Hi , it's my first time on here , so hope ok to post !!!
Looking for some other people's experiences of food phobia in toddlers - not really sure what it is etc !!!
Brief history is - have 19 month dd - severe colic and reflux from birth , couldn't tolerate being b/f so moved to bottle - not much better ! Used colief , which great . At 2 months , another health issue resulted in her being tube fed for 2 days . then reflux meant she was sick constantly , prescribed range of milks and meds , some of which left her severely constipated and one milk appeared to digest so quickly , that she was still sick , but seemed to be bringing up pure acid and screaming !!! Til recently she was still severely cnstipated - going every 3/4 days - screaming /blood etc , been advised to go dairy free - so now on soya milk/yogs and trying to limit milk intake in other products and havign dirty nappy every day !!!
Our prob now is that she will only eat "baby" food ( we give her the 12months + ones , just purely to amke myself feel better !!! -) She will also eat crackers , chips , biscuits , choc , tinned spaghetti ,yogs , pureed fruit pots ,bread sticks +raisins ( sometimes) But no "proper" solid food - however small I cut it up and won't even physically touch fruit / veg . H/v is dealing with it and says not to worry , but jsut wondering of other people's experiences . H/v has suggestred a food phobia ? When she refuses food we don't make a big thing out of it , so she doesn't get a reaction , jsut seems that she'll look at her dinner and won't even touch it / try it . A couple of times has obviously "fancied" the look of it - and will then dip her spoon in to get the tiniest amount possible , then uses her tongue to "test" it out !!
until last week she was still having a bottle in middle of night , but have now just gone cold turkey and if she wakes she just gets juice , but doesn't seem to have made any difference - will eat quite a bit of what she does like , so weight ok , but just no " proper" solid food - won't even eat beans /mashed potato .
Just wondered if anyone else had exp of food phobia - what it is / symptoms etc ?
Thank you !!!!