Suddenly refusing solids

My baby is 7.5 months and has been doing really well with solids eating everything I’ve given her. She was having 3 meals a day- a mix of finger foods and spoon feeding. Since the weekend she’s started refusing all meals apart from her weetabix at breakfast, she’s also been having a lot less milk than usual. She’s got a cold this week, could this be why? I’m really stressed as she was such a good eater and now she just cries whenever I try to give her anything and is barely drinking!

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My baby has just done the exact same !! She’s not had a cold either. Was eating great, drinking great. Suddenly started drinking a lot less so I thought maybe she’s cutting down due to eating well, but then won’t eat as much either. It’s probably been about 3/4 days now. Doesn’t seem to be teething, well in general I’m confused ! Xx

It’s been about 3/4 days for us too! Even things I know she previously loved she won’t touch. Today she’s only drank just under 2oz milk all day. I’m getting so stressed about it but trying not to show my stress to her as I don’t want it to become a thing but I don’t know what to do!

Babies go off their food if their feeling unwell just like we do, if she is still having wet nappies I wouldn’t stress too much but if it continues then maybe take her to the dr? X

If she’s not drinking her milk then it could be she’s got a sore throat, they do say seek advice from a doctor if they are having less than half their normal amount of milk per day, it can also affect their eating as it may hurt to swallow? This happened to my lg and she had RSV (she did have a temp that went with this) xx

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