Weaning and feeding

Iamgonnasuceed · 2022-08-25T11:47:18+00:00

I'm after some advice. We started weaning our 8 months old baby 3 months ago and he would eat very little but now 8 months in and he's not willing to eat puréed or finger food unless it's fruits. Health visitor said to keep offering but it's not getting anywhere. Any advice welcome.

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Rowen32 · 25/08/2022 13:46

Is it the sweet element that he likes? Used he eat other foods or was it always just fruit?

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Iamgonnasuceed · 25/08/2022 17:27

Rowen32 · 25/08/2022 13:46

Is it the sweet element that he likes? Used he eat other foods or was it always just fruit?

Yes he's into sweet. He would eat a very small amount of veggie purée. I tried to reduce breastfeeding because that's all he wants now but he gets upset so he's full on milk and eat fruits

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Rowen32 · 25/08/2022 22:32

Iamgonnasuceed · 25/08/2022 17:27

Yes he's into sweet. He would eat a very small amount of veggie purée. I tried to reduce breastfeeding because that's all he wants now but he gets upset so he's full on milk and eat fruits

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Have you tried sweet potato? A really nice carrot? Thinking of the sweeter fruit?

Or a banana pancake (again would have the sweetness) but a different texture..

Mashed banana on a piece of bread..

Yoghurt on a plain pancake or porridge finger.. That kind of thing

Just going with the sweet but trying to bring in new things and hopefully they'll grow on him..

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Iamgonnasuceed · 26/08/2022 07:41

Yes I've given him all those but it doesn't make it better

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Rowen32 · 26/08/2022 22:08

I guess just persevere then. As he gets older he'll probably want what sees you having :-)

yikesanotherbooboo · 26/08/2022 22:33

He is still young so I don't think you need to worry or feel frustrated.
If I were you I would eat all meals with him and give him the same as you are having .He can have some fruit but he should just get into the habit of thinking that 'this is what we eat' .So cereal or a boiled egg for breakfast, fruit after, soup with bread dipped in or cold bits and bobs or something on toast for lunch with yogurt after and dinner eg pasta or fish and veg or stir fry or whatever with maybe fruit after. He will get the hang of it.Snacks can be as you wish. Just press on offering a huge variety and making sure that he watches you eating as this is how he will learn.

PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 08:58

What happens if you offer something like spag bol and he refuses to eat it? Do you offer anything else?

And there's a good weaning section under "Feed the World". You might find some threads on what 8 month olds can be like in there

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Iamgonnasuceed · 27/08/2022 10:00

Rowen32 · 26/08/2022 22:08

I guess just persevere then. As he gets older he'll probably want what sees you having :-)

Yes I guess x

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Iamgonnasuceed · 27/08/2022 10:01

yikesanotherbooboo · 26/08/2022 22:33

He is still young so I don't think you need to worry or feel frustrated.
If I were you I would eat all meals with him and give him the same as you are having .He can have some fruit but he should just get into the habit of thinking that 'this is what we eat' .So cereal or a boiled egg for breakfast, fruit after, soup with bread dipped in or cold bits and bobs or something on toast for lunch with yogurt after and dinner eg pasta or fish and veg or stir fry or whatever with maybe fruit after. He will get the hang of it.Snacks can be as you wish. Just press on offering a huge variety and making sure that he watches you eating as this is how he will learn.

We eat all together I let him "play" in my plate but he doesn't really eat from it yet.

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Iamgonnasuceed · 27/08/2022 10:04

PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 08:58

What happens if you offer something like spag bol and he refuses to eat it? Do you offer anything else?

And there's a good weaning section under "Feed the World". You might find some threads on what 8 month olds can be like in there

I would offer him something else but not anymore. Health visitor said to keep offering same thing over few days.

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PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 12:23

I would offer him something else but not anymore. Health visitor said to keep offering same thing over few days

Slightly odd advice there from your HV, I'm not sure a anybody would want the same food offered over and over for a few days. I do agree with not offering alternatives though as that just seems to lead a lot of babies to automatically refusing new foods as they know that their favourites will then appear.

PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 12:28

Sorry, pressed post by accident.

Is he developing in every other way?

Is he following his centiles and is bright and alert at times?

And are you offering a daily vitamin?

If it's yes to all of those I'd stop worrying. Some babies just don't figure out that good and fill them up as well as BM for awhile.

And it doesn't mean that you can't go out, you can still send them to the park or leave them when you go out. In fact sometimes it can make them more likely to eat.

Ihavekids · 27/08/2022 12:35

Sounds counterintuitive but I'd cut back a lot on the sweet food. Don't worry about filling him up, he will still be getting most of his nutrition from milk, rightly so, until at least 1. Just keep offering bits of what you're having and eventually he'll get into it. But make sweet things a much, much rarer option. All kids love sweet things- both formula and bm are really sweet. He has to get used to all kinds of different tastes. Of course if you only offer sweet then he'll only want sweet- all kids would.
Toast fingers, all kinds of cooked veggies they can mash between fingers and gums, frozen peas or sweetcorn, avocado, scrambled or boiled eggs, crushed tinned beans, or chickpeas, cooked ground meats, salmon, unsweetened rice cakes, sticky rice, cooked pasta pieces. No sugar, no salt. Fruit occasionally. Let him see you eating exactly same food.
One of mine didn't start eating a significant amount of food til after 1, the other started eating loads around 8m.
Don't get into the habit of a sweets only eating kid at 8m old. You'll have years of grief otherwise. GL.

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Iamgonnasuceed · 27/08/2022 13:39

PritiPatelsMaker · 27/08/2022 12:28

Sorry, pressed post by accident.

Is he developing in every other way?

Is he following his centiles and is bright and alert at times?

And are you offering a daily vitamin?

If it's yes to all of those I'd stop worrying. Some babies just don't figure out that good and fill them up as well as BM for awhile.

And it doesn't mean that you can't go out, you can still send them to the park or leave them when you go out. In fact sometimes it can make them more likely to eat.

Yes he's doing really well. It's only the food side that's not going well.

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Iamgonnasuceed · 27/08/2022 13:50

Ihavekids · 27/08/2022 12:35

Sounds counterintuitive but I'd cut back a lot on the sweet food. Don't worry about filling him up, he will still be getting most of his nutrition from milk, rightly so, until at least 1. Just keep offering bits of what you're having and eventually he'll get into it. But make sweet things a much, much rarer option. All kids love sweet things- both formula and bm are really sweet. He has to get used to all kinds of different tastes. Of course if you only offer sweet then he'll only want sweet- all kids would.
Toast fingers, all kinds of cooked veggies they can mash between fingers and gums, frozen peas or sweetcorn, avocado, scrambled or boiled eggs, crushed tinned beans, or chickpeas, cooked ground meats, salmon, unsweetened rice cakes, sticky rice, cooked pasta pieces. No sugar, no salt. Fruit occasionally. Let him see you eating exactly same food.
One of mine didn't start eating a significant amount of food til after 1, the other started eating loads around 8m.
Don't get into the habit of a sweets only eating kid at 8m old. You'll have years of grief otherwise. GL.

Thanks for your insight. You're right. I will definitely cut the sweet.

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