My boy wont feed himself!

[Jess15x]

Hi im just looking for afvice and support really.
my boy is 14 months old and likes most things to be fed to him, but he will not feed himself.
the only things he will pick up or take off me is snacks that are bad for him!
all his meals he likes are wet meals. Anything with a sauce basically. He also wants them fed to him by spoon.
if i leave the spoon loaded for him he goes mad and gets so upset and food is all iver our walls!
is there an easy way to try and get him to eat “dry food” as in sandwiches and finger foods to pick up by himself?

or is it just the fact hes not ready yet?

Do you offer him things he can pick up easily like carrot sticks, cucumber, pepper etc.?

Just give him something he can and then be " busy" oreat with him but don't feed him he might protest but he will be OK.

This organisation is fun by specialist paediatricians and dieticians. They have great advice - solidstarts.com/baby-led-weaning/troubleshooting/ (don’t be put off by the solids bit, they do traditional weaning too). Their Instagram is great too and worth a look through.

We had an absolutely dreadful time with weaning, referral to the dieticians etc… until we found solid starts and their advice turned it around completely.

Do you eat with him? Just thinking if you are sitting at the table slightly distracted by feeding yourself and leaving him to it a bit, might be more relaxed than if you are hovering over him, watching him like a hawk.

I always found that if we had people over or were eating with others, our daughter was a lot 'better behaved'. There's less attention on them and they seem to get the peer pressure. It's probably just a phase, like everything at this age!