10 month food regression?? Advice needed
Looking for some advice/reassurance from other boy mums ❤️ - I’m a first time mum FYI
My little boy is 10 months old and we’ve hit a bit of a feeding regression and I’m honestly starting to worry.
He used to be a really good eater and would happily have blended meals, yogurts, porridge, fruits etc etc . He’s always managed with chunkier/lumpy foods really well.
Over the last few days, though, he has suddenly started gagging really badly at foods — and what’s confusing me is that it’s actually happening more with smoother foods that he used to love, like yoghurt. Sometimes he gags to the point of vomiting. At the moment the main thing he’ll eat is porridge but that’s becoming an issue too and refusing. He’ll pick at some finger foods but isn’t eating much.
He’s also recently had a cold/virus, so I’m wondering if that could be affecting things? He’s still breastfeeding really well, has wet nappies and solid and is otherwise okay.
The thing I’m worrying about most is that I’m now back at work and he’s at nursery 3 days a week. I’m not able to breastfeed him during the day while I’m working and I can’t get much from pumping like I used to. so I’ve bought some ready-made Aptamil bottles for nursery days as a backup in case he wants/needs milk while he’s there.
I know milk is still really important at this age and I’m not expecting him to eat huge amounts, but because he’s suddenly eating so little food from being a really good eater and obviously isn’t getting his usual breastfeeds while I’m at work, I’m worrying that he’s not getting enough overall.
Has anyone else had a similar phase around 9–10 months, especially after being poorly? Did it pass? Would you keep offering lots of different foods alongside the porridge or just stick with what they’re accepting for a little while?
If it is a regression please let me know if any tips/advice 🙏
Any advice or reassurance would be massively appreciated because I’m probably overthinking everything 😭❤️
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My little one is eating way less than he used to also!! He’s almost 9 months so maybe it is a kind of regression! He was quite poorly too a few weeks ago so I thought it was due to this, we are slowly building our way up. I find he eats more if I / the family eat with him, he doesn’t tend to eat on his own! Just keep trying and try not to stress too much unless he starts dropping weight etc, as like you say milk is the main source of calories at this stage still. I hope things get easier soon! 💜
Maybe he’s teething? I’m not certain my baby is 5 months just a thought
Same-ish thing for me. My baby is almost 10 months and he’s been refusing food more often, usually when he’s in his high chair tho. I started moving up his dinner time so it isn’t so close to bedtime and that seems to be helping. I also saw something that this is a really big development time for them so they get frustrated really easily.
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He just sat there looking off into space and ignored everything I said and then said that clearly what I’m doing isn’t working for her “defiance”. This instance has left a terrible taste in my mouth. I am not sure what to do now. My daughter was terrified of him for the rest of the day and didn’t want to see him. I slept in my kids room with both of them last night and haven’t talked since yesterday to him after trying to talk and him not acknowledging his wrongdoing.
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Looking for some advice/reassurance from other boy mums ❤️ - I’m a first time mum FYI
My little boy is 10 months old and we’ve hit a bit of a feeding regression and I’m honestly starting to worry.
He used to be a really good eater and would happily have blended meals, yogurts, porridge, fruits etc etc . He’s always managed with chunkier/lumpy foods really well.
Over the last few days, though, he has suddenly started gagging really badly at foods — and what’s confusing me is that it’s actually happening more with smoother foods that he used to love, like yoghurt. Sometimes he gags to the point of vomiting. At the moment the main thing he’ll eat is porridge but that’s becoming an issue too and refusing. He’ll pick at some finger foods but isn’t eating much.
He’s also recently had a cold/virus, so I’m wondering if that could be affecting things? He’s still breastfeeding really well, has wet nappies and solid and is otherwise okay.
The thing I’m worrying about most is that I’m now back at work and he’s at nursery 3 days a week. I’m not able to breastfeed him during the day while I’m working and I can’t get much from pumping like I used to. so I’ve bought some ready-made Aptamil bottles for nursery days as a backup in case he wants/needs milk while he’s there.
I know milk is still really important at this age and I’m not expecting him to eat huge amounts, but because he’s suddenly eating so little food from being a really good eater and obviously isn’t getting his usual breastfeeds while I’m at work, I’m worrying that he’s not getting enough overall.
Has anyone else had a similar phase around 9–10 months, especially after being poorly? Did it pass? Would you keep offering lots of different foods alongside the porridge or just stick with what they’re accepting for a little while?
If it is a regression please let me know if any tips/advice 🙏
Any advice or reassurance would be massively appreciated because I’m probably overthinking everything 😭❤️
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I spend all day with our 10-week-old. He comes home from work and goes to his football club three times a week, plus he runs twice a week. While he’s at football, I take the baby and dog for a walk and then cook dinner.
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