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When are do you get concerned that your toddler is not eating?

DeltadeeDeltadee
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DD hasn't been eating much of anything for over a week now.  I can get her to eat fruit but that's pretty much the extent of it.  She looks thinner to me so I weighed her this afternoon and is down a couple of pounds since she was last weighed about a month ago.  I don't know if this is normal or if I should be concerned.  I know that toddlers go through stages of not eating and being picky but just need to be reassured.  TIA!
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Re: When are do you get concerned that your toddler is not eating?

  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member

    A few months ago I couldn't get DS to eat ANYTHING except yogurt for 2 weeks.  He definiely lost weight, though I don't know how much.  Turns out it was because he was cutting his canines.  After they broke through the skin he started eating again and now he's eating a ton. 

    Does she have all of her teeth?

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  • maribel922maribel922
    DS wouldn't eat anything all week last week and I wound up taking him to the doctor and sure enough, he had an ear infection.  Is this normal for her?  The only times my son hasn't eaten like that have been when he was either getting a tooth or sick, but I know it's very normal for toddlers to be that way!
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  • TayteeTaytee
    DD will go 2-3 days without eating anything I would call substantial.  I supplement her milk with scoops of toddler formula stuff so I know she's getting most of her protien and nutrients. If she latches onto something, I just let her eat it. Chicken nuggets every night is the thing right now. Whatever kid, food is food. I can't force her to eat salmon patties!
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  • DeltadeeDeltadee

    Thanks for the responses!  I did check her temperature to make sure that she's not eating due to an illness but her fever is fine so I haven't even thought about an ear infection.  She's also never had an ear infection so I don't think that's it.  She has 2 canine teeth coming in but they have been coming in for a month now (her teeth take forever!).  So, that could still be it especially since she only seems to want soft things.

    I'm worried about a stomach bug too because she has had loose stools and even threw up once, although i think that was becuase she wasn't chewing her food properly so it made her gag.

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  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
    imageDeltadee:

      She has 2 canine teeth coming in but they have been coming in for a month now (her teeth take forever!).  So, that could still be it especially since she only seems to want soft things.

    I bet you anything this is it.  Canines are the devil.  Devil  My dentist said DS must have been SO uncomfortable getting his in so early- they are huge teeth.

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  • maribel922maribel922
    DS never had a temp with his ear infection, nor was pulling on his ears, so I had no idea.  He did, however, have a runny nose.  I bet it's teeth, though!  FWIW, DS has been completely making up for not eating last week by totally mowing down at every meal now.  If it continues into next week with your DD and she really won't eat anything (even her favorites), I'd see what your ped thinks.
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  • m_and_mm_and_m
    A "couple of pounds" would be a HUGE concern to me, even if H weren't miniature. I would get a weight check before worrying about it though- using different scales can throw off the numbers, esp a home scale.

    Without weight loss I wouldn't be concerned. Toddlers are known for being very off and on with eating habits. H gets a med twice a day to make her eat more, and she still goes through phases where she hardly eats anything.
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  • amyliisaamyliisa
    imagemaribel922:
    DS never had a temp with his ear infection, nor was pulling on his ears, so I had no idea.  He did, however, have a runny nose.
    this was the case for us with ds's most recent bout of appetite loss. He had a little cold which had caused an ear infection but never gave us any indication of it never had a fever. Ds also refuses to eat when he's cutting a tooth. I agree w/pp's that give it a few more days and if it doesn't look like it's going to be teething related, try to see the pedi and rule out illness.
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