7 month old refusing solids

[Cchloe7849]

We started weaning around 6 months, beg purées, fruit purées, baby rice porridge etc. Bits of finger food like toast and crumpet which he always seemed to gag on or throw on the floor. Now he is 7 months we are trying lumpy foods for example I made some baby pasta with a tomato sauce and he outright refused it. Spat every mouthful out and screamed and cried. This also happened with other new lumpy foods I’ve tried. I even tried to let him feed himself it but he just threw it everywhere. He won’t eat carrot or broccoli himself either but will then happily be fed his smooth yogurt and fruit purée. I just don’t know what to do because he can’t have purées forever and isn’t eating much food at all

I think 7 months is still very young. I'm sure the lumpy pouches from ella etc are for 10 month plus. I would personally just go for more lumpy porridge, bits of fruit like half blueberries and sataumas and soft bits of carrot and be patient. It can take a while for them to get used to it!

just don’t know what to do because he can’t have purées forever and isn’t eating much food at all

Chill out. It's been a month. Put food in front of him and let him play with it. If he eats anything at this stage it's a bonus. Don't start fretting about eating already or you're going to set yourself up for years of stress.

It’s absolutely fine, honestly. They call it weaning as it’s a slow, gradual process.

Keep offering him variety and choice at each meal and don’t panic that he isn’t getting enough as long as you’re still giving him milk. My DS was the same and went through a stage of only eating bread but is now much better.

Our health visitors gave a chat on weaning and advised not to worry about how much they were eating until they were a year as they will still get main nutrition from milk. They advised letting them play and experiment with food, letting them get used to different textures and tastes.
My 9mth old still spits out a lot of what he chews and takes a few days off get used to new foods. We do things like making porridge with berries for breakfast (there's a good nhs recipe and the berries cook and mush), scrambled eggs, fingers of sandwiches, bolognese with baby pasta, cottage pie.
He absolutely loves things like sticks of cucumber and segments of orange that he can suck.
When eating he likes to have a spoon, we'll hand it to him with food on and he'll put it in his mouth (we have a spoon and feed him too) and sometimes he'll just mush it all up or enjoy watching it fall to the floor! It's amazing how much mess one tiny breadstick can make!
I wouldn't get to stressed about it, keep offering foods on the tray and let him play with them and try them when he's ready. He'll start swallowing and eating more over the next few months, at 7mths he's very young.

Don't worry about it at this point. My ds refused to eat anything at all until 9 months and then spent 2 months eating only the Ella's kitchen fruit purées. He refused to have food on the high chair tray too and pushed it off. He went from eating the super smooth pouches straight to the 10 month old pouches and I could finally give him home made food then too. He refused all of the other textures. I was constantly worried and asking health visitors for advice but I didn't need to worry as he loves his food now. At 15 months we are still working on eating some kinds of finger foods such as bread but he is happy with everything else and had massive portions.

After an initial burst of interest mine didn't really get into solids into about8 months- still early days.