Food refusal

[Gooders79]

Our 6 month old son as been weaned since 15 weeks (as we are in a clinical trial involving early weaning...a whole other thread) he has happily been eating pur?es for 3 meals a day until 1 1/2 weeks ago, now he's refusing all but about a spoon of food at each meal... Any experience of this and advice of what to do (apart from grinning at him like a muppet three times a day and sampling some delightful pur?es myself?!!) tried some finger food this weekend without much interest....

[Fuschia]

I think this is fairly common, certainly my first child (weaned 17w) did just that

It was a bit like the novelty wore off/he developed an independent streak that he has to this day

I think you will have to

Persist with the finger foods/look into blw

I have found with all of mine they loved to copy me - so offer him things and eat them yourself .... Plus try him with a tommee tippee cup, no

Lid, with a few blueberries in, or an inch of pur?e and a spoon to self feed

Baby Bjorn round plastic spoons (Amazon) are pricey but very good for early self feeding

You can also serve pur?es with pasta spirals, if ready to start wheat (or get corn pasta)

[sophiechristophy]

This book has just come back into print and you might find it useful:

My Child Wo't Eat by Carlos Gonzalez

[etta166]

Chill and let your baby's appetite guide you. Children won't starve themsleves. Don't make life hard on yourself by putting loads of effort into purees that he won't eat, so try to stick to things that are low effort to prepare so that the rejection isn't so annoying.

You could give BLW a try, which is less stressful as you just give them the same food as the rest of the family, at the same time as the family (but obvuously no salt or choking hazards like nuts). It might also encourage your son to try eating a bit more because a 6 month old loves copying.

The other thing to remind yourself of is that this is "only a phase" :) and that many babies are only on milk still at your son's age so his nutritional needs will be being met even without other foods.

Good luck!

[lucyA1308]

how is your boy getting on? I started my first child on purees at about 5 months, and even then I got some remarks about how this was too early, but it worked for her. For a few reasons, I would like to start my new baby on purees a bit earlier - about 4 months. I am just wondering how you are now getting on, and weather 4 months is a bit early. Thanks, Lucy