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cold and refusal to eat...

my daughter has a cold and wont eat her bottle. yesterday she maybe had 6 oz all day. she usually has about 5 6oz bottles a day. sometimes 6. seh is 9 months old. i dont know how to make her eat. its been almost a week now since she started not wanting to eat. seh hasnt finished a bottle ina lmosta week. how can i trick her to eat it or is it ok that she is nt getting all her formula? she takes one sip and spits it out like its hte taste she doesnt like.

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Written by Devon

Posted on 11/25/2007

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If it has been a week that she has not been wanting to eat you may want to take her to see your ped. She can quickly get dehydrated and malnourished over that amount of time. Is she eating solid foods and drinking anything else (stage 1 or 2 baby foods)? If she is eating other stuff I wouldnt worry too much. When my daughter started eating more solid foods she took the bottle less.

posted by on 11/25/2007

she has been drinking lots of water to prevent that. i tried putting the formula in her sippy but she wont take it out of it. she will take anything but formula out of it. lol its like she doesnt like the taste. i took her in on friday. he said she just has a cold and didnt really answer my question about the eating situation. she eats regular food. stage 3 and our food. some of ours. ill make her baby cereal w/formula so she gets some of it.

posted by Devon on 11/25/2007

As long as she is eating she will be ok. Try lots of fruits and veggies.

posted by on 11/25/2007

well, on monday she got diareah and then started vomitting alot.i brought her to hte ER bc she had a fever tooand hadn't eaten or drank anything all day, she got both viruses that are goin on right now, a respitory (cold) and a gasteral intestnal viruse. she jsut happen ot get both at once, she is doing better now. still picky when she wants to eat but yesterday she had 3 bottles so its getting better, thank you jackie for the advice. i have to admit i was a little scared.

posted by Devon on 11/28/2007

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