Am I worrying unnecessarily about ds's eating (or lack of)?

[roslily]

Ds is 9mo. We have been BLW since he was 6mo. However, whereas other babies I know are now eating well he still barely eats. I think my CM might spoon feed him some, but she says he eats a lot during day.

But he always refuses breakfast- I have tried porridge, bitesize weetabix, shredded wheat, toast.

He refuses to be spoon fed by me, except yohurt! He isn't gaining weight like he should, he has 3-4 6oz bottles a day.

Most of the food still ends up on floor. Tonight he just banged his tray, chucked everything on floor, despite me picking it up. Then screamed til Igot him out.

I thought he would be eating more by now. What am I doing wrong?

Are you offering him breakfast pretty soon after a bottle? None of mine ate breakfast v well at that age cos they preferred to down loads of milk.
Is his weight gain really that bad - have you had him weighed recently? Does he sleep ok & seem satisfied generally?

DD didn't start eating properly till 12months. we did combination of mush and finger food, she started eating well when we started nursery (mush) and it picked up at home too. She loves cheerios for breakfast (her fave), and will munch pasta twists, bits of fruit etc.

I used to get so disheartened, esp when you see good food going to waste.

It's a cliche, but try not to let him see you get stressed, just offer him food when you eat and don't react if he doesn't seem to want it. Some babies really just don't get food till later than others.

dd is the queen of yogurts - in fact so is DS at 3yo. funny how they all love them!

Thanks. He did eat breakfast this morning when I offered it a couple of hours after his bottle- I just can't do that on a work day!

I will try and be less stressed about it. I just see all these other babies lapping up food, and my ds is more interested in banging the tray!

Is it an option to go straight for breakfast when he wakes on a work day and give him his milk along side that? (not if you're anything like me - mornings a bit manic on work days here!)

Hi roslily
I am having same concerns as you. My ds is also 9 months old & blw seemed to be going okay, we were all really enjoying it. but now seems to have come to a stop. We're re-named it baby led throwing!! It's driving me a bit bonkers! I don't think we're doing anything wrong but hopefully it's just a phase. Still it's frustrating to see my friends baby who is 3 weeks younger & blw'd happily eating an entire meal!

Hi all, my DS is 8 months on Saturday, he is slowly starting to get more food in his mouth, and I'm having more dirty nappies, but I am having trouble with breakfast as well, I give him mini shredded wheat and raisins and then sit with him to eat my toast and share that with him. He throws most of it on the floor.

He also has the screaming fits, when this happens, I take him out of his highchair and give him a bottle and then put him back in his highchair with his food and he usually eats more.

He is still having between 5 and 6 6oz bottles a day, but sleeps through from 7 till 5.30 so I guess he is doing ok?

Hope this helps

Hey all,

Same problem here but my DD is now a year old. Only started BLW about a month ago when she seemed to get bored of pureed food.

Will give DD everything that we have but she is hardly eating anything. Don't get me wrong, she tries EVERYTHING on her plate but just doesn't seem to get the concept of chewing and swallowing. We sit down as a family (DH, DD and I) to have our evening meal and it doesn't seem to really make much difference.

Dependent on how much she actually eats, I do resort to a jar pudding just so that we know she's getting something. She eats all of that, hence I know that that she's still hungry so it's not that she doesn't want her food! I really think she just struggles to eat it so gets bored.

Just another thought on breakfast though, we give our DD her bottle before we take her to the CM and the CM gives her breakfast about two hours later. So milk at 6.30am, breakfast between 8.30-9.00am. If your CM is happy to do that, could solve the breakfast problem!

it is so normal and i wouldn't worry too much they go through these stages.
MIne has a bottle when she wakes up around 8 and I feed her breakfast at 9.30 even 10 sometimes. So the gap is long enough for her to become hungry. Some days she refuses it sleeps between 11 and 1 and then we move to lunch. She is 1o months old a generally a good eater

My DS is similar - 9.5 months and doesn't eat much. I think it's teething though - his top two are coming through. After a bit of food he'll start to rub his top lip and start fussing then refuse anymore!

I'm going to try moving breakfast later and make meals more relaxed - he ate the most he'd eaten in ages once I'd put him in his bouncy chair instead (he can sit upright in it).

Relieved to hear similar experiences. DD is 10.5 months and was eating brilliantly (jars & finger food). Now she doesn't eat much except yoghurt and cheese. Today, I've just put her in the highchair with some bread, cheese and mixed veg. Trying not to stress as she seems happy in herself.