DS decided he no longer want to wean

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DS is 6.5 months old. We started giving him purees at 5 months. Veggies to start with then introduced pureed fruit.

Things were going OK but for the past week he has started clamping his mouth shut and refusing to eat or let anything other than bottle teat go in his mouth.

His routine is:

7am - milk
10.30am - veg puree followed by milk (normally doesn't take whole bottle)
3pm - fruit puree followed by milk (again doesn't normally take full bottle)
7pm - milk

He has pretty much refused all fruit for the past week (after having previously loved it) and only takes a couple of spoonfuls of veg.

Does anyone have any advice? Maybe I should move onto more adventurous foods? Should I try giving him finger foods (have given him pieces of cheese and crusts in past and he chews but then spits them out).

I don't want to force him to eat but neither do I want to give up and just let him have milk for the rest of his life!

I'd give it a rest. Generally it's better to offer milk first then solids anyway as the bulk of his calories and nutrients need to come from milk.

I'd just put some food in front of him (finger foods) after his milk feeds and let him explore.

He may well be teething too. DD only ever had milk when teething.

I do know other babies who have refused spoon feeding but didn't mind being given their own spoon or just straight to finger foods.

Thanks for the advice - any idea on how long I should give it a rest for? He has lost interest in finger food now as well...it has been a week. Maybe give it another week before I go to doctor?

Anytime I come near him with a spoon (or syringe for his medicine) he clamps his mouth shut no matter what food is being offered