We were advised by our HV to try baby-led weaning and gave her things she can hold and feed herself. She'll have a go at anything we give her and she particularly likes bread sticks, but other than these she never really eats much of what she's given. She sucks it and squashes it up, but there is usually most of it left over. She doesn't to be able to swallow solid stuff and I've had to take bits of food out of her mouth a couple of times that she'd had in there for ages, so that she could breast feed.
We'd just assumed this was normal, but at her 8 month assessment a different HV was horrified that she wasn't eating at least a 'serving spoon' full of food 3 times a day plus some banana and yoghurts!!! So much for the baby-led approach.
Now I feel awful and that I'm failing her. Thing is, she simply doesn't seem to want to eat solids. She likes the yoghurts but isn't really interested in much else. We've tried giving her what we have, both as it is and chopped up, not interested after a bit of a taste. I've made weetabix, scrambled eggs, soups, casseroles etc, but again, she has a bit of a taste then loses interest. I've bought some baby food, both sweet and savory and again, she has a taste then isn't interested.
She's breast feeding about 3 times during the day and about the same thru' the night, so neither of us is getting a good night's sleep. She just doesn't seem to be that hungry. She's got buckets of energy - she crawls faster than Usain Bolt runs and she's pulling herself up onto her feet and trying to walk - and she's growing well, but I can't help feeling I'm doing something wrong.
Any advice?