Solids - hes driving me nuts!

We always had huge problems getting Gina to eat her solids up until she started crawling a few weeks ago. Now she needs the energy I guess so she'll eat them without too much fuss (well most of the time anyways) - she's also more into chunks of food ie sausage, cheese, fruit than mashed food fed with a spoon.
We only started solids at 6 months though so not sure if that's at all helpful.

just an idea that worked with my son, he wasn't loving food and wouldn't eat. (didn't take to food till 8 months)
So what i did was put some food on his tray so he could feel the texture and use his hands to touch it, and squish it and throw it it is very messy... But this helped because he could feel it and it wasn't something i was trying to get into his mouth. I gave him time to exlpore, to see it. Also ate with him so he could see me eating.
Just like everyone else said... Finger food is great.

Plunket nurse suggested rice crackers, arrowroot biscuits but i found cruskits the best as they just suck them to bits.
Also: Slices of avcoado, tinned peaches, pears, mango, toast with marmite. (He doesn't like friut but it may work!!)

I never thought Luke would eat and would be on breast milk forever but one day he just took to it...It will happen, what i did was relax.... and not make it in to a food war! Because i was so stressed out about it. He was picking up on it and wouldn't open his mouth!!

hope this helps! hang in there

Hey, do not all plunkets offer the solids talk? I know that each area in Aklnd does (like at the family centres at the very least), so that gives heaps of info on solids - there is one you go to around 4-6 months, then another one around 7-8 months.

I never went to the specific talk as I went to a plunket parenting coure for 6 weeks that covered it then.

It might be worth asking your plunket ladies if they have any such courses in the area that you can attend.