She’s 1 in July and from around 6 to nearly 8 months old she just refused food. She eventually started accepting bits and now would eat all her weetabix in the morning, accept yoghurt but I can’t ever say I’ve seen her actually successfully eat much at lunch. For dinner she’d eat a few spoons of the food e.g pasta and minced meat it it won’t be much.
HVs has just been saying to expose her to food which I still am and she just refuses. But she turns one so soon so what do I do about formula as it gives her all her nutrition and she doesn’t eat enough?
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I believe we’ve got until they’re 18 months to get them off formula, and she will eventually eat. My boy refused food from 7 months to 11 and now really enjoys it, but it was stressing me out when he wasn’t eating and was so disheartening. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself. Also remember their stomachs are the size of their wrists so although it may seem like they’re not eating much, for them they probably are. You could always try food little and often too and give snacks in between meals if you think this may help x

Technically, you don't have to stop formula, the guidelines is that they should bottles completely by 18 months to protect their teeth. It doesn't matter as much what they're drinking, like formula is no worse for their teeth than cows milk, especially if you're able to brush them regularly.
Our LO has just turned 1 yesterday, and we're planning on going straight to water.. but formula has been such a lifeline for us when she's sick (she's currently got chicken pox which is also in her mouth, and the only things she can eat is babybels and banana - so she's currently back on 4/5 bottles a day again).

What you might find is rolling back formula / transitioning to cow’s or your choice of alternative milk will increase her appetite and interest in food x

I did blueberries, avocado pieces, cut up bananas and set a few peices for her to experiment with. Also did puree pouches and puffs…. Eventually she was open to trying other things.