9mo - just a fussy baby?

[wukter]

Another frustrating day of trying to get my 9 mo to eat something.

Every morning she is offered rteady brek with pear/banana. May or may not accept it. Will usually eat a few spoons of one of those Milupa ready mixes if I give her that, would rather not though.

At CM's may or may not take a few spoons of stage 2 jar, rather more of a stage 1 jar. Half a fromage frais.

Tea time she is home with me so I try to tempt her.
This evening for example, she ate 4 tiny spoons of her lunchtime jar. 4 tiny spoons of mashed banana. 1/4 of a fromage frais.
Finger food 2 bites of rice cake with banana - puke.
2 bites of omelette with cheese. Massive puke.
And it's not like she is filling up with milk, she'd normally have 16 - 20 0z a day of formula.
would you think that is sufficient?
And does anyone have any tips re the vomiting - is it just a normal part of learnin g to chew etc?

TIA

Sounds a bit frustrating for you wutker. But a varied diet and lots of different tastes and textures for her- well done.

I would only worry if she isn't gaining weight. Have you taken her to the HV recently and asked her opinion? She will have seen lots and lots of babies of the same age...

If your DD likes finger food and is physically OK at getting things to her mouth, then I would be tempted to lay out some lovely food and just relax and see what happens. Maybe try more snacks, picnics, and sharing little bits of the same food you eat (within limits obviously!). Sometimes babies really pick up on vibes if you are hanging over them worrying.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for replying, DomesticSlattern.
I suppose there are 2 issues really - she has no enthusiasm for food, except fromage frais, and the fact that she pukes up finger food.
She is a small baby, always has been and a poor feeder, but developing normally. She is due her 9 monh check up when she is 11 months so will discuss it then unless things disimprove.

My DD is 10 months now and only eats a little more than your DD. I don't have any experience of the puking as she is good at swallowing the small amounts of finger food she picks up but she has a very small appetite compared to DS and other babies of her age. She is also only on 16-20 oz of formula a day.

She won't eat fruit and most veg unless the fruit is pureed or the veg is mixed in with other food. When she is well, she will typically have half a weetabix for breakfast, a few mouthfuls of either lumpy puree, sandwich, eggs or similar and fruit and yoghurt for lunch and for dinner, few mouthfuls of pasta or similar and fruit and yoghurt.

It has taken me ages to relax and remember she does have a small stomach - I had her weighed for the first time in ages the other day and she is still on the same percentile (between 25 and 50) that she has been on from birth so she isn't losing weight or dropping on the graphs. This made me feel better.
Oh and the other thing is, every time she is ill or teething, she won't eat a thing which is v irritating as I feel like we might be getting somewhere on the food front and then we go to nothing at all.

HTH

wukter, my DS is 8 months old and weaning has been really frustrating for me. He is not keen on any vegetable or savoury meals. He will sometimes have cereal for breakfast, sometimes not. He will eat fruit from a jar or as finger food. Apart from this, some soya yoghurt with fruit, rice cakes and a bit of toast. I have cooked dinners for him and I must have tried all the jars available in the shops - he doesn't like anything.
Like your DD, he doesn't take that much formula either - about 18-24 oz, depending on whether he's had cereal or not.

I really find mealtimes frustrating, he clamps his mouth shut and gets really annoyed if I try and feed him

Duende, I think we met on another weaning thread, I think your DS can't have dairy?
Since starting this thread things have improved for us a bit - ok, it's only been a couple of days. But I have pretty muched stopped putting her in the highchair. She sits on my lap now at dinner time and I feed her bits of mashed potato from my plate with my fingers. I think she likes the blandness of it. Also plain omelette strips. It seems to work, maybe it's the sociability or me relaxing or finally getting what food is for. So things have improved, a little bit but welcome. I would suggest try him on blander food and sit and eat with him. It might work

hi, Wukter, yes, it's me again
I'm pleased you're making progress. I will try it your way and let you know if we get anywhere!

Fingers crossed eh Duende