8month old and weaning joy!

[Excitablemuch]

Hi all,

At a bit of a loss with my 8 month old and his weaning.

He started very reluctantly. Wouldn’t take a spoon at all so figured BLW was the way forward. The. He got poorly so kind of stalled for a couple of weeks.
Now he will take a spoon happily but will only eat the smoothest fruit and vegetable purées. When I give him stage 2, weetabix or anything else he gags and it comes back up. However, he can chew and swallow oatcakes without peanut butter, carrot puffs, rusks and breadsticks so I know he can eat well on his own.

I’ve tried giving him: pasta, bread, egg, vegetable strips, strawberries (in the net and out), porridge, homemade pinwheels, cheese straw. You name it, he’s had it. He just squishes them and drops them.

He is wearing 12-18 month clothes (snuggly) so he needs a bit more. Taking 5 feeds of 9oz a day and a pouch and finger foods at every meal time. He has started to wake in the night for milk too.

I think he is going to be super fussy - his big brother is as well- do I just keep offering and wait….? Feelin a bit impatient and worrying he’s not satisfied!

Hi @Excitablemuch, just bumping this thread for you in the hope that someone will be able to give some advice.

I think your supposed to just keep offering and trying.. But my ds was fussy from the get go and is incredibly fussy now at 3.

Following in case anyone has any advice as dd will be due to start weaning in January and ideally I'd love if she are more than ds

That seems a lot of milk, maybe he's not hungry.

Gagging is a totally normal reaction and you shouldn't worry about it. You can read more about gagging here

solidstarts.com/starting-solids/safety/gagging/

I am not affiliated with solid starts in any way - just find their resources so helpful.

That does indeed sound like a lot of milk for an 8 month to be having. My DS was having 22oz milk per day plus three meals at that age.

Squishing and dropping is good as he is engaging with the food. Just keep offering and model model model. Encourage him to feed you. Jiggle the milk schedule around a bit to make sure he is hungry enough at meal times. Keep offering a wide variety of foods - even if he doesn't eat them.