does your 7 month old lo only eat pureed food?

[bumbly]

been trying to introduce slightly lumpier ever so slightly mashed food but no success and truamas for lo

poor thing but only trying to get him used to more texture

and now huge arguement with Mother and MIL

what do i do? is this really abnormaL?

7 month jars in markets are ever so lumpy and my lo wont even try very lightly mash food?

am very low and worried and being critised is really deinting my ever so low confidence

Bumbly, give yourself a break! My lo is 7 months and only eats purees, gags on any lumps which upsets her. Don't rush weaning, I've learnt that over the past week, take your time and help lo to enjoy different tastes.

He'll take lumps when he's ready just keep introducing every now and then. Ignore the family and the books that tell you what they should be doing and when, it's all cr@p! Babies are individuals and we as their mums are the best judge of how to do things.

If it upsets him don't do it! Try again in a few weeks. If he's teething that also upsets the balance and I think they find soft food easier to tolerate when their gums hurt.

HTH x

thanks for great words there - i also think he is teething so may explain things! thanks will ease off

was only getitng v worried as health visitor telling me 9as everyone esle including my mum)

re speech developkment and missing window of chewing!

DS2 (8 mths) gags if there are lumps in his food but will quite happily chew away on a piece of toast, a carrot, a rusk or a dried apricot. maybe try these?

well - want another story

at first he ate meat bit then don't know what happened now he wont eat pureed meat

firat he ate rice cakes now he wont

first he ate soft carrot - now he wont

DS2 likes the plum baby 7 month food. Its not nearly as lumpy as the Hipp organic jars I was buying but it does have bits in it and has more nutrients than the 4 mth stuff.

I wouldn't worry tbh. He has only just started exploring food and different tastes.

I would also suggest giving him finger food, family food as appropriate, so bread, veg, bits of fruit, anything you're having that's reasonably healthy.

Then he has the chance to chew and experiment, but at his own pace. He'll probably gum it all for a bit then spit it out but that really doesn't matter.

Milk is the main food for now.

DS1 is 2.7 and still prefers to have his food all mushy (if we let him that is), we were having to blend his food for him until he was about 1yo ! A total nightmare (fortunately my mother kept her mouth shut).

DS2 (6mo) on the other hand just will not entertain food of the pureed variety, which I suppose is good because we wanted to BLW him anyway . He is very good on chewing finger foods but also gags when we try anything like weetabix or porridge (no matter how runny we make it)

lo wont take finger food basically

bumbly, try not to worry

and don't try to work them out - tis impossible ime

just keep offering a variety of foods and go with the flow, would be my advice

in addition to purees, my 7mo ds2 has buttery toast (or hot cross bun!) , mashed banana, weetabix, and other little bits of squished up whatever-we're-having

Dear bumbly - it's a rollercoaster. It will take as long as it takes and don't stress over it. He will go at his own pace and his speech development also. Is he putting other things in his mouth and biting down? IME it was at least until 10 months when DD would comfortably move squishy bits around her mouth and give a little chew. I think I started with yummy sauce and well cooked tiny pasta shapes - like the stuff you can put into soup - and I mean really well cooked soft stuff - then mashed food, and she's now on small soft chunks meat & veg/spaghetti/pieces of
fruit/cucumber/sandwiches etc at 13 months, and she loves feeding herself.
I think she tried rice cakes early on but didn;t take to them until a couple of months later. It will come in time. Chin up.Ignore negative digs from HV, and just make sure he's having lots of a good varied diet.
best of luck x

Well at least now you know it isn't that abnormal and despite his love of the mushy stuff, DS1 was a fairly early talker and now has a wonderful vocabulary and sounds all grown up when he talks these days.

Your DS will grow out of it honestly, just try to ignore negative comments (difficult to do I realise).

Really don't worry. It SO early on in his eating career!

Relax.

Ignore unwanted advice.

Put food in front of him and have fun with it.

Don't try to feed him.

As I said before before age 1 his nutrition is from you! The solid food is just the fun, messy bit

No it is perfectly nromal. 2 steps forward , 3 steps back - very familiar with dd . She didn't eat lumps or even cooked fruit such as dried apricots until beyond 8/9 months, would choke and/or vomit. Finger food was nearer a year.

Give him what he tolerates then put some chunks in front of him of whatever you are having. Eventually he'll do something with it. To try coarser purees you could add the meat or fish very gradually , starting to mix in a tiny bit at first with an established favourite , next time a little more. You'll find his limit, keep to that for a few weeks then increase it again.

btw it is bull re speech and chewing - dd spoke earlier and clearer than ds. Next time hv comments ask her to refer you to speech therapist if she feels it is an issue - bet she doesn't. Don't tell MIl and your mother, do they see him so often that you can't lie ? When is the paed visit btw .

he's only 7 months old, that's nothing. start worrying about this when he's one, until then give yourself a break. your hvs and family seem to delight in knocking your confidence, don't they? just you and dh eat and enjoy your food in front of him, that's a brilliant lesson in itself.

thanks girls!!!

needed a pick me up - see other thread