Help!! Refusing Food and medicine
I have a teething toddler who went from eating all foods - pasta, chicken, steak, all veggies mostly to for the last 5 days refusing all food (except for custard, strawberries etc). And having complete total meltdown every mealtime. Except breakfast - porridge is acceptable?? And half the time won’t finish a normal bottle. (Been phasing it out but its all she will accept some mealtimes atm)
She is teething of course at 17mths but has never been like this. And has always been fine having strawberry paracetamol and nurofen when needed. All of a sudden have to hold her down and screens bloody murder for this too!
Is it just teething? Being a toddler??
Help!! 😢😢😢😢
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my little one refused food when certain teeth came through, only wanting to eat yoghurt, assuming because it was easy to eat and cold and other soft foods. I think it may cause some pain having to chew with the pressure of hard foods on their teeth what i’ve found for medicine is either putting it in the bottle or a random thing that has worked for me is them holding the syringe and he will place it in his mouth while i push the medicine through. 🤷🏻♀️ think he just likes the idea of doing it himself because he can
You can give her smoothies, make popsicles with them and other nutritious cold foods
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I have a younger one who refused food when teething. I ended up giving her blended down food, so she still ate but didn't have to chew. She's also been terrible with her bottles.