Nightmare lunchtimes

[Jasmum]

I'm new to Mumsnet & hope that someone can help me with my 7 month old who spends most of her lunchtime screaming with me struggling to get her to eat anything other then yoghurt & fruit. I'm finding it increasingly stressful. Today I let my partner feed her & he had the same problem. i've tried it hot I've tried it cold, bland, herby, smooth, lumpy.
What she likes one day she won't touch the next, I can't help but think I must of done a terrible job weaning her.
HV is a waste of time & need some help.
Sorry if this message is the same as the previous one....

Hi, don't know if you have tried this, but...

have you thought of giving her something to play with at the table? My dd would not feed unless she was doing something with her hands. Now she's older, we give her a chunk of bread to hold, some of it goes into her mouth, it mostly gets fiddled with then dropped, but it keeps her happy.

I've been through all teh food phases with dd, she's always been a terrible eater. Tried just about anything.
One of the things that worked was giving her something to eat or play with as Tissy suggested.
I feel for you because we've been through all of this and still are sometimes (age 22 months):she'll eat great one day and next to nothing teh enxt 2 days. I stopped worrying when I saw she was still growing (somehow) and was definitely a happy baby.

Best of luck, you have all my sympathies, but no golden solution I'm afraid!!

thanks, tea was pretty much the same tonight so I gave her a spoon to concentrate on but her mouth was still sealed until I tried fruit puree.
I might try finger foods tomorrow. When she eats nicely it's so enjoyable feeding her but most of the time it feels like a battle of wills.
At what age do you not give a sweet thing if they won't eat the veggies? Does she understand that if she has one then she'll get what she likes & does it matter at this age?

Have you mixed savoury foods with your fruit purees to introduce new tastes? My dd loves banana and it seems to be a good way of introducing new flavours. Her favourite meal at the moment is avocado and banana. Some combinations seem a bit disgusting but I think their taste buds are different! I also agree with giving her something to play with/eat as well such as a bit of rice cake.

Try not to worry about it, after all yoghurt and fruit are very nutritious.

Thanks for all the advice, lunchtime today was great I gave her a spoon (without food on it!) & she seemed facinated by that while I shovelled fruity chicken into her! She loved it & so did I, we'll try again later.
Most the time I end up mixing savoury with sweet but she got a bit wise to that. i had to put the yog on the tip of the spoon with the veg behind so when it touched her lips she was like mmm yum yog but then she realised & only opened her mouth enough to take the front bit! Anyway onwards we plod.....