My DS is soon be be 1. And just as the title says, he’s still being spoon fed. I’ve done a mix of feeding from 6 months, puree and finger food. He’ll ether just sit and stare at the finger food, or will pick it up and mush it everywhere and fling it, he very very rarely will pick it up and put it in his mouth.
I’ve tried pre loading spoons for him, he ether picks up the wrong end or just smacks it against his tray so all the food ends up everywhere and then throws the spoon on the floor. So again, no food in his mouth.
The only time he actually ingests food is it I’m spoon feeding him or putting finger food in his mouth.
He seems to still be really fussy with texture too, despite having a big variety since 6 months. I don’t know if it’s a lazy thing as it seems as though anything he has to chew consistently for abit he’ll spit back out.
I’ve done the whole put food infront of him, leave him to it. Eat with him, let him eat off my plate, loaded cutlery etc etc, every time he eats virtually nothing.
Where as if I’m feeding him, for example he’ll eat and good sized portion of cottage pie or spaghetti bolognese, fruit, a yoghurt, and maybe a rusk. (Which he’ll eat himself)
the only things he will eat alone is Ella’s kitchen melt sticks / puffs, occasionally fruit, he sometimes attempts a sandwich but it’s like he doesn’t have a clue how to eat it and mostly just smooshed it all over his mouth until it’s fallen into a million little pieces.
He starts with a childminder in the new year - and I’m at a loss and honestly exasperating from trying. It’s really getting me down.
Or am I expecting too much?? I’m not expecting him to be spooning dinners off a plate or bowl and feeding himself a full meal, but he just doesn’t seem to want to try and feed himself.
Hes down to 3x 7 oz bottles a day. Which he normally doesn’t finish. One first thing in the morning, breakfast is normally 1.5-2 hours after, then lunch, then a bottle before his nap and then dinner and a bottle before bed.
I think he’s hit all other milestones rolling, crawling, was walking before 11 months, says mama, dada, claps. (Doesn’t point or wave yet and the rest of his speech is pretty much babble and screech’s.) At our last HV visit she was happy with him. And commented on how active he is (which he is, he does not stop!)
Help as I’m loosing my mind stressing over it….