benjamin has not eaten a single bit of food for the past 4-5 days. he normally scoffs grub and has tons of yogurts, but he even struggles to eat a tiny pot of yogurt...he has 2 teeth that have popped through...is it normal for them to completely stop eating? he's still drinking his bottles...but not as many as usual. 3/4 a day and no food...any ideas? tips? xx

anyone? should i take him to the doctors? i can see he is a bit slimmer than usual...any ideas? x

eli went right off his food and would only eat very cold very thin things for a good week when he was last teething (he's a bit off his food again this week) so things like stage one pudding jars - peach dessert and apple rice etc and put them in the fridge....

he might also be constipated? is he pooing ok? that also puts elijah off his food if he hasn't had a poo for a day or two - ellas kitchen prune and raisin brekkie is great for that or a bit of fresh orange in his water??

oh, also a sore throat? have you tried really cold things? if you have tried all these things to no avail i would give your hv a ring (or if yours is awful like ours your gp!) just to get him checked out he might be a bit poorly - or growing! that can make them too tired to want to do much

thanks mari
yeah hes deffo teething (two teeth popped through)
he's a bit distressed and crying all the time...
he has eaten some pudding (half a jar) and had literally a spoonful of tea, 4 bottles and some juice...
poor baba
he's been asleep since half 6 and doesn't have much energy
hopefully he'll be back to normal soon x

i would just keep offering smooth cold things for a couple of days - probably not at mealtimes but just every couple of hours or something, if you don't have any teethers http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/department/closer_to_nature/teethers/ all 3 of those have been great hits. you can put them in the fridge too which is good for sore mouths - remember calpol and dentinox too

yeah he's had calpol and i rub dentinox on when i can get near him lol
he seems hungry, and wants food, he makes a hungry noise lol when i offer him food with a spoon he turns his head away
i have stage 2 tommee tippee teether, he chomps on it but then cries
boohoo!
i dont like this teething malarky...

avas teething too atm so she's very mardy, i feel your pain!

i would just keep and eye on him, if he's having his milk he'll be ok for a few days but if it continues i'd have a word with the hv at the baby clinic.

eurgh i hate the hv's they usually say "oh you'll have to take him to the doctors about that" they never help!!n
i'll take him to the drop in session but that's not til next thurs...
he hasn't eaten a full proper meal since monday that was a bowl and a yogurt for dessert...as you all know he isn't the smallest child, so him not eating is really worrying me
i miss my not-so-mardy child xx

maybe it's worth just bypassing the hv (i personally find them bloody useless but there must be some good ones out there!) and see if you can get a gp appt tomorrow, that way they can try and have a look at his throat/ears and listen to his chest just to make sure there aren't any bugs hanging around him

will try and get him in tomorrow afternoon...but, problem is i'm looking after my sister whilst my mums at work, then she's going to school for a few hours to do work with tutor, then she's coming back to sleep...OH will be at work, so can't be in to make sure there's someone in for sis getting back...so i can't really go tomorrow either...argh!

yeah i wud go straight to your gp. alfies like benji and loves his food so if hes not eating i know summats not up. when he last had a stomach big he would turn his nose away at food. i wud just try him with little bits. have u tried him with a digestive biscuit - things he can eat himself? alfie loves those so when he wasnt well he would still happily chomp on them -theyre hard too so might help his teeth? x

i've given him everything he usually likes amy i've also tried to give him really liquidy stage 1 food and he only has a few spoonfuls...
i hope it's nothing serious...he's only ever had 1/2 colds since he was born, i'm dreading the day he actually gets an illness or is sick
yeah that's exactly how he acts, completely turns his nose up at food
xx

Am sure he is just fine, but would if me take him in to gp to make sure. Could your sis go with you to the docs before school? Or could you arrange it for when she has finished school?

Mandy xx

Just to say Stephen was like this last week, refused all his usual favourites and all I eventually got him to eat was a bit of mango and banana. He had his milk no problem and it was about a week of no food but it was just his teeth and now he's fine again. If you're worried definitely see the gp when you can though to put your mind at rest xxx

he has eaten a few meals today, so hopefully it was just his teeth...me on the other hand i am suffering with gastroentritis (sp!!!!) and a severe uti infection boo!! x