weaning - first week great, second week impossible

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I started weaning my now 6-month old baby boy 2 weeks ago. He eagerly ate everything we gave him (babyrice mixed with breastmilk, sweet potato and carrot purees, banana with babyrice and even a prune puree) and took the spoon without any problems. Now in the second week he turns his head away the moment the spoon touches his lips and won't open his mouth. He is ok with drinking the babyrice/milk mix straight from a cup which makes me think that it is not the taste he is objecting too.
Has anybody else make this experience too? Any advise? I am thinking of leaving the solids for a week and then start again.

thank you for reading.

At 6 months you don't need to give baby rice at all. Certainly no need to mix it as a drink. Keep drinks as normal breastfeeds and introduce food you are eating minus salt.

I think this is too much (sorry). The first steps of weaning are just to encourage different texture into the baby's mouth. It's not to introduce them to food. Baby rice (although bland) is the best thing to use first. You don't feed it as a drink, make it quite thick, almost like poridge. Only tiny bits at a time, just so he knows about the texture. I'd leave the solids for a week and start again. Baby rice first, it's not a meal so not alot of it. If this goes down well try something else, what you have been feeding him is good only you've gone to fast. By 8 months he should be having about 2 meals with the family, so this is what you should be aiming for. Go slow, there's no hurry.

Definitely no need for baby rice at 6 months though - agree about introducing different tastes but baby rice is not one of them. It only got a market because babies were being introduced to solids far too early. At 6 months their digestive system can cope with 'proper' foods.

If he's refusing the spoon you might want to try letting him self-feed - at 6 months many babies are very capable of this. See www.babyledweaning.com for information.