nutritional deficiencies. So long his milk intake is still there it’s okay for now, temporarily. Sometimes he may need to see you eating with him and enjoying the same food with him too. Then peer pressure he finds it yummy to. So just try diff things to see which sticks!