Baby suddenly all of a sudden stop wanting to eat? It’s likely because they’re teething.

When our littles are teething, it’s normal for their appetites to dip as they might feel uncomfortable because their teeth are coming in. It’s also common for gag reflexes to resurface due to the discomfort. Soothing sore gums prior to mealtimes can sometimes be helpful. You can try cold celery, frozen waffles since they defrost quickly, other frozen foods like fruit and vegetables are a choking hazard and should never be offered to our littles, frozen teething rings with liquid inside should also be avoided because they become too hard for babies gums (per AAP), but frozen popsicles and ice cream are fine as occasional treats to help with sore gums. What we usually do when my little guy is teething, (my son still only has 7 teeth and he’s 16 months, lol) is I make soup for him and I take soft bread and dip it into the soup so that he can eat it more comfortably that way. He loves it and it’s much easier on his gums and he loves it. I usually buy a whole chicken at the store, cut it up as best as I can and boil the entire chicken in our Dutch oven for a couple hours, and then the soup is just soooo delicious. I throw in some veggies about half-way through and they cook down nice and soft too, it’s super delicious and I don’t bother adding any salt to it so he can have as much of it as he wants. Here’s that recipe, too – Teething Chicken Noodle Soup4-5 bone-in chicken thighs 5-6 bone-in chicken legs A large head of celery trimmed5 peeled whole carrots 2 medium to large onions halved 8 cups water 2 heaping tablespoons of knorr chicken boullion 2 bay leaves 1 box of orzo All the garlic as your heart desires (peeled and whole)In a heavy bottom pot, place all ingredients into pot – cook on medium heat for 2 hours. After two hours, pull all chicken skin and meat off of bones, discard bones and skin and chop chicken to desired pieces. Remove all veggies, place into food processor or blender with a cup of broth from the pot. Blend all the veggies to puree, and add all puree back to the pot. Continue cooking for another 30 minutesServe over rice or orzo for best experience or any other cooked pasta. (this is obviously a large batch, which you can freeze in portions for future teething spells when they arise. If wanting to freeze it, I would make the noodles separate and put the noodles into the bowl when serving baby so that you don’t freeze the soup with the noodles in it). via /r/BabyLedWeaning https://ift.tt/WhZj5K2