Jimmy is now 13 and a half months old and he barely eats anything! Seriously, some days he eats nothing but breast milk. Most other days he will MAYBE get a full T of food. He's always been like this. He nurses ALOT at night and gets very distraught if I try and deny him. Also, he only has four teeth, two on top and two on bottom. Maybe that has something to d with it? I'm so worried!
the teeth thing is normal. Just another variation of normal. So is the food strike. Some kids just don't care to eat. Moire's just not interested at all yet. Offer him food, offer him boob. But as long as he's seeming healthy, he's fine, momma.
sounds pretty normal. Little kids eat really what they need, while the rest of us are used to eating more than we need.Way more than we need. If he's growing and he's healthy then he's probably fine.
I don't think my kiddies started eating anything more than a nibble or two at some teething toast until they were about 18 or so months old. I worried about it a little, until another nursing mom pointed out "If you've got the best, why bother with the rest?" Your kiddo is getting the absolute BEST food he could be. He'll eat table food when he's ready. (((((hugs!!!))))) I know it's easy to worry about every little thing that doesn't seem quite "normal." I'm guilty of that one more than my share of the time. But on this one... yep, your lil guy is just fine love, mom
Leane is doing the same thing, and she's the exact same age as your Jimmy. She still eats quite a bit on most days, but she's also on whole milk now, so she's eatting a little more that a bf baby would. They aren't growing as fast as they used to so they're not going to eat as much. Plus, they have really really little bellies. I would compare what I would be eating and try to figure out a "baby sized" portion of what she would eat and I realized that I was way off. Sometimes they may just pick at their food and eat a teeny tiny bit, but he's going to know when he's had enough. Offer him the food, but if he doesn't want it, then he's not hungry and doesn't need it.
I KNOW I shouldn't worry about it. He's healthy as a horse and doing just fine. I just see so many other babies his age eating like a big person. My sis nannys (sp?) for two babies a bit older than Jimmy and they all eat like crazy. Jimmy will just tug on my shirt when he wants to eat! One thing he LOVES is bananas though. Only he likes to eat it from the peel like an adult. If the fruit breaks from the peel he cries and asks me to put it back! obviously can't do that so I make a big show of turning away and "fixing" it. (Really I quickly stuff it in my mouth and peel the banana back down for him.)
A baby's main source of nutrition at 13 months should be breastmilk! Food is fun, its for play, not nutrition. Just keep nursing! Good job mama!
JZ, honey, he's FINE. Many babies do this. Look at WHERE your concern is coming from. Yeah. Nanny. Where is these baby's mamas? Not there. Certainly not breastfeeding them on demand. That may be why they "eat like crazy." (or maybe they are just kids who like to eat, who know?) You are there for your child. These babies your sister watches are not in a biologically "normal" situation (nothing against your sister, I've done nanny work myself, but nothing on this Green Earth would cause me to turn my children over to one. I;d do anything (and have) in order to be with my kids as much as humanly possible. My guess is these babies are away from their mamas MOST of their waking hours. Some mamas ahve no choice, but these mamas usually spend as much time as possible with their babies.) Some kids his age DO eat a lot. My oldest baby did, but she has an very active metabolism. Wanted solid food early and always enjoyed it. Many many young todders don't eat a quantity of solid food before they are older than Jimmy. As long as he is growing and happy and healthy, you have nothing to worry about.
Yeah, I know. I just need some crunchy reassurance I guess! These babies parents are quite well off. They work so much they literally don't know what to do when they have to be with their kids. The babies try to call my sister Mama! They scream when their mothers come to get them. One mother even said she couldn't stand to be alone with her baby all day and thats why she went back to work. About the nursing thing, the boy is a few weeks older than Jimmy. The DAY he turned 1 they stopped his bottles cold turkey. DS said he FREAKED out for a week. He didn't even get a paci for transition. When I picked him up he was so scrawny. Jimmy is solid, you can feel the meat on his bones. But my sister is the next best thing to a mama. They are all really bonded, she treats them just like she would treat her own baby.
I've had the same experience with kids I nannied for years ago. The saddest thing (aside from the baby calling me "mama" even when I kept telling her what my name was AND she could say it) was once, the mom had just come home and sat down, and the baby was learning to pull up on furniture, and she fell, and cried, and the mother put out her arms, and the baby turned around, still crying and crawled across the room to me. I didn't know what to do. That, and when I knew the baby was crawling TWO WEEKS before her owm mama noticed. *sigh* Those babies are lucky to have your sister in theri lives. But, don't judge Jimmy against them. They have totally different life experiences.
