7 months old tomorrow and not weaned!

Heya

Just looking to see if there is anyone else in a similar situation.

Started trying weaning about 3/4 weeks ago as per guidelines of waiting till 6 months old. He showed all the signs. Head held well. Good hand to mouth coordination and interested in food.
However whenever place a spoon to his mouth (tried porridge and fruit purees) his tongue just pushes it out). I am not sure he has even swallowed any. Left it a week and tried again and still much the same.

I read that they have this reflex until around 6 months where the tongue does push anything that is put in their mouth as a choking safely reflex.

Should I try finger foods and do BLW or continue with purees?

Still on 5x 7/8oz bottles per 24 hours and I know food before 1 is not essential. I just feel he is missing out xx

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I just do purées for my 7 month old not planning to do blw he has reflux and everyone I know like family ddint do blw till babys were 11 months or even 1 I’m sticking to purée personally my baby doesn’t seem that interested and he’s 7 months so I’m just leading his way a lot of moms aren’t doing finger foods or solids so don’t worry too much about it

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Hi dear, I was in similar situation so What I did, I placed puree infront of my baby. She played with it and sometimes put fingers in her mouth. This will give them trust on what they are eating and build intrest. Now she is eating from spoon too.

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Do what u think is best there is no rush everything under 1 years old is just for fun

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I started BLW and it works better for her. She loves peanut butter toast and green beans steamed. I’m going to try mixing both. You could try pouches. It’s really messy but my girl likes to be in control

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Mixing both I mean purées and BLW

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Try finger foods and let baby explore for himself. My baby much prefers to self feed. She tries to fight me for the spoon if I try to feed her myself 😇

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Babe is 7 months and we’re only starting next week. She was 4 weeks prem and only just sitting up. Don’t stress, all baby’s are different and it’s not an exact thing when they’ll be ready for progressing. 😊

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This is completely us too. She’s just not interested when it comes to it but has showed all the signs for weaning, have tried spoon feeding / blw she just doesn’t care she’ll try eat the plate. I’m not concerned I just don’t think she’s ready. My first baby took to it like a dream but my second doesn’t seem to be fussed! X

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Just to say my little one is 7.5 months and still not swallowing much, and pushes it out with his tongue too. I think at some point that tongue thrust will disappear, I’m not too worried about when that happens. We still give finger foods and pre-loaded spoons as he enjoys the process and loves sitting at the table with us and recently he has started swallowing a little more. Good luck!!

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My LG is 7 months and couldn’t “eat” purées and likes texture to her food. So we fed her food food till she got the hang of it. Now she’s better with all texture food.

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Have you tried natural teethers? (Can read up on solid starts about them). I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence but my little girl used to push food out as well, then I gave her some watermelon rind to chew on and after that she started swallowing food. Might have been a coincidence, but could be worth a try x x

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Could try giving baby the spoon and letter them feed themselves?

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