DS 18months struggles with wet food

[staceymarieox]

Hi! I dont know if this is just a silly thing but just looking to see if anyone out there has had the same or similar experience!

My son is 18 months, he started on baby food jars at 6 months as well as finger foods etc as usual.

Hes tried a lot of things, and has had beans, gravy etc on food before and enjoyed but now I'm finding hes refusing or gagging at the touch of them or sometimes if he puts it to his mouth. Most recently this has happened with mash potato which he usually loves! Hes not really a 'picky' eater but does prefer certain things and eats the same things as its habit for him as well as for us now. When he goes to other people's home and nursery etc he will usually try whatever is put in front of him even if its something new.

I don't think its so much a 'wet' thing with the foods as he has cereal daily with milk always followed by a yoghurt.

I mentioned it to h/v who said its likely a phase but I'm just concerned it could be something more 🤷‍♀️

Any help would be great, even if I am just worrying too much!

I mentioned it to h/v who said its likely a phase but I'm just concerned it could be something more

When you say it could be something more, is there something particularly that you're worried about?

It's a phase we are in right now, try not to worry. I know it's hard but they will right themselves x

There's nothing in particular I'm looking out for like neither me or my partner have anything we'd be concerned about him inheriting from us or anything! I'm just thinking like potentially autism and things like that, I havent read up on anything because I will get paranoid and obviously if it was to be something its wouldn't be any issue of course I just want to make sure he has the best support from the start if he needs the extra support if you get what I mean? As he's a pandemic baby I feel there's so much less support we've had with him than we would normally! And as he's our first its all new to us anyway!

I think the few experiences we have had with the health visitor have made me feel a bit crap too, like they push for home cooked healthy meals for them and I do try, but when he first went onto solids my father passed away and sometimes quick and easy was all we had time to do and to be honest all I felt like doing, I love cooking from scratch but with us both working full time how do you squeeze it all in 🤷‍♀️

Hix I am in the same boat with my DD . She is absolutely fine with messy play like sand , dirt , water but won’t touch slimy food ( she would eat pasta with all the sauce if I feed her but not otherwise ) have you seen any improvements or found out the cause ? ☺️