Almost 7 month old not interested in food at all

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My ds isn't interested in trying foods at all. Have tried purées and finger foods but with limited success. He will have a tiny amount of purée if I really encourage it but very little else. I'm worried it won't improve and he'll still be struggling as the months continue. All the other babies we know of similar age are eating much more. Any tips please? Thanks

I only did dinner food with my dc but he barely ate anything up until much closer to 1. I wouldn't worry. As long as they are growing that's the most important. My tip is to just leave food there and try and not stress. Even now that he is a toddler my son will sometimes eat loads and other days I wonder if he's surviving on air.

Finger food not dinner food

Thanks so much @EasyPeasyHappyCheesy, that's reassuring.

‘Food for fun until they’re one’
It’s a trite saying but you get the idea! Don’t stress at all about food - just make it fun, lots of texture, flavour and colour. It’s not for weight gain or nutrition at this age

Thanks @GoodbyePorpoiseSpit. I just hope he gets more of an appetite and gets into it more by 1 as that worries me but I guess I have a few months until then.

Two of my four weren't interested until 7 and nearly 9 months, they were happy with milk. Now they have just as healthy appetites as they're siblings who weaned earlier.
Just keep giving plenty of choice and they'll eat when they're ready.
You might want to look into vitamin drops too.

I spent two solid months trying to entice mine with every conceivable texture of purée and every imaginable morsel of finger food. He looked at me with polite bafflement and had no idea what it was I wanted him to do with it. If it was squishable, he would squish it, and then throw it on the floor. If it was on a spoon, he'd turn his head and not open his mouth.

When he hit 8 months, I tried him with a pouch in despair, and he actually got the trick of them relatively smoothly! He also found melty puffs quite helpful in getting to grips with more solid foods (although he was initially offended at the melting part and used to throw them away at that point). So, yeah, come at me Mumsnet, I'm suggesting pouches and melty puffs. In his case it was eat those, and get some exposure to tastes and textures and get the idea of food; or continue eating literally nothing. (You can actually get empty pouches and fill them yourself, if you decide to try them.)

He's now 9 months old and will eat some things off a spoon, and nibble on bits of toast or similar (although he has a tendency to stuff the entire thing in his mouth and then not know what to do with it, and then throw up). Although he's still not a particularly impressive eater, he is a lot better than he used to be.

Thanks so much @Twobrews and @Persipan. That's also reassuring. And @Persipan no judgement from me...I'm ready to do exactly the same if needs be 😂. Well done for persevering.

Ds was the same. A lack of interest along with vomiting if anything bigger than the size of a split atom passed his tongue, solids didn't really feature too heavily until about 10mo. Even then he still much preferred the breast to solids. He's 5y now and still shit with food, but seems happy and healthy enough 🤷🏻‍♀️🤞

I’d suggest not putting any pressure on yourself or DC. Prop him up in a high chair at family meal times, enjoy your own food, and eventually the interest will arise!

If formula fed, there’s no urgency to get to solids. If breastfed, iron reserves from birth do start to diminish around 6 months, so it’s a good idea to eat lots of iron rich foods with your family meals (green veg and meat) and hope that the interest arises sooner rather than later. If not you might want to ask your GP if it’s worth supplementing.