DD will only eat bread

[CinnamonStar]

DD is 7 and a half months.

I have been offering her finger foods each meal, and also feeding her bits of my meal with a spoon.

The only finger foods she eats are "bready" ones - toast, bread, crackers, pastry - everything else gets licked or mouthed and then dropped straight on the floor (apart from one occasion when she ate a bit of banana). But she ate a wide range offered from a spoon (stews, soup, veg, pasta, little bits of meat, stewed fruit and cream, wheatabix with milk...)

Since Tuesday she has been totally refusing the spoon, even foods she previously enjoyed :(

What should I do? Keep offering the spoon and hope she'll take it again? I'm not happy with her just eating bread every meal, I thought it was too salty. But I don't want her to be hungry.

For example this morning she had half a slice of toast with butter and marmite, threw a banana straight on the floor five times, refused fromage frais from a spoon, shoved her fist in it, then cried.
For lunch I roasted her some carrots, which all got mouthed once then thrown deliberately on the floor multiple times, some sticks of cheddar likewise, then she fell on a piece of bread roll as though she was starving! I tried to spoon her a yoghurt and she turned her head and screamed :(

Anyone else been through similar?

Our little one only had a couple of days doing this but what we did was to make soup and dip the bread into it so at least he was getting something other than just bread. Whilst doing this, I would keep trying him with the spoon and he eventually went back onto it.

I have noticed that he will not take anything off the spoon unless his bowl is right in front of him so that he can see what is in it and dip his fingers in if needs be to investigate further.

no short term advice, but my 18mo had all sorts of ups and downs and can only comment that as long as you keep putting what you want them to eat in front of them, eating habits will eventually improve, from a longer term point of view. hth. It is soul destroying to keep having your offerings rejected tho so I do sympathise, but try not to let it get to you too much and just keep offering. :)

Thanks, I'm trying not to get stressed by it . That is a good tip putting the dish in front of her so she can see in it, will try that.
We are having stew tonight so I will dip bread in it for her.

Relax. My DS2 ate pretty much only bread-related products for months and months. He hated getting his hands mucky, still does at 3yo, but the bread phase didn't last and now he eats us out of house and home and is more adventurous than his 6yo brother. blw didn't work in our house.

Thought I should update - I sat her on my lap for dinner last night with my bowl in front of her where she could see it, and though she still wouldn't take the spoon she happily ate the stew if I scooped it up in my fingers for her, and she also sucked some from a piece of bread. So definite (messy) progress, and she got some different foods into her!

Yay!!! Well done.

Oh good, I thought it was just me. DS (10 months) will only eat toast for the last week. I've been offering foods, he's been rejecting them out of hand. No way he's letting the spoon get near him. I keep telling myself that he'll have to eat when he gets hungry enough and that he won't starve since he's filling up on milk.

I'm so glad it's not just me!

He's another one who doesn't like getting dirty - TheQuietOne, did it just suddenly click and he started eating? What did you do?

DS is 8 months and only fed himself for one week, completely refusing to be spoon fed, then only ate pasta/risotto (on a spoon!) at dinner time the following week. I'm waiting to see what his next phase is!