DS absolutly refusing to be spoon fed.....

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so what do i do?? he is 7.5 months now and i think he is hungry because he drinks about 7 bottles of formula a day (250ml a bottle) which is a lot i think...

i do offer him some finger food and whatever we/DS1 is eating and he likes to suck on it but nothing really gets down (no teeth yet and no bits of food in nappy after)

whenever i apporoach a spoon he just tighten his lips and it is impossible for me to "force" food in his mouth...
if i make him laugh, he opens his mouth and i just have the time to get the sooon in, he actually eat it and does not seem to be unhappy about eating the puree... which really confuses me...
i tried homemade and industrial baby jars but it doesnt make a difference...

Start putting milk on the spoon so he gets the idea it's good stuff coming.

He might just not be hungry though - have you tried solids when he's due a bottle?

7 bottles does seem like a lot. I think ds2 dropped to 3 bottles about 7 months and is now on 2 bottles at 11 months.

Does he eat any meals with you as a family, how did you start introducing solids?

I'm sure you'll get some useful advice, but as reassurance, DD2 was a good 8 moths before she really took to solids. She's a great little eater now. I wouldn't worry too much

Have you tried giving him a spoon to play with too? DS2 used to want to do it himself and wouldn't let me put it in. Hell, let him use his fingers if he must!

yes, ive tried letting him play with a spoon kf pureeor yogurt and heplays with it and then mouth it happily while saying tatatatata so oviously taste is not the problem.
i havev tried "starving" him so he is hungry but it doesnt change a thing

i have breakfast with DS1 and DS2 in the morning
im guilty of not having lunch with DS2 when DS1 is at nursery otherwise we'll eat together
and they both eat together in the evening and i go to great lenght to ikkustrate with DS1 how DS2 should open his mouth....

im particularly concerned because the overdose of formula seems to be giving him colic/diarohea and i think that if at least a bit of food would
be swallowed down, things would be better.... less colics/diaroheas/nappy rash and more sleep for me...

sorry for all the typos, i was typing with DS2 falling asleep on me...

Would he feed himself? Go the baby led weaning route (which I don't know the details of tbh as it seemed to appear as a 'thing' after mine had done it off their own backs )

Mine hated spoon feeding, so we did the spoon each thing for yogurts and cereals and I just gave them bowls of grabbable stuff for other meals and let them get on with it.

Oh saw you said he sucks food - well cooked pasta with a vegetable/mince sauce. Pasta goes down easily, but even if it comes out he would have sucked down the bulk of the good stuff. DCs would end sucking it off their fingers too (this isn't the cleanest approach )

thanks for the suggestion.
i cannot do a spoon each because he just wont open his mouth if i am holding the spoon.

regarding his spoon, he plays with the food and then mouth it but rather to feed himself it is more to gnaw on it because he is teething...
im going to try though, to give him a little bowl of something and let him play with it/encourage him to spoon and eat...

doesnt matter about the mess..

weaning wAs so easy with DS1, i cant believe im having so much trouble this time around...

Three letters B L W

Try looking into BLW, it sounds like he would really enjoy it! FWIW I started my DS (6.5 months) on purées a few weeks ago, but since I added finger foods he has absolutely no interest whatsoever on being spoon fed any more and closes his mouth when the spoon approaches.

Don't worry too much (easier said than done! My dd2 ate no solids till she was over a year but now eats a wonderful varied diet.

She sat with the family at every meal wth something on her plate, a piece of bread or fruit etc, but didn't want anything. One day she just started, we missed having to puree food and messy clothes, it was wonderful

I had exactly the same experience - DS just didn't want anything on a spoon and I've never been able to persuade him to be spoonfed (except for petit filous!). I got really worried, but was determined not to force feed him or make food times a battle. I read about BLW on here and my sister-in-law (who I think is a great Mum and a generally allround sensible person) was doing it with her second child (although hadn't started yet), so I thought i'd give it a go. I found it a bit stressful because I wasn't controlling his eating and he didn't really eat 'meals' until he was about 10 months, but overall it was very easy and I'd certainly do it again.

babybouncer, eagle - thank you!
after yet another failure at lunch (tried both puree and finger food) im on the verge of crying.... so it's good to hear your stories
did your DD/DS ate something when blw?
bc DS justsuck on things at best or play throw them away....

im seeing the health visitor in an hour.. it is very stressful