10 month old won't eat lumps

[BellaZoCh]

My 10 month old is fussy with his food. In terms of flavours he's not at all, hell eat almost anything, but he has trouble with textures. I've been doing a combination of traditional weaning and BLW. He does very well withbpurees/finely mashed food (for example the 7 month jars/pouches), but if it's got too many lumps it goes in and comes right back out again. With finger foods, he can manage foods that dissolve; like those carrot puffs, or baby crisps, wafers, melty buttons, etc. Also peas and sweetcorn because they go down whole basically. I offer him plenty of soft food, but even banana he won't swallow unless I've mashed it finely for him.

Has anyone else's little one been like this? I always thought my daughter was hard to wean but actually looking back she was perfect. She was eating most food, with a completely BLW diet by this point. My 10m old does have a "mild tongue tie" which the TT specialist said wasn't work treating as it won't likely have any future effects on him (he was 5 months then), and he has a high palate which I've been told might cause teeth over crowding and need for orthodontics in his future but wasn't told it would affect eating. Although I'm wondering if those 2 things are having an impact some how. He only has 2 teeth but my daughter was eating more food than him with just 2 or 3 teeth so I don't think that's the issue.

Hoping someone can give me some advice, reassurance, or a sympathetic ear ☺

Thank you!

[PritiPatelsMaker]

I read upto "had mild tt".

This was exactly our experience with DS. Couldn't wean properly, woke regularly and had speech and language therapy. I'd look into having it divided

[NewMummyNew2021]

Hi, my 10 month old is exactly the same. Cant seem to get him to consistently eat more textured food. Sometimes he will eat the baby pasta in sauce then other times he just spits it out and I have to feed him a pouch to get some food in him

he too has a high palate but no tongue tie. Have you had any success in feeding since you posted? Or anyone else got any ideas?

[BellaZoCh]

Thank you. Did you have your sons divided and did it make a big difference?

[BellaZoCh]

Hi NewMummy. It's so frustrating isn't it. He hasn't made massive progress to be honest although I do feel like there may be a little bit more effort on his part. He has been trying more things, but I find I have to give him one or two things at a time (I can't give him a full a plate of food for him to help himself to for example, he'll just shove all of it in, spit some out, shove more in, repeat 🤦🏼‍♀️) I also have to make them very small pieces otherwise the same happens. So instead of sandwhich fingers, it's more like fingertips! 🤣
But yeah he's still pretty much on a puree diet right now. I plan to speak to the HV about it at his 10-12 month review if I ever get a date for it

[NewMummyNew2021]

I’m seeing HV this Monday so I will talk to her and let you know what she says. He’s starting nursery in sept so want to make sure he will get enough food in him. I know they won’t let him starve but they can’t give him one on one attention and he’s so hit and miss with what he will feed himself I worry he will look like he’s not hungry when he is

[BellaZoCh]

OK thanks! Would be good to hear what they say. I jave heard though that being at nursery really helps. They all eat together so seeing other babies eating at the same time can have a good impact on feeding and eating habits! Mine isn't starting nursery he'll be with family while I work so I'm hoping he just picks it up himself. Today he did manage a ready meal for a 10 month old with lots of lumps, including rice and peas! Ate the whole thing, I was astounded 🤣 I think he's having a growth spurt as he's been demanding more milk too, but hoping it stays after this spurt!

[scoobycute]

I literally could have written your post as I have a 10 month old who is funny about lumpier textures. Totally fine with toast, strawberries, puffs, but as soon as it's rice/mince meat/chicken in a mushy dinner but lumpy he does a weird shiver as if he's repulsed by the texture and spits it out or does swallow but gags it up again.

I'm just trying little and often to get him used to it. And trying with my own meals more often too as I find the pouches (even if they say "lumpier" or 10month +) are a little smoother than I'd like him to be taking at this stage.

I've read it's quite normal at this stage for them to be freaked out by textures and even giving them different bumpy/lumpy things to feel with their hands can help normalise it for them.

He did a weird shiver at a paint brush texture the other day and I just left it with him to get used to it and now he's not freaked out by it 😂

[NewMummyNew2021]

Ah Bella glad he ate a full meal! My son ate half a Thai curry with noodle pouch yesterday with decent noodle chunks so we have a bit of progress.

I hope nursery does help, you can’t help but worry about them 😂

scooby, sounds like perseverance is the key then, keep trying and they will gradually get used to it. It’s just so weird when they will grab toast, puffs etc yet in meals with meat, pasta etc it freaks them out!

other option is he just grows up on yoghurt! Eats that by the bucketful!!!

[NewMummyNew2021]

Hi! I saw my health visitor today and mentioned the food texture issues. She didn’t seem surprised at all, she said just keep trying and he will get used to it. It’s a new thing for them really having to chew and the feel in their mouth. She said when he’s hungry he will just eat it. I mentioned that if he doesn’t eat it I give him a pouch instead as I don’t want him to be hungry. She said fine as he’s still under one but he will take it, most probably at nursery when they all copy each other

so I’ll just keep trying, he’s starting nursery in 3 weeks so I’ll just hope that’s a turning point. Am a bit fed up throwing food away as tried salmon and mashed potato on his tray today and he tried a bit then got upset. Even if I mushed it and tried him with a spoon he was having none of it, so he had a pouch he wolfed down. He’s had salmon and potato or sweet potato as a purée and liked it so it’s not that he doesn’t like the taste

I’m going to drop his milk after his 2nd nap next week and see if that helps aswell so he’s hungrier

[BellaZoCh]

Thank you for getting back to me. Good news that she didn't seem concerned! It's so frustrating I know, I guess just keep offering, hopefully nursery will help. I was convinced mine COULDN'T eat, and there was some sort of problem or physical reason that he couldn't swallow food if it requires much chewing ... then he stole a maryland cookie and ate the whole thing, without wasting a single crumb 😑😂 so now I know he CAN, he just doesn't!
Just got to keep persevering!

[NewMummyNew2021]

A cookie?! 😂😂
maybe we just bring them up on cookies and yoghurt 😂😂

[PritiPatelsMaker]

That was exactly like our experience. DS could but found it hard with the tt so didn't.

[Cdoc]

@BellaZoCh
hello, I appreciate this is a very old thread, but on the off chance you may see this, did your little one make any progress please? How are you getting on?

I am in the exact same position with my 10 month old, most textured foods he projectile vomits back up again, along with the whole contents of his stomach (hummus, baby pasta, avocado, mash potato, mince beef). He can manage weetabix, cheerios, melty puffs, mash banana and thick Greek yogurt, and purées and 7m pouches.


He had a tongue tie that was missed at birth but snipped at 12 weeks, unfortunately his inefficient breastfeeding latch left him with a high palate, which I have read can make solids difficult, but I’m really lost with what to feed him. He starts nursery in 2 months and is breastfed still and refuses a bottle, so I really need him to eat food better than he does.

Our gp has referred him for speech and language therapy to try and help, but a bit lost for what to do in the meantime.

On the off chance you see this, thank you in advance!