Just looking for some advice/reassurance about weaning my LO who is now 10 months.
So far with weaning I've been quite relaxed about it all - it hasn't always been straightforward as my LO has been through various phases of refusing to let me feed him or refusing to feed himself, feeding really well and then only eating when I sing to him, we've had a few full on meltdowns refusing food - through all this I've been quite chilled out knowing he will eat when he's hungry and that we will get there in the end. However, I was out the other day with my friend and her LO and her baby ate loads of cut up strawberry and a whole box of risotto and I suddenly lost all my confidence.
I knew there was no way my baby would have eaten that. He loves finger food but generally sucks it all and chucks it on the floor - so far I've only really viewed it as play rather than actual eating. I've tried making his food 'lumpier' but so far he either spits it all out or literally puts his hand in his mouth and pulls out all the food - he's done that a lot right from the beginning. So rather than chopped up stuff ive carried on pulsing - not completely smooth by any means but its hardly a risotto!
Today he literally flat out refused to eat anything I fed him so I ended up just giving him the spoon to eat pureed cauliflower cheese by himself - which was actually quite successful.
Sorry for the illogical mummy meltdown - honestly this must sound so stupid - but I feel like I've been doing it all wrong and that he is so behind on eating. Oh also he hasn't got any teeth yet which I can't help but feel makes eating more of a challenge!