Dd 6 months won't eat savoury food...

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I have started giving dd some pureed food as well as blw but my problem is she is refusing savoury food,

I have tried carrot (homemade and jars), potatoe and sweet potato, savoury porridge (Heinz mediteranean veg), but she is refusing it.

She gags, cries, turn her head, but then as soon as I offer her fruits, she is so happy, and will take it all with no problem.

I don't want her to be a fussy eater later on, how can I make her like savoury food?

Try mixing sweet and savoury. Try pear and carrot etc. They will sound weird combinations to you but babies like them. Check out the Ella sachets in the supermarket for ideas of what odd combinations to mix together

Chill out, just keep giving her food to try, she's 6 months old food's about exploring. Don't make a big deal of anything or try to convince her that some food is better than other, just let her eat what she wants. Remember it doesn't matter if she eats nothing at all, so if she doesn't like what you've given her at a meal, just accept it rather than trying to find something else she might like.

I agree with the others, my DS2 is just the same. I mix fruit in with savoury, with the plan to reduce the amount of fruit over time so he gets used to the savoury flavours too! He loves the Ella kitchen carrots, apples and parsnips and I add a cube of pureed veg to it, again with the view to upping the home made (from a cost point of view), he seem to prefer jars/pouches.

Also with DS2 I have found if i give him a spoon of fruit then 2 or 3 svaoury spoons etc hes happy.

I do try to get him to eat but only because he doesn't drink as much milk as he needs and his weight has always been an issue, where as DS1 was a chubster so I just offered food and didn't worry if he refused.

Agree with the others, food is about exploring tastes and textures at this age rather than how much you can shovel in them. If she does refuse the savoury though I wouldn't offer anything else. She should be getting her milk around an hour before her solids anyway so it shouldn't be an issue if she doesn't eat anything at the meal.

OOoooo, well, this too will pass.

However, in the meantime - you could try allsorts and see what crazy unexpected things happen. For instance at 6 months my clearly odd ds enjoyed pickled onions, cooked beetroot, olives (black only and sliced so not a choking hazard), ryvitas (sucked to death), fish (though avoided smoked as very high in salt).

In fact he seemed to eat with his eyes so anything unusual colour or shape was tried. He hated anything slimy textured. :)

I think fredfred is right, at that age is getting to know food, shapes, feel, tatse etc, not so much eating IYSWIM. So try anything, let her experiment, and if it actually goes down her neck it is a bonus - nutrition is still mainly from milk at that age.