10 month old - fussy eating!

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Help!

My now 10 month old has turned rather fussy with food.

We weaned her at 6 months and she took to it so well. Tried and ate most things and then we moved onto BLW after she turned her nose up pouches - don’t blame her, taste of nothing lol. She took to BLW like a duck to water. She ate what we were eating which made life so much easier.

We’ve hit 10 months and she is now the fussiest thing ever. Put her in her high chair and within 5 minutes she’s crying & crying to come out not even touching her food. Or she eats some but then just spits it out. Sometimes doesn’t even attempt to eat any of it. I understand can take a few attempts with new offerings but she’s doing it with the things she really enjoyed.

She’s happier to eat when she’s not in her high chair but obviously… this isn’t safe.

She’s exclusively breastfed and as soon as she’s out of high chair, she’s nuzzling into me for a feed. She does BF regularly and quite often through most of the night (still haven’t mastered a good sleep through the night, yawn!) Understandably, sometimes breakfast is a 100% miss as she’s just not hungry.

She loves her raspberries, blueberries & yoghurts but I can’t feed her that 3 meals a day, 7 days a week.

She’s teething here and there but not enough to make me think that’s the reason SOLIDLY FOR THE PAST 3/4 WEEKS.

She has meals when we are eating too and I always make an effort to eat, even if it’s just a snack alongside her. What am I doing wrong?! I felt so so lucky as she was doing so well but we’ve hit a brick wall and everything I offer, just gets thrown on the floor, not even attempted or spat out when she used to eat everything!

I know BF is more important before 1 and food is just a ‘play’ for them but she literally, to me, isn’t eating enough!

ps - I try to feed her 30/45 mins after her naps and not straight after a BF. I found if I tried to offer her food 1/1.5 hours after her nap she sits there rubbing her eyes and gets even more ratty.

My baby is about the same age. I stopped breastfeeding at eight months, and one of the thighs we did was go straight to solid breakfast (rather than BF and solids 30 mins later). We also cut out the pre lunch feed to improve appetite for lunch solids. Might be worth a try.

She's only ten months old.
We were told food is for fun til they're one.
You've got a long way to go with eating, please try and relax a bit or you'll drive yourself mad!

Hello!
We have a 10.5 month old and are experiencing a similar ish situation. No real advice or solutions to give, but just solidarity! I do think my baby has really hit the separation anxiety phase, so that may be playing into it too, plus teething and heatwaves supressing appetite for sure.
Ultimately, I try to go with the flow, make mealtimes fun, even if he lasts only 2 minutes in the high chair and I do mix things up and we eat in the park a lot picnic style etc etc.
I try to tell myself its very much a journey and they won't starve themselves! It's tough and I hope it will improve, but may take time and have ups and downs.

Milk is more important than food right now but food isn't just for fun before 1. Her iron levels are depleting now so ideally she should be supplementing her breast milk with iron rich food.

Keep offering. Keep putting her in the high chair for her meals. Keep introducing new food even if she doesn't eat them. If she gets upset, take her out and try again later. Eat with her and make lots of "mmmm, yummy" food noises and let her watch you eat. Have a safe food that you know she will eat at every meal. Just keep doing what you are doing, hopefully by 12 months there will be an improvement.