10 month old advice

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Hi everyone,

Just looking for some advice and hopefully some reassurance!
I have a very active 10 month old (crawling, cruising, climbing, standing on his own) and I just feel everything has gone a bit all over the place lately.

He was doing great with weaning and BLW but all of a sudden he hates the high chair, hates sitting on the floor or lap for food and doesn't want to eat or even play- he just wants to throw everything to the floor or tip the entire plate over 😅. We don't force him but he used to love his food and I feel like he's going backwards.

He has went from pretty consistent two longer naps a day to 30 min cat naps which makes him overtired and affect night sleep.

He wants to be held all the time....yet at the same time wants to crawl around so he's frustrated being held and frustrated on the floor.

Someone please tell me this is just a phase and it will pass? And if so how did you survive it? 😂

Absolutely a phase. In a couple of weeks he'll be better at getting around and less frustrated. For food, don't give him a plate for a bit if you can help it. Pass him each piece of food (or the spoon) one at a time. And if he's not fussed then just end the meal early. You could also try a change of scenery like more picnics and see if that helps with this phase. Both of mine went to one longer nap around this age (typically 11.30-1.30) so maybe he's ready for that. Good luck!

Thank you so much, passing food and not giving a plate is a great idea. I genuinely think I'm in the thick of it so can't see the wood for the trees that this didn't occur to me.

We might have a look at his naps and see if we can change it around a bit.

Thank you

I also have a very active little one and I was thinking today that ten to 11 months was the worst age - able to crawl but with absolutely no sense of danger, so I had to watch him like a hawk to make sure he wasn’t chewing wires or eating dirt… and then when he first began pulling up that was hard because he’d fall over frequently. After never really being injured he was permanently bruised for about a month! He also loved throwing food.

He grew out of it around 1 once he was slightly more stable, and now at 18 months he understands boundaries and has a good sense of his physical limits, and life has got a lot easier. He’s happier and I don’t have to watch him so closely.

Hi!
My little girl is going through a similar phase at 1yrs old.
We try and keep mealtimes consistent by always sitting in a highchair no matter how much she protests. We also offer her food on a spoon or chunks directly into her mouth. If she bats it away or refuses then we give it a few moments and try again. If she doesn't want it she gets down and we repeat the process a bit later.
I feel your frustration! We have seen a huge improvement with consistency

Let babypotter about and just hand bits of food or just leave it on a plate on a stool or the floor

"Food before 1 just for fun!" Etc etc

Yep , we're in exactly the same boat. Just wants to be held all the time . Then when we do pick him up hes wriggling trying to get down to run around then gets fustrated again at me to pick him up. He refuses to eat in his chair, refusing food in general and throwing food, mine is 13 months . You have my sympathy op

This is like reading about my child, eating grass and trying to climb anything he can...we babyproofed but you can't exactly baby proof a couch 😂. It's good to know it gets better!

He does like to eat things from the floor...😂

Oh good to know you've seen improvements 😊 I just never know if it's the food or high chair he's hating at the minute!

It's so hard at times, I sometimes think he doesn't know what he wants. They want to be independent but be on you at the same time. Hopefully just a phase

Keep at it! Consistency is key! We can default to being quite lazy and eat off our laps and realised that just didn't work. Our baby needed to know that highchair meant food time and nothing else!