Only likes sweet things...

[ipukepoodles]

I started weaning at about 4 1/2 months, he loved everything to begin with, now at 6 months he's decided he only wants his pudding, can take up to an hour to give him a main course (just a jar of something) and a matter of minutes to give him his pudding. But, it's usually only at tea time, but sometimes lunch time too. His pudding is only pureed fruit but just wants that!
Any ideas would be appriciated!

have you tried anything other than the jars? dd1 would have nothing to do with them, and having sampled one i don't blame her.

I think this is probably just natural. My DS is the same - much prefers the sweet things especially when he is under the weather. I remember reading somewhere that it possibly an evolutionary benefit for babies to prefer sweet things as they usually contain more calories etc etc.

I try sweetening savoury meals with apple. And i always try the savoury option first (often gets abandoned after 4 spoonfuls!). Good luck.

thanks very much. Yeah i have tried other things than the jars but because he likes them usually at lunch time then i know that he likes them. Hopefully it's just a faze that he'll grow out of!

Watching with interest as my DS sounds the same. Started weaning about 3 1/2 weeks ago and for the first couple of weeks he hoovered up anything offerd (or snatched!) but now if it's not fruit he won't eat it. Seems he will eat anything if it's got bannana mixed in though! I'm not sure when it gets to being an issue that everything has to be sweet but for now I keep trying savoury and once it fails add fruit to it - at least that way he gets veg as well. Just hoping I'm not helping him develop a sweet tooth. This weaning lark is a whole new learning curve!

I know what you mean floweryboots! But, i found put yesterday that if i don't give my DS a pudding at lunch time and just a main course then a bottle of milk an hour later, then his tea at 4.30-5 he will eat all of it and worked yesterday and today so going to keep trying that!
He loves bananas too! everything with bananas in it is gone within seconds!! Weaning is very confusing! Does anyone know when i can try him on things like carrot sticks etc?

crack on with the finger food whenever. I recommend rice cakes with butter or cream cheese to start? Or a breadstick? I've also discovered that broccoli is a lot of fun as a finger food, whereas nobody likes it much mashed and mixed in with things. Finger food is definitely the answer - babies seem to think it is fun! I also think the hungrier they are, the more they eat what they're supposed to. And maybe I'm just mean, but I don't often do puddings. Fruit at breakfast, but savoury otherwise.

Good luck with it.

thanks very much, really helped. I'll start today i think. May sound silly but will he not choke on it at all? I will only give him a pudding at tea time now but it is just a fruit pot.

umm... he will gag on it, but hopefully not choke. If that makes sense. Rice cake/breadstick is good because they suck it for ages before any comes loose in their mouth. My daughter (7mths, been weaned one month) ate a slightly too hard pear yesterday in the following manner: suck, suck, suck, chew, chew, chew, try and swallow, gag, spit out, suck the next bit. So he may not end up actually ingesting any of it, but it'll be a lot of fun for him and he'll get the hang sooner or later.

You could perhaps trying adding sweeter veg to the food, such as carrot, sweet potato or butternut squash. You can steam in the microwave and just mash it up and add to whatever savoury food you are giving.