Why My 9 Month Old Baby Is Resisting To Take Solid Food?

Posted on Tue, 9 Feb 2021

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Question : My 9 month old baby is resisting to take solid food. We had started solid food about 2 months back and he used to enjoy it. now he is totally resisting solid food. he is not very keen on breast feeding too.

this is the same since yesterday. since Sat till yesterday he passes motion 3 times a day. only yesterday it was lose for once. There is no dip in his activity level.

Sunday evening we had feed him about 5 spoons of grape juice for the first time.

please advice

Answered by Dr. Muhammed Aslam TK (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing to worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi ,

A decreased interest in feeds along with loose/frequent stools of 2-3 days duration suggests a viral illness. As he is otherwise active and playful, nothing to worry. He will be back to normal in a couple of days.

Until then, just increase the frequency of solid feeds rather than trying to force feed at a time. Usually, during such times, they will compensate by increasing the amount of breast feeds taken. If he is passing urine 8-10 times a day(day+night together), he is getting enough feeds. If passing less than 6 times, suggests inadequate feeds and we need to increase the feeding frequency.

I hope this answer will help
Let me know if I can assist you further
Regards, Dr Aslam

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj