Hoping for some wise opinions on what might be going on. I started introducing solids for DD 1 week shy of 6 months, gradually working up to three feeds a day. This has been mostly purees with a few bits of finger food thrown in. We have been successfully adding in a few lumper textures like scrambled egg and porridge too. On the whole DD has taken to solids well and seems to enjoy them.
Recently there have been a few occasions where DD has refused to eat any of the solids I have offered. When this happens I don't force the issue and if she really isn't interested just offer something at the next meal time. The last couple of days though she has eaten breakfast fine but has point blank refused lunch and dinner. She has also got really upset and cried when sat in her swing to eat (i often feed her in it as there is a good upright position and she is usually more relaxed than in her high chair) I have tried sitting her on my knee too but to no avail.
She is teething at the moment so I wondered if that could be the cause of the upset but found it curious that she was fine with breakfast just not lunch or tea.
I decided to try letting DD feed herself at tea time and although she rejected the spoon and still cried in the swing, when I sat her on a vinyl splash-mat and let her at the bowl with her hands she contentedly munched away although it was hard to know how much actually went in as it was liberally smeared everywhere! I am happy for DD to eat with her hands if she wants to but not sitting her in a chair to eat is not very practical not to mention the fact that she needed an entire outfit change and a bath by the time she was done!
Any suggestions as to how to help DD get comfortable again with sitting in a chair to eat? Do I just keep trying?
If your DC refused meals when weaning did you just give up and try again next time? If she tasted the food and then refused I might think she just wasn't keen on what was being offered but this was full on batting the spoon away before it even got near her mouth and it's happened with food she has happily gobbled down before.
Am I over thinking this? If she hadn't got so upset I might not be worried but I don't want to inadvertently put DD off solid food.