baby doesn't want to eat food

My daughter is 2 and half years old, her main food is still milk. I am
very worried about her health. Dose anybody has some idea how to let
her accept other food?

Barbara...

Have you discussed this with your pediatrician? I have virtuallly no
information in this area, but I seem to recall that there are certain
conditions that make it difficult for a child to eat solids, or which
make the child adverse to certain textures. A web search will give
you some ideas. Rule out medical issues before moving on.

Otherwise, as others have suggested, offer your daughter a wide variety
of healthful foods, and limit her milk intake.

dragonlady...

In fact, if she isn't eating other food, she could end up malnourished.

So just don't let her drink so much milk. If she's thirsty, give her
water.

If she doesn't fill up on milk, she'll get hungry and eat more solids.

Aula...

and don't offer the beverage until after she's eaten most of her meal. That
way she is not filling up on it in place of the food item but still
obtaining fluids. Also, allow her to graze. Give her pieces of
fruit/veggies/etc. throughout the day for snacks. You may be surprised how
much a child can eat that way, although meal consumption does tend to suffer
as intake is spread out over the whole day.

an588...

If it's human milk, I wouldn't worry about her health.
If it's cow's milk, she does need vitamin C and there
may be other nutrients to worry about too. You might
be able to mix a little vitamin C powder into the
milk; a non-acidic vitamin C such as calcium ascorbate,
I suppose, so it wouldn't curdle the milk.

Maybe you could use a blender to make liquids or purees
from some other foods. For example, puree some strawberries
and mix them into her milk to make a drink she might
accept. You could make it fun and call them milkshakes.
Be careful not to include unhealthy foods, though, or
she may insist on them!

Make very small servings, and very small bite-sized pieces.
Remember that her bites are smaller than yours. Make
fun snacks, in small amounts, such as very small celery
sticks with some kind of cheese stuffed into them.
You could put on raisins to make eyes and make little
faces on the snacks, and stuff like that. Make them
colourful and fun. I think it tends to work well to
make them fun and not to say anything about whether
she eats them or not.

You can give her a few raisins while she's playing, and
stuff like that. Gradually it can add up to a significant
amount of food.

Do you know what foods she particularly needs to balance
out a diet of mostly milk? (Other than vitamin C, nothing
springs to mind for me at the moment.)

Welches...

My cousin was like that. She gradually started eating more food, but it was
very gradual. She was perfectly healthy, although I think she occasionally
had vitamine drops. My advice would be not to push her too much or it will
become a power struggle. Just let her have access to other foods.,
Debbie

RollOut6...

You may want to ask your pediatrician about this.

Sue...

What kind of milk? Cows milk or breast milk? How much does she drink? Does
she drink too much milk to take her appetite away from food? If you take
away the milk would she eat more? There is a distinct possibility that she
is filling up on too much milk and you need to reduce the amount she is
drinking so she feels hungry.