9 MO refusing solids

[firstlittleone]

Need some help ..
my little boy was weaned eating 3 meals a day and loved his food but when his teeth finally came through at 8 months he has been refusing any solids. Relies on milk, will only eat snacks (rusks, melty puffs, sticks of fruit or veg). We have tried pouches and home cooked food, he will eat nothing more than a few mouthfuls and then cry for milk.

any advice??

It can be so frustrating can't it? Do you think he might still have done dental pain?

My DV2 went through this, teething and repeating colds would send him backwards. Again and again we tried to wean him.
At 1yr we sent him to nursery. They'd already had DC1, we trusted the staff member who told us they'd see it before + the way to do it was just give him the same food as everyone else. They said it will work in the first week + we had to switch to giving him normal food at the same time so he doesn't go back again. Worked like a charm. Nursery think it works because of the huge change, a different environment, the distraction from eating with peers and no giving in.
I'm not proposing you fix this by sending him off to nursery, but hopefully it can inspire some ideas.
Is he having milk in a bottle? If so, the comfort of the bottle maybe a draw. Perhaps change to a cup in the day, maybe just some in bottle before bed, then later always in a cup.
Think about how you can change this routine. Switch up how you eat, who with and the food. Plenty of distractions. Could you change location? Go to a loved family/friend for lunch every day for one week? We used to let the kids sit on a rug having a picnic watching TV for a treat, they ate absolutely everything!
I think part of it as a mum we are desperate for our little poorly baby to eat and they pick up on the stress and desperation. By shifting the focus, its less of a battleground. I was told that a hungry child will not willingly starve themselves and it helped to tell myself that.
You will get through this. Its a long tim ago for me now, DC2 is now 12 and taller than me and a human dustbin when he is growing!
Good luck!