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advice please on my 11.5 month old and eating ! (long ish)

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tumpymother · 06/01/2009 18:58

My DS is 11.5 months old. Has always had a mixture of finger foods and spoon fed. In the last few weeks he has been using his spoon and helping himself - with varying degress of success ! He mostly refuses to be sppon fed now. I have tried a variety of finger foods and he spits out virtually everything I make. Tonight I made a selection of veg for him to pick at and gave him small amounts and he spat all of it out. I ended up giving him a small piece of cheese which he loves and a potato cake with very thin marmite and then grapes and fromage frais. He loves omelette so I sneak veggies into that. He loves bread, crumpets, potato cakes and flat oatcakes and hummous and cream cheese. He will eat virtually all fruit. I have tried pasta, homemade lentil and cheese wedges, homemade falafel etc and he won't eat any of it. I keep reading how at this stage babies are to have mashed up bits of what we are having but I don't know how we are going to make the transition when he doesn't seem to like anything that I try.
I try not to let him see that I am bothered and try not to worry but inside I am panicking. Can anyone reassure me that he will eventually start eating more of a variety and that it just takes time or anyone got any advice about anything else I could try. He is BF by the way and has between 3 and 4 feeds in 24 hours.
Thanks !

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tumpymother · 06/01/2009 19:49

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tumpymother · 07/01/2009 20:26

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yogagirl · 07/01/2009 20:59

Bumping this again because I'm going through exactly the same with 11.5 month old DD. We had no problems when weaning her at 6 months, but she's becoming progressively more fussy with her solid food. We're now in a very similar situation to the one you describe, where even old-favourite finger foods are hurled across the room after just one taste, and spoonfuls of food refused (or thrown on the floor if she's self-feeding). As you say, you try and appear relaxed about it but it's so hard not to get despondent when yet another lovingly-prepared meal is tipped onto the floor. When we're at baby groups and I offer DD a snack, I invariably end up with a crowd of babies around me clamouring for the food while DD crawls away, completely uninterested. Hopefully someone will be along soon who can reassure us that it's just yet another phase they go through...

tumpymother · 08/01/2009 18:47

cheers - and sorry you are in the same position. I am hoping its totally normal and he will just move on to the next stage.......at some point.

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tumpymother · 09/01/2009 21:32

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Kathsmum · 10/01/2009 16:46

Remove day time breast feeds? My daughter only focussed poperly on food from me when she realised milk wasn't coming.

By the way ate fine for creche and my mother - very infuriating!

good luck

MarlaSinger · 10/01/2009 16:52

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