Baby weaning

Been weaning baby for over a month now and he’s still soo reluctant to open he’s mouth to take food, there are times that I manage to get a spoonful in and he’ll swallow some and other times, he just spits it all out!

I usually offer food twice a day, breakfast and late lunch.

He has tried a range of fruits and veggies, home made purées, pouches, porridge and weetabix but it just feel like a waste of time everyday and I’m starting to feel like I’m doing something wrong.

Advice please xx

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Have you tried finger foods so he can feed himself? Solid starts on Instagram have a guide on what to do for baby food refusal :)

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Following as we're in the same boat! He does seem to be more interested in finger foods over being spoon fed though

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My LO will only take purées if she is distracted by something else, otherwise she gets bored. I’ve given her a toy to play with (which was a failure because she was “eating” it instead of the food), a plate of water so she could play (the best idea so far). Someone suggested a spinner, but I haven’t tried that one yet.

I find that finger foods ar easier to get her interest in, but she won’t eat much.

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thank you for sharing this. We have dabbled a little bit with finger foods. My little one also seems more interested in feeding himself, we’ve tried a couple of finger foods however I’m super nervous about the risk of choking 🫣 so was just hoping he’d take to some purées 😅 xx

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Same. I have to distract him with one of those spinner toys that stick to the highchair 🤣 He only really eats porridge for breakfast but it's timing it so he is a little bit hungry for it. I've done it 1hr after his morning bottle and he doesn't eat much but if I wait till after his morning nap he eats a bit more..

I do try him with bits of baby Led in between like toast and Cucumber etc but he barely eats anything so I would rather spoon feed porridge and purees too so at least I know he's going to eat something fully x

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