1 Year Old won't Drink from Other Bottles or Eat Solids

[NewDaddy4328]

Hey everyone. So me and my wife didn't start thinking about this until recently, but our soon-to-be 1 year old daughter consistently refuses to eat solids or drink from sippy cups/other bottles other than her normal baby bottle (Philips Avent)
My wife read somewhere that babies/toddlers can start getting tooth decay if they drink from a bottle past 1 years old, which i think is a little bit too unbelievable. We also started feeding her milk recently, which she doesn't seems to have a problem with but thought i'd throw it in here.
We've tried putting solid/other bottles in front of her to try, putting it up to her mouth to try, having one of us eat/use it in front of her and then offer it to her, etc. We've tried all of these several times over the past couple weeks with no success.
If she goes on long enough, she'll keep crying to the point she is raspy and struggles to cry. We offer her and she refuses, then kept coming back to her with it with still the same result. I did this scenario with her and vegetables at about 7 or 8 months old after feeding her solids a couple months already.
Eventually, she got to the point where she would eat the vegetables by themselves once, but she's not doing it this time with solids or other bottles. Anybody have any advice on how to encourage her to try either?

You think standard medical advice is unbelievable?

Have you tried an open cup?

Your post is a little confusing- is your child having any food? Have you spoken to the HV about your concerns?

A one year old should really be eating three meals a day. If she's truly not eating any solids you should definitely speak to a health professional as she won't be getting the nutrients she needs from just milk anymore.

No solid food at all?!
No finger foods of any kind? How much milk is she still drinking?
Is there any kind of developmental delay?
If she is really eating nothing at all then you some advice from a medical professional. It’s going to start impacting her growth and development of something doesn’t change.

I guess I should've clarified. She's eating solids (pureed foods, puffs, small baby graham crackers, etc), but she's refusing to eat solid foods (blueberries, banana slices, etc). I just changed this in the post.

I didn't know that tooth decay was an issue, but to me it just seemed unbelievable. We haven't even checked with our pediatrician and my wife was believing it right off the bat.

We've tried open cup, sippy cup, cup with a straw, etc. She has the same reaction to all. We're just going to keep trying i guess.

She's eating solids (pureed foods, puffs, small baby graham crackers, etc), but she's refusing to eat solid foods (blueberries, banana slices, etc). I just changed this in the post.

She's eating solids (pureed foods, puffs, small baby graham crackers, etc), but she's refusing to eat solid foods (blueberries, banana slices, etc). I just changed this in the post.

She's not eating solids at all if it's only puréed or snacks at that age. This is something you really need to adress- is she having the purées in a bowl? She really is too old to still be on a liquid diet.

Is she able to pick up the food and get it to her mouth?

Have you tried making her purées more lumpy so she can practice chewing and stalking? I'm assuming by purée you mean smooth texture and not mashed or lumpy.

So if you give her a plate of pasta how does she do? Do you give lumpier purees?

Of course she can get tooth decay - milk is sweet, if it's not brushed off the teeth properly it can cause problems. I think lots of parents keep a bottle well past one but it seemed like a good point to swap for us (DS moved onto cow's milk at 12 months so it was all done at the same time).

At one she needs to not be eating purees, solids are really important for brain development. Eating purees for extended periods is also more likely to lead to life long picky eating.

I’d take a look at solid starts, they helped to solve our daughter’s eating difficulties when the hospital dietician was useless. It is an organisation of specialist paediatricians and dieticians.

solidstarts.com/therapy-throwdown-challenges-from-spoons-to-fingers/

They also have webinar you can pay for or if you are on a low income they give you free access - solidstarts.com/downloads/from-spoons-to-fingers-recorded-webinar/.

I’d also recommend having a look at their Instagram for more information.

The tooth decay it correct with milk/juice not for water.

You are obviously in the US so its better to het local advice. Have you you tried all sitting together at the table and just giving them the same food, put it in front of them and leave them to it?

There is sugar in milk so they Dorothy decay thing is right. With a bottle, more milk comes into contact with the teeth because of the way you drink from a bottle,m compared to a soppy cup.

Chewing and swallowing is good for speech development because it strengthens muscles needed.