Dd, 7 months will only eat sweet foods.

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Have never given her sugar only fruit and yoghurt (lots of as she won't drink milk, but that is another story..).

Now will not eat anything savoury apart from cheese, or anything with sweetcorn in. HELP!

My DS simialr. He prefers anything sweet -yoghurt or fruit, but will force his mouth shut if we offer him savoury.

He is becoming a really difficult eater.... do you think waiting till they are hungry would work ?

I have tried putting fruit and savoury on same spoon and then forgetting fruit and that sometimes works ... or have you tried something like carrot and apple/parnsip and apple - i have just thought of this so may try it myself!

DS is 6 months.

This is pretty normal.

If you're buying made-up yogurts, try mixing the sweetened yogurt (which is often quite sweet, really) with plain yogurt, to make it a bit healthier and less sweet. And just keep offering different things, and he will probably come around. Does he feed himself?

She will eat Greek yoghurt plain, but fear boredom if I just keep offering her that.

I have tried to hijack her mouth opening when she eats fingerfoods, and shovel in savoury stuff, but feel bad about doing this!

dd did this - i stopped offering spooned meals and instead put out lots of savoury finger foods. not quite BLW as i still fed her cereal for breakfast and would give a small portion of fruit or yogurt after she'd had a good poke around everything. it took a while, but now she eats absolutely everything

what finger foods is she having? if she's ok with finger foods then why 'hijack her mouth'?

She has only just started with them really, as she used to choke and be sick with them up till last week. She is having stuff that is easy to grip, like banana, bread, toast etc.

However she will NOT drink milk, so have to try and give her some balance in her diet. I know BLW starts with finger foods, and milk still provides nourishment, but she just won't drink it.

cream cheese on toast? you can sneak a lot of other things onto toast as well - pureed veg etc? what milk was your dd on before weaning?

have you tried savoury stuff on the toast then ? cheese/houmous/mashed beans/tuna mayo?? is it just savoury on a spoon she won't have?

don't fear boredom... that's you projecting your own tastes onto hers. greek yog is delicious. and agree with dizzy, if she can eat by herself you could just leave her to it. btw there's a delicious sweetcorn patties recipe on the blw blog. www.babyledweaning.com. you should try it and hopefully that might kick you off in a more savoury direction.

I agree with BLW but the problem for her is lack of milk, so she isn't getting any supplement or calcium etc from that.

She just has little bites of stuff. E.g 3 pieces of toast will have a tiny corner chewed of, and the rest mashed up. Even if I give it at start of meal she eats hardly any, just plays with it ATM, no matter how long I wait. With no milk to back this up she wouldn't be taking much in!

However I have realised typing this, that she will eat savoury finger foods. Will try sweetcorn patties.

I assume she's on formula, and rejecting it? Have you tried different types of bottles, or sippy cups, or even a doidy cup?

You might even want to try a different brand? Or make a formula smoothie by blending it with some banana or berries? I know very little about formula ...

If she was taking decent amounts of formula, then you could relax about all this.

I've tried every ***formula going! I just get a firmly shut little mouth whenever I try it.

She will drink water from cup, but not milk.
Sooooo, I have to make her things with lots of milk in.

Unless anyone can think of a savoury finger food with a lot of milk in.

Formula smoothie sounds quite yummy though!

i think ncq is right, you know. your problem really is that the baby won't drink her milk, not that she only eats sweet foods. i'm sure other people must have experienced this, perhaps you should start another thread as well as this one?

i can understand your concerns, though, that's stressy if the baby's not drinking her milk. i hope you get it sorted out... maybe changing formula, or the delivery system, might be a good idea?

cold sliced custard? white sauce on everything? you poor thing, that must be a right PITA...
hare you making sure that she's eating high calcium foods like sardines and broccoli?

I have tried everything, and only advice anyone can give is to give lots and lots of dairy based food.

Ds was the same, wouldn't drink milk, but would eat savoury foods! I'm not too stressed about it, as he is now huge, and survived, but she is a stubborn little madam!

i feel for you...

as a matter of interest, have they said what it is that dairy provides other than fat and calcium? i presume you are using vit drops?

cheese sticks or cubes? or cauliflower cheese? or any veg with cheese sauce on really.

Ha...vitamin drops...one HV says yay, the other says no...tra la la la la. Aren't they wonderful?

Will try cheese sauce idea on stuff. Thanks

i don't use them, but i think i would in your case. that way you can concentrate on getting alternative forms of calcium into her as well as the various bechamel and cheese sauce-slathered veggies. my mum makes a lovely cauli and courgette cheese bake, topped with tomato slices and breadcrumbs, yum.

There are loads of high-dairy sweet foods. Rice pudding, yogurt. I'm thinking about making um, I forget what it's called, but a milk and (veggie) rennet cold dessert thing, because I'm wierd like that ...

I can make loads of dairy foods for her...BUT as at beginning, she will only eat sweet things.

They need the mik for clacium apparently to grow bones etc.

so other high-calcium foods like broccoli and sardines a good idea then?

Thanks for all help and advice everyone. Evil, I missed your post, will definitely try that.