9.5 mo won't eat

My first didn’t show an interest in food til about a year. Then when he was interested he didn’t want to chew real food and would just eat purées. I had made the pouches myself so I knew he was actually eating a good meal even if it were just a little here and there. But my second rn is about 7/8 months and will eat anything in her way has been that way since about 4 months. I hope things do get easier cause I know it’s hard when you’re the one feeding all day. But every kid is different. 🫶🏽 btw what’s BLW?

Hey! So I went through this with my now 4 year old. Does your baby put anything in their mouth at all? Baby may have an issue with textures. My now 4 year old was like this and is a very picky eater with several allergies. We even dealt with the slow weight gain. She was speech delayed as well. We had to see a dietician, occupational therapist, and a speech therapist. I would suggest you ask peds to have baby evaluated. We found that she had an issue with moving her tongue in certain directions too.

I know it can be frustrating. I breastfed mine until she was almost 3 because I was so worried she wouldn’t get her needed nutrition. It definitely gets better. Hang in there ❤️

My daughter was the same, except she wouldn’t touch purées, it was all BLW. I had to coax those 2 or 3 bites by giving her food off my plate, a lot of exaggerated enjoyment of eating from me, letting her feed me… it was a whole production. I repeated “food before one is just for fun” to myself like a mantra every mealtime.

Then one day it just suddenly clicked for her, she cleared her plate and started enjoying eating. I think she just needed to get there in her own time.

She was around 9ish months when that happened, but my mum tells me I was even worse and didn’t eat even one bite of solid food until I was over a year old. Some babies take longer to get there.

I don’t have any advice cause I didn’t really do anything different, just tried to persist without getting too frustrated. But maybe it gives you a little hope ♥️

Thanks everyone for your answers... Let's hope the situation turns around soon... I'm getting more and more frustrated as I feel like she spends all night feeding and I'm up 4-5 times a night for that. I'm exhausted. I don't want to night wean because I'm afraid she won't get enough calories. And now I slowly see that she'll be good to nursery in 2 months but she's only having breast milk to feed...

Continue offering food as you do and feeding on demand. Some kiddos if not most tend to eat a lot better in nursery as they just copy each other.

You will probably notice that when she starts nursery she will feed on you even more, my little boy was like that and was making up for the time we were apart - although I was sending him in with expressed milk and a cup, it was the closeness that he needed

My daughter only started eating a good amount after a year. Just keep trying with the different foods and times of the day, and don’t give up. I know it can be disheartening 🫶