Solids revert

My DS is 8.5 months and for a while there, we were doing great on
solids. He was eating all the veggies I could put in front of him. I
made some homemade ones to supplement the 4 kinds of jarred ones.

He then had a solids strike for about a week. Couldn't get anything,
even cereal, into him.

Then he started again with the cereals and the fruits. I also gave him
some soggy cheerios. Fine.

The past week or so, he only wants to now eat the cereal+BM. I can't
get fruits or veggies into him. He'll take some veggie/fruit puffs or
cheerios, but often nothing else. I've tried more table food to see if
that's the prob. I give him stuff in front of him, JIC its an
independent thing...nope. He scrunches up his face if its not cereal,
or pureed jarred baby food (sometimes he'll take it, other times nope).


I've thrown out so much jarred and homemade stuff.

Is this just another phase??

TIA,
maureen

On 2006-09-16 10:58:27 +0800, " said:

My DS is 8.5 months and for a while there, we were doing great on
solids. He was eating all the veggies I could put in front of him. I
made some homemade ones to supplement the 4 kinds of jarred ones.

He then had a solids strike for about a week. Couldn't get anything,
even cereal, into him.

Then he started again with the cereals and the fruits. I also gave him
some soggy cheerios. Fine.

The past week or so, he only wants to now eat the cereal+BM. I can't
get fruits or veggies into him. He'll take some veggie/fruit puffs or
cheerios, but often nothing else. I've tried more table food to see if
that's the prob. I give him stuff in front of him, JIC its an
independent thing...nope. He scrunches up his face if its not cereal,
or pureed jarred baby food (sometimes he'll take it, other times nope).


I've thrown out so much jarred and homemade stuff.

Is this just another phase??

TIA,
maureen

It could be just a phase. My son, 15 months, hardly eats any food at
all, except at dinner, he'll have about 10 teaspoons of whatever we're
having (usually veges and some kind of meat, or spaghetti). When he
is sick or getting sick he is even worse, and will only breastfeed. He
has never been keen on breakfast.

I say just keep attempting at the usual times, and the usual things,
and don't force the issue... there is no point.

Good luck!

Jo
--
Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife

My DD is about the same age and is doing the same thing.

We don't use jarred foods and usually puree our food or a veggie or
fruit. But, she flat out refuses foods she ate happily last week.

I remind myself that, at 8 months, the solid foods aren't for
nutrition. It's not a big deal if they refuse it at this point. And,
I don't want to make a game out of getting food into a clenched mouth,
so I ask "Are you finished?" and she throws up her hands with the
'finished' ASL sign and I immediately take her out of the chair. I
offer again later, but never force it on her.



wrote:
My DS is 8.5 months and for a while there, we were doing great on
solids. He was eating all the veggies I could put in front of him. I
made some homemade ones to supplement the 4 kinds of jarred ones.

He then had a solids strike for about a week. Couldn't get anything,
even cereal, into him.

Then he started again with the cereals and the fruits. I also gave him
some soggy cheerios. Fine.

The past week or so, he only wants to now eat the cereal+BM. I can't
get fruits or veggies into him. He'll take some veggie/fruit puffs or
cheerios, but often nothing else. I've tried more table food to see if
that's the prob. I give him stuff in front of him, JIC its an
independent thing...nope. He scrunches up his face if its not cereal,
or pureed jarred baby food (sometimes he'll take it, other times nope).


I've thrown out so much jarred and homemade stuff.

Is this just another phase??

TIA,
maureen