8mth old throwing up home cooked food. Jars no problem!

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The title really sums it up. I feed a bowl of my lovingly prepared home-brew into DS and he eats it quite happily, then just as we're getting to the end, he heaves and the whole lot comes back up. So then I crack open a jar and he eats that no problem. He always seems quite smiley throughout this pallava. Am I trying to feed him too much? Is the texture a problem? I just don't know what is wrong with him... any ideas?? (He is a big baby and his weight isn't an issue btw)

How long have you been feeding him solids for?

When you say 'just as we're getting to the end' does that mean 'just as he's staring to lose interest and you're having to coax the spoon in?'

I'd suggest smaller portions tbh, or try him with finger food he can pick up and put in his mouth himself so he decides when to stop.

Hi, I'm back because I've tried smaller portions, tried coaxing water into him with a Doidy cup and he's STILL throwing up. Saw the health visitors yesterday and they were a bit useless. He has a bit of a chesty cough so I guess that might be part fo the problem but it's getting a bit worrying...

I started weaning at 4.5 months ie. 4 months ago. Everything was going fine till about a week and a half ago...

Is he vomiting milk feeds too? If so I'd bypass the HV and go and see the GP.

If not vomiting milk feeds I'd go really easy on the solids and just offer more milk till he gets over the cough.

Not sure how the water would help tbh.

maybe your homemade things are more filling so he can only eat a little amount of those.

No, he's not vomitting milk - or puddings! Just anything savoury with a more 'course' texture. He can't eat 4 month jars forever though!

I have a similar problem. In that I can't get my DS to eat 'real' savoury food - only jars. It has taken 2 months to get him to try new things. Perseverence and adults eating at the same time (especially if his dad is there) has really helped. I've had success with yoghurt, bananas (I know not savoury but at least not from a jar), bread - all in tiny little bits gradually worked up (over months) to actually be proper portions. No idea why kids take against things having liked them previously - mine used to love jars of porridge and now hates it. Liked weetabix for a while but now hates it. Variety and perseverence! Don't lose heart.

at 8 months you could drop the smush and give him finger food - maybe he would like to be in control of what goes in and when? Ds2 took the fork off me 2 months ago and I never got it back

One thing I noticed with both my boys is that they only ever gagged or threw up when I was feeding them - never when they were feeding themselves.

How can you be sure he's getting enough finger food? What sort of thing do you suggest too? I have to watch him all the time with rusks/biscuits because he breaks bits off and chokes on them...

Also if he fed himself we'd be there forever and both coated in the stuff!

'Enough' finger food is however much he manages to get in his mouth.
So long as he's still getting as much milk as he wants I'd suggest (again) letting him do solids at his own pace - try bananas, sticks of steamed veg, toast fingers, pasta shapes etc - softish things that break down to mush in his mouth easily are better than crispy biscuits etc.
Great ideas here .
And food mess has got to be better than vomit mess, no?

Pasta twirls, soft cooked carrots, broccoli, flaked white fish, baked beans (low salt), and cooked vegetable, chopped banana, dry rice crispies, anything really.

Babies eat as much as they need. They will stop eating when they've had enough and not until. so it's a really bad idea to coax a child to eat, because they will vomit.

biscuits are the worst for gagging (it's not really choking) but those pink wafers, if you want to give a biscuit, are the best because they dissolve quickly.