QuoteReplyTopic: Help! Eating solids Posted: 09 June 2008 at 1:58pm
I have a beautiful 8 & 1/2 month bub who has always been difficult to breast feed but up until recently has loved his solids. However progressively over the last couple of weeks he has been refusing to eat them, even those that he usually loves. To the point where he now starts to scream when I try to put him in his high chair. Ahhhh!
He has a number of teeth but teething has never stopped him eating before and he seems otherwise well. He is very active and I suspect the problem is more that he hates to be restrained as I can sometimes get him to eat a meal if I follow him as he crawls round the floor! (Ridiculous I know!) Also he is still happy to try anything that is very sweet.....
Would love to hear from anyone who has had a similar problem or who has any ideas as to how to get him eating properly again.
We have had solids issues for the last couple of months.
The biggest thing I can suggest is don't make it a fight. If he won't let you feed him with a spoon offer some finger foods, give him a spoon to bash about and if he still refuses let him down and try again at the next meal.
Also we have started (as of yesterday morn) removing all stimulus. No TV is on etc and that seems to help us.
It could still be teething. I have noticed with Jack that the teething signs seem to change each time he gets teeth.
Rather than putting him in the highchair can you feed him on the floor? Put a picnic rug down and have him sit there with you while he eats? Or on a small table and chairs? Does your highchair lower? Could you lower it and sit him in it without restraining him?
welcome to ohbaby! will he eat finger foods? My little man refused food from a spoon and it became a bit of an issue but will happily feed himself, he has gone back to being able to be spoon fed some things like yoghurt!
are you a september mum? feel free to join us in the sep thread
We had the same thing as you when Kate was around the same age. The only thing she would eat was finger foods. Now we her meals are mainly finger food and we try to give her mashed veges or cereals while eating the finger food. The main thing was not stressing, which is hard I know and remember if they are hungry they will eat. The picnic on the floor works great.
ditto.. we also went through this... and it was soooo stressful.. I KNEW he was going to wake at night hungry because of lack of eating.. we made dinner time WAY more fun... lots of songs, and I found he would eat HEAPS if I had it on my finger!! yes sounds weird.. but if I used my finger as a 'spoon' with the mashed veg etc and then said 'oucheewahwah' after each mouthful, he would giggle and open up again and again!
He's now 16months and we STILL go through this.. he definitely prefers feeding himself and 'playing' with his food and I've learnt not to stress to much about it!
good luck! :)
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