Feeling defeated with weaning

I know it feels like the mess is a waste of your time and effort making the food but if shes trying it while making a mess thats good! Try more fingers foods.

My little girl isnt interested in pures or anything like that she just loves to chew on what she can hold! Hope this helps 🥰

Mine is hit and miss at eating, I find if we eat too late hes not interested at all, he loves ellas kitchen melty sticks, ive noticed my little one will go through phases of eating loads one night and then not much the day after, his current favourite is spaghetti bol and lasagna

Shower curtain/wipe clean mat under the high chair or a high chair catchy tray might help with the mess.

Finger foods and serving food while you’re eating I think helps a lot. And play around with what times of day they are most up for eating. But honestly they only have very small amounts and don’t reduce milk intake until nearer to 1.

Same here! She will put everything else to her mouth, but not food 🤦‍♀️ she’s also exclusively breastfed and I think just hasn’t tasted anything she likes as much as milk. I’ve only give her homemade mashed fruits and veggies, and some finger foods. Hard to find a time when she’s hungry enough to try properly.

In my case, what helped me the most was sitting down to eat with her and showing her that I eat the same things she does, making it part of our routine.

My baby is the same but I’ve found a few things help like her thinking it’s my food and I’m eating with her
She also dislikes the high chair she’d rather be seating up her self on her mat and if she has her own spoon helps
With the mess give them their own plate with little blob of their food for them to play with but you have your own just out of reach that’s what I do and the mess is easier to manage

We eat some 1st making exaggerated yummy noises, and only when he’s reaching and really interested does he get a bit. Then we eat more before letting him have the rest. You have to look super interested and happy. If you look worried they pick up on it and think there’s a problem with the food. A little bit of apple and citrus seems to make purées more interesting. Breastmilk is sooo sweet, it’s hard to get them interested in plain veg. Today I did avo and mashed potatoes with finely chopped parsley and a splash of clementine juice. He loved it, foiling my plan to eat the rest of it on toast 😂 if you stick to stuff you want to eat it’s easier to deal with rejection