7-month-old only eats one thing

[Marabou]

My DS has finally started eating solids with some success after what's been quite a frustrating 1.5 months - well quite frustrating for me anyway... The problem is, now that he's finally eating something, he only seems to like one thing and unfortunately it isn't even something mommy's made, but Heinz sweet potato beef bake from the jar ..

I've tried various things such as homemade fruit- or vegetable purees, meat and veggie purees and baby porridge, but he consistently refuses to try these. The only few other things he has tried on occasion have been peach and banana dessert, apple and blueberry dessert and squash and chicken, all of these jars of course!

What can I do to revert this? I had hoped to do BLW, but he didn't really care for it so at least I had hoped to make fresh home cooked meals for him. I'm also worried for his health..

Do I just keep cooking various things for him and put them in a freezer and try every once in a while? Has someone else experienced something similar?

Try not to worry too much. He is still young and new to the idea of solids.
It's quite normal for someone his age to have a limited repertoire of what they'll eat.
It sounds like you're doing the right thing by offering him a wide range of foods.
Try not to worry too much when he refuses them the first few times. It can take as many as 15 tries before a baby will accept something.

Don't worry too much, but you could try speaking to health visitor for support. Dc3 is 7 months and I've found her the easiest to wean so far. I think this could be because she has joined family meals from the start.

Is there any chance you dc isn't actually hungry at the times you try to feed him?

my dd has this routine:
7am -milk
8am - breakfast (ready brek mixed with pureed fruit)
10.30 -snack or milk
11.30/12 lunch (mashed potato, veg, macaroni cheese etc)
2.30 - milk
5pm - dinner (spag bol, chicken casserole, fish pie etc)
7pm - milk

I remember how hard it was working out the routine with dc1, but I really find this works well,

Have you tried not giving those purees? Instead with real food that you can spoon?

Ds did this, but would only eat Elle's Kitchen stuff.
We slowly added homecooked stuff - a tiny bit at a time, and offered him homecooked finger food at the same time.
Now he's 10 months, he's starting to turn his nose up at Ella's Kitchen, and prefers stuff I've cooked. Macaroni cheese is a sure fire winner.
I think with BLW, the idea is that in the first few months the emphasis is exploring new tastes/textures, so just keep offering different things, and eventually he'll pick it up :)

Just thinking about purees - my dd loves texture in her food rather than pureed. For example we roughly puree the bolognaise and then add to Boots little pasta stars or shells.

Silly phone. My DD zipped her mouth on all the veg and fruit purees i gave when we first started weaning. I went blw and gave what we eat to her. I have found now she will eat from a spoon if its proper adult food. For example we had risotto with pesto tonight, and I helped her with the spoon initially. (She gets to try feeding herself risotto too, semi successfully). If you aren't keen on blw, maybe try having things like bolognese, cottage pie, risotto so you can share a bit?

I'd be really reluctant to keep a baby on a diet of jars too. They are supposed to learn about the tastes of food with weaning, not eating for sustenance. So I think it's ok if he eats less of the homemade stuff, as long as he gets to lick, taste and feel them.

Hello all and thanks so much for your replies and suggestions! Sorry for my late reply; I haven't been on here for a few days...

Yes I'm not too worried about him getting enough solids at this stage, as I realise that the majority of the energy he needs is still meant to come from BM. It's just a bit frustrating trying to cook many different things and he seems to be quite adamant that he will not have any of them... Especially, as he has a habit of making himself sick, when something he's deemed unacceptable touches his lips !

Got3stockings hm, I think you have a point about the baby not being very keen on eating at the times I've tried. I've now tried to adjust the times when I offer DS solids and I've also stopped trying to offer 3 meals a day, as I noticed it was a bit overwhelming for him. I've already noticed sme improvement with his appetite.

I've also tried offering a bit more textured food (basically I mashed up some spaghetti with tomato sauce off my plate), but it just made him gag and then he was complitely disinterested.. He's also not showing much interes in finger foods: at the moment he's sitting in his highchair excitedly playing with his plate and complitely ignoring the pieces of cucumber and boiled carrots on the tray:(...

FaverollesWithBoughsOfHolly I think I'm going to try adding a tiny bit of homecooked food in his normal puree and hopefully he will slowly get used to the taste and I can just drop out the jar puree...

Well, for what it's worth, he loves (!) water and can already drink from his Tommee Tippee freeflow cup himself, so I'm very proud of that.

Marabou if you are offering finger foods, don't use plates or bowls. Just put the food on the high chair tray. Babies at this age have no idea food = something to eat. It's all a game. The plate is as interesting or even more to your LO than the food. My DD sometimes go pulling the sleeve of her bib. I just let her eat in her babygro if she's in that mood.

Aah, that makes sense:)! Thanks for the tip. Yes, Winnie the Pooh is arguably more interesting than a piece of cucumber:)...

Wau, a mini break-through: DS just tried some green beans I had randomly tossed on his tray from my plate! Don't know if this historic event will repeat itself, but it sure made mommy happy :)!

Thats great news. Hope your little one keeps it up.