Help with weaning at 6 months

[Ttc321]

Hi all.
My son has just turned 6 months, and for the past week I have been trying him with puréed vegetables at dinner time, but he hates it! He loves his porridge in the morning & will have a mashed up banana for lunch which he also loves. But I just can’t get him to like the taste of veggies, also I tried him with carrot & chicken to see if he liked it better with meat but he is revolted by it. He just turns his head and won’t open his mouth, if he does open his mouth he just makes a crazy face and spits it out. I know I have to get him used to textures and tastes, so I have tried to put him in his high chair and put some soft fruit in front of him and encourage him to eat but he just gets upset. I’m not sure what to do? He manages one or two spoonfuls sometimes less but that is me taking half hour encouraging him to open his mouth and try it lol, but then he gets so upset because he is hungry so I just end up giving him his formula. He is extra hungry at night and wakes up every hour or hour & a half for a feed, I have tried rusk before bed, he did like it for a little while but is now refusing it. Is he just not ready? Am I ok to keep him on his milk? Any advice on what I can do? Thank you

Have you looked into Baby Led Weaning? At 6mo i would sit in the highchair whenever I was eating and offer bits on their highchair tray. They don't link food to hunger yet so everything is just there to explore at this stage and if it goes in, that's great.

You need to make sure he's not hungry when you offer food so give milk about an hour before and make sure he has plenty during the day. Solids won't replace milk yet; a lot of people use the phrase 'food before 1 is just for fun' as a guideline.

*sit them in the highchair

I never got in a highchair

Just get him used to tasting, he doesn't have to like it all at once. We just tried a little bit of things here and there, you don't have to rush it. He's fine to still have his milk, we only cut back on milk as the need reduced.

What tea said. Neither of mine had a spoon of anything, they just fed themselves whatever we were having. Didn't even mush it up.

At the moment milk is still his main source of nutrition so don't worry about that. I'd stick to veggies as much as you can to start with so he doesn't get used to the sweeter stuff. You'll find that you may have to repeat things several times before they may get used to the taste. There's no rush and just follow your baby's lead. Good luck!

At 6 months you are just letting him taste food, not replacing meals straight away, NCT do a really good class for about £25.

Hey,
We have also just started weaning and are finding similar issues, except my LO won't actually "eat" anything.
The only food she seems genuinely interested in is the food we are eating. We have been giving her pieces of this from our plates to chew on (part of the toast without any condiments on it, or some of the veggies out of the stew to chew on). Every food I try and spoon feed her with she will sometimes try a bit of but usually just turns her head away and refuses any of it. It is a pity as I spent a weekend making purees and mashed food for her and freezing it and none of it is being eaten :p
I'm not pushing her to eat anything as I was a very fussy eater growing up and I would rather she try things in her own time. All we can do is offer her some food 3 times a day and see if she eats any of it.
Also I am finding one day she will really like something and the next day refuse to touch it. The food she seems to like the most are the "finger foods" she can control herself, pieces of carrot and mango seem to be the most readily accepted.
Until they turn 1 food is just for fun really so I wouldn't worry too much at this stage. Just keep offering food 3 times a day and then if he seems interested in anything you are eating that is baby safe then give him some of that to try.

Maybe he’s not ready for 3 meals a day yet. Try him with different veg at lunch time and leave dinner for a few weeks as he’s only 6 months. My DD didn’t get to 3 meals a day until about 8 months and she absolutely loves all food

You could also mix together veg and fruit purée and then slowly move it to just veg, but I’ve never done that so I’m not sure if it would work. Sweet potato and carrot always went down well as they are quite sweet tasting veg

I didn't start three meals a day til about 8 months, sometimes he's not that interested in lunch.
I've found a mix of purée/mush and finger food has worked well.