7month old wont eat her tea!!

[Angela1982]

Hi, My DD is driving me potty with feeding times now. We started weaning at just over 4 months and she took to food fantasticly and ate everything I gave her (except for broccoli but to be honest cant blame her for that YUCK!!! ) she is now 7 months and will have breakfast and lunch beautifully and will wolf it down but tea time is a battle when I give her home cooked stuff. She will eat about 4 mouthfuls and then refuse to take anymore. She will the whinge for the rest of the evening until she drains her bottle at bed time. If I give her powdered food she will eat (except for today! But I think she was too tired so has gone for a nap and will try again in about half an hour) Its so frustrating though - I dont want to give in and only give her powdered or jars as I don't feel that they are anywhere near as good as giving her fresh food but I dont want her to starve either.

Any suggestions?

If she's still having lots of milk there's no need to get worked up about how much solid food she's eating - milk is the main source of nutrition till 12mo.

How is she with finger food or managing her own spoon? She might just be fed up with having spoons poked at her...

She has around 22oz milk a day and again wont take anymore. She's not too bad with finger food and loves toast which she has a bit of each morning. What other fingerfoods would you suggest? I wll try letting her feed herself with the spoon (DH might have a fit at the mess!!) but if that was really the case would I not be having this battle at every meal?

Agree with Mrs Badger.

oh, god, at 7mo give her whatever you're eating (except, er, nuts, shellfish or honey, and don't add any salt) - cheese spread on toast, mini shredded wheat sploshed with milk to make them a bit softer, sticks of steamed veg, lumps of fruit, bits of meat, pasta shapes etc

worth a bash and is no extra effort for you as you just offer her bits off your plate

Offer her the food and then when she is finished take it away with no fussing.

My HV even suggested not coaxing (although my DS is a little older). I have to say it has worked a treat, DS tucked into homemade veg lasagne for tea tonight with no fuss at all.

Good luck

well i wouldnt be complaining if i were you, id be so so chuffed that she scoffed her brekkie and lunch! my dd is 8m2wks and still hardly touches her food.i would say she has one or two mouthfulls.if im lucky.some days a bit more, some less.she has some finger foods but again, doesnt take much.im trying not to panic but its getting hard.i know milk is the main thing until 1 and "food is fun until their 1" etc.but agggh im starting to wonder if she'll ever get the jist or whether she'll be drinking formula for the rest of her life! i wouldnt worry about it.like i say id be so chuffed! good luck

she might just not be hungry for solids. because it is nearing bedtime she might be tired and just want her bottle. i wouldn't worry. ds had his first taste of solid food yesterday at 10.5 months.