Struggling with weaning 10 month old

[elliejjtiny]

DS4 is 10 months old. He has development delay and a cleft palate so has always struggled with feeding. He drinks high calorie prescription formula (infatrini) from a special bottle that I squeeze to get the milk out as he can't suck. His weight is fine now, although he was underweight when he was younger.

We started weaning when he was 6.5 months old on advice of the paediatrician and dietician. 4 months later we haven't really made any progress at all. On a really good day he eats 1/2 a teaspoon of puree. I've tried BLW, runny purees, "solid" purees (eg mashed potato) and nothing works. It either dribbles out of his mouth or comes out of his nose.

The dietician said it was because infatrini is quite sweet he doesn't like solids but I've tried mixing infatrini with fruit etc and that made a tiny bit of difference (he ate 1/2 a teaspoon of it instead of his usual nothing).

Mil keeps making "helpful suggestions" mostly involving feeding him custard or chocolate which I don't want to do, especially as he's not starving or anything, he's still getting all the nutrients from milk.

Is there anything else I can do?

[MilkRunningOutAgain]

Not sure I can help but didn't like to leave you without a reply. Perhaps yo need further advice from a pro? When my DD was tiny she ate more sitting on my lap picking things off my plate than on her own, have you tried eating with your DS like this? Eating with friends also helps, it can take away the stress and may encourage him to eat to copy the others. And just offer a big variety, something may take his fancy. My DS liked some really strong flavours like curry and mature cheese well before he was one!

[elliejjtiny]

Thanks. I normally feed DS in a bouncy chair as I've got my hands free that way (he needs a lot of support still and is very heavy these days) but I'll try holding him at the table when my older DC are eating to see if that helps.