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10 mo selective eating

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Blueowlnight · 02/04/2025 19:52

My 10mo barely eats anything. His elder sister tried all sorts so this feels very different to me. He rejects most food by either throwing it, arching his back away, turning his head if I try to give it to him. He won’t be spoon fed, so everything has been blw

Im resisting the urge to force him and am letting him choose himself. We eat a good variety of food and he is always offered a version of what we have (though I skip a meal sometimes if I know he won’t have it and it’ll be a mess eg if I have cereal/porridge for breakfast).

he will eat: bread, Greek yoghurt, tofu, baked beans, tomato/plain pasta
He used to eat green veg but that’s gone recently. He will try a roasted veg, but usually doesn’t eat. He will eat cream cheese or peanut butter on toast, or bread dipped in soup.

Absolutely refuses fruit, cheese, beans, lentil meals, potato, most saucy/wet food like stews/bolognese/curry, egg, any other kind of veg. He seems to be especially offended by fruit, and I have tried every fruit I can think of. We’re veggie so I haven’t tried meat

He just loves breast milk, and I’d say he hasn’t dropped any feeds and his poo is still very yellow.

Is this normal?! My first was so varied, and I barely had to worry!

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shardlakem · 02/04/2025 21:04

I'd say at 10 months don't worry yet, just keep offering plenty of variety and try to eat together etc etc. Charlotte Sterling Reed has some good blogs on this on her website & instagram, she is really reassuring.

ODFOx · 02/04/2025 21:16

Everything needs to be offered in the same recognisable form 17 times before it’s normalised. If the first DC weren’t the easiest on most of us wouldn’t have more so try not to compare.
Just keep on keeping on: in most cases it works itself out. Don’t be cross or stressed: he’ll pick it up.
Eat together as much as you can; let him pick his favourite bits; keep serving everything and eating everything yourselves; doing that from the middle of the table is easiest.
If it doesn’t resolve in the next few months or he isn’t thriving then it’s time to seek out more help. Good luck!

OtterMummy2024 · 03/04/2025 07:26

My ten month old is currently going through a stage of being fussy about fruit (spits out raspberries if I spoon feed them, but will have a go with fingers themself). I suspect it's related to their top two teeth having just come in. Plus maybe they are starting to get more independent and food is something they can control!

I stopped breastfeeding at 8 months, I then moved straight to breakfast on wake up rather than BM then solids, and it did improve LO's appetite for solids. But my baby was very chilled about the end of breastfeeding, and if your baby loves it, he might protest about the order of feeds/solids changing around!

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OtterMummy2024 · 03/04/2025 07:28

Have you tried Shredded Wheat for breakfast? My baby is quite into it right now, it's easier for BLW than Weetabix. Stays structural!

Superscientist · 03/04/2025 09:12

At 10 months my daughter ate 2-3 spoons of Weetabix for breakfast, 2-3 spoons veg puree for lunch and a handful of peas and sweetcorn maybe with a bit of pasta for dinner!

She didn't start eating meals until 13 months and was 20 months before she ate enough to drop her formula. She was under the dietician for allergies and reflux and they weren't concerned.

Blueowlnight · 03/04/2025 09:15

Thanks all, that’s really reassuring! Will keep on keeping on!

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