Arrrgggg HELP!!

hi roksana hows her eating at childcare is she eating there is she having a snack there before you pick her up. because if she is she might not be sooo hungry and her appatite will be low having not been eating for awhile .if she is having a snack maybe ask then to not give her one(some childcare give the kids a little snack at 5pm before mum or dad pick them up) so she is hungry at teatime hope this helps

it sounds like she is eating a bit...theres not much you can do - unfortunately we cant force kids to eat. You could try a drink or liquid supplement if you are worried abut vitamins etc. i'm sure if you keep offering her food and dont make a fuss she will come right ...

well then maybe she is substituting food for bf!?

I think the ladies have hit it on the head..I did have a little girl i nannied for that was about 2 yrs old when i started and was lethargic, had just gotten over sickness but didn't really improve, and wouldn't eat, however would gladly take feed after feed of milk, we instituted "operation get rid of the bottle" cold turkey, and what do you know, after a couple of weeks she soon got the idea that she needed to eat.

Roksana I sat with exactly the same problem a few months ago. McKayla had a bad ear infection. Went totally off food and upped her breastfeeding quite a bit.

I did one night tell her straight out you want breastmilk so therefor you are hungry. If you thirsty you can get water and now eat. She was about 15 months old only. She threw a tantrum and refused but I sticked to it. She did eventually eat a few mouthfulls and then get boob. I also cut out all the nightfeeding. No breastmilk before foods at all and not that much to drink.

If you are really worried there is a product called Pedisure. You can get it at the chemist. It is a meal replacement for kids and will help her get what she needs and will wake her system up.

McKayla came right after my strict policy within 3 days. I guess she just gave up. Broke my heart with crying and I was so close to give up breastfeeding totally.

I'd just continue to offer her food (no fuss or forcing) and if she doesn't want it then no worries, I'd probably not supplement with other food or breastfeeds either (just stick to the usual)

Hopefully soon she'll come right... I guess what I really am trying to say is that you need to relax about it - it can't be doing good things for you! Give her another 3-4 days and see how she goes.

She is getting a bit better...day before yesterday she ate her dinner with out fuss and yet last night she ate a few mouthfuls and then demanded BF.....I said no and she cried and cried....I left her to it and then she ate a bit more with her Dad....and then she was way to tired to eat.

I know some of her teeth are about to come thru and that could be a reason but I still wish she would eat properly!!! She looks sooo skiny to me right now!