11 month old just wants bread bread and more bread

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That's it really.
I mean, he'll eat bits of other things as well. Although I can never predict what he'll decide he does/doesn't like from day to day. But as I tend to just give him bits of what we're having, that doesn't get to me too much.

But if I give up and just give him bread (after he decides he's had enough other stuff, or just doesn't want it in the first place), he'll gobble it down.

I still breastfeed him mornings, evenings and during the night (!), but he has at least one bottle of formula a day now, because I work 3 days per week.

So is a diet of bread (homemade: rye or rye/wheat sourdough), breastmilk and formula (with little bits of random fruit/veg/cheese etc. thrown in) enough?

Should I just relax (as usual....)?
Or does anyone have any suggestions? Or ways of putting stuff on the bread so that it won't just end up all over his face/hands? (not worried about the mess... would just like to find a way of helping it reach his belly!)

My little one is also a bread monster, and about to head into his terrible 2s, so even more fussy.

One trick I use might be a bit of help. I make casseroley things for DS, and let him see me putting bread into the bowl, to thicken it up and allow it to be eaten easily by spoon. I do all this with the bowl in front of him on the table. Not only does the sight of bread get him excited, and reconcile him to the other food, it also seems important to prepare his appetite properly by making him think about food for several minutes (at least) before he is expected to eat.

Hope this helps a bit?

Ah. Yes that does help. Thanks.
Thinking about it, I've dipped bread in soup before, and he loved it. So maybe I should go down that route more.

And can see what you mean about preparing things in front of him. He definitely eats better if DH and I are both there eating a meal and he just 'happens' to find food in front of him!

And sometimes I kind of shove other things in his mouth when he's eating a bit of bread, because he seems a bit more reconciled to it then

Glad he's not the only one, anyway. Thanks!

Oh, good. I'm glad! If it works on more than one child, it must be a robust trick, and may keep us going... (some tricks fade out of use - dammit!)