9month old rejecting anything other than purée

[Mummy9431]

Hi everyone, this is my first baby and I’m really struggling with feeding. It’s getting to point now that I don’t enjoy the day with her cause I know I’ve got to feed her and it’s a massive drama.

She will Eat puréed food (if been distracted by toys) yogurts puréed fruit custard and puddings.
I always give purée first then finger food after (toast,crumpets,coco pops, chips, fish finger, scrambled egg, fruit) pretty much anything we eat.

She will pick it up put it in her mouth take one bite and spit it out- is this normal?
She will eat crisps though 😤

She doesn’t drink that much milk either now maybe 12 oz a day.

Someone tell me i need to chill and this is normal because it’s really getting me down.

Yes just chill. If she likes purees then do that. Slowly start making them chunkier and also keep offering finger food. She'll get the hang of it.

If she's only having 12 floz of formula I'd give her a vitamin, it's recommended anyway once they have less than 20floz.

Have you tried just giving her finger food for a meal? Something like a tuna & Mayo sandwich cut into fingers and some halved cherry tomatoes for lunch? You could give it to her abs then just eat your lunch whilst you blithely ignore her chucking it on the floor eating.

Does she have much savoury stuff?

Yeah I’ve started give her vitamins now as she’s been like this with milk a while, oh I will try the tuna Mayo sandwich would never of thought of that. She has had tomato’s she will keep putting them in her mouth but also throw them after

Yeah she’s gets offered toast crumpets omelettes scrambled egg chips fish fingers sausage casserole pasta roast dinners, all types of cooked veg, rice, rice crackers.

I think it's pretty normal for them not to eat a meal and fir you to worry.

I think the trick is not to offer an alternative and just assume she's not hungry at that mealtime.

I'd also try and look at what she eats over a week rather than a meal or day. Mine have always eaten much more some days than others.

That's assuming she's following her centiles and meeting her milestones?