My 8 month old just isn’t into BLW or much of any food other than milk. He loves fruit porridge pouches and carrot puffs but that’s about as far as it gets with the food/purée 😬 I’ve offered various finger foods and he just isn’t interested, he’ll try something then gag to the point he brings up milk. I just don’t know what to do! seeing and hearing of other babies love food is just petrifying me as my son is 8 months old and isn’t phased really whatsoever. Feel a somewhat failure 😩
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I would rule out underlying issues. I would reach out to a speech and feeding therapist…you want to insure there is no oral ties or tongue thrust.

i planned on doing the same thing mentioned but her doctor kept telling me to wait until she turned 12 months before we go that route to see if anything changes, it was so frustrating trust me, i know how it feels. sure enough, she started eating and accepting real food (finger foods, blw) after her birthday. even textured purées which was a struggle to get her to eat. she’s now 14 months and eats just about anything and everything, even stuff i’m nervous to give her she takes it like a champ. just give it time, maybe he’s just not ready and that’s okay. something my aunt told me was, “she has all her life to eat and try new foods, why rush it?” that made me ease up a lil bit and kept me optimistic. but if you want, def rule out the extras if you feel it’s best. hope this helps
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