Hi. I have a 10 month old boy and I'm really struggling with what to feed him for lunch/dinner.
Started weaning at 5 months which was fine, he did well with purées and was doing well with thicker/not fully blended meals THEN we hit 7 months and he went on a very stressful hunger strike where he refused everything apart from yogurt. This lasted until 9 months when he suddenly started accepting food again. He also got his top 2 teeth through so don't know if this is was the reason for the food refusal. He has never been great with the bottle so I don't think he's overly fussed about or motivated by food.
Because of the refusal, I feel like we've gone backwards with the weaning and I'm so scared of putting him off food again that I don't know what to offer him! Because of this I have started using baby readymeals/pouches. They are the 10mth+ ones and he does fine with them. I tried him with spaghetti bolognese last week (my dinner from the night before) but he didn't eat much - I feel like it seemed a bit too dry for him. He does well with lumps and bits but seems to prefer wet foods if that makes sense.
I would really like to stop relying on readymade food/pouches for many reasons but I'm scared of him rejecting everything else. I don't know where to start with textures, sauces etc. Does anyone have any ideas that could help me? It probably doesn't help that I am not very good at cooking - happy to learn/try, I just have never really had to cook much before so don't know what to do.
I would really appreciate any ideas/advice/recipes!!
Thank you x