Anyone else struggling with weaning ?

As the title says i feel so disheartened as i everyday offer variety of homemade purées or bits of finger food and is very rare that she really have few spoons of what is offered ,is like a pattern now that someday she will have few spoons and other days she won’t open her mouth at all .I am at the point where is start to worry and thinking if this baby will ever accept solids .Anyone else in the same boat ?

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We were but we've just started using a company called Lune and wild and honestly it's been a game changer, he's clearing his plate, not so much with the finger food so far but he's going for it with purees and they are soooo convenient, they come in little frozen blocks that I just heat about 15 minutes before ours is ready and leave him to it!

My daughter is not interested at all! I’m not sure she’s actually swallowed anything. She doesn’t open her mouth, turns her head and starts getting upset and wanting out of the highchair! The most she’s ever done is opened her mouth twice for a bit of mashed avocado. I’ve tried both purées and BLW. 😭 I’m at a loss on what to do tbh. She’ll be 7 months in 10 days.

I feel like you've put a lot of pressure on both yourself and her to hit mile stones she still has a lot of time to get to, someone once said to me that food before one was just for fun. Maybe give it a break or take all the pressure away and let her make a mess. We also sit and eat at the table so he can watch us and it seems to have helped a little but we did wait until he showed signs of being interested in food instead of using his age as a base line for weaning. Don't get me wrong the clear up makes my eye twitch a little bit but we're playing the long game!

We’ve only recently started making some process. Like she’ll actually finish a bowl of food after weeks and weeks of 0 interest. But then the last couple of days she’s not interested again and will only have milk. Their main source of nutrition is still milk until 1 so it’s all about exploring for now. Today she refused to eat but squished the food around in her hands, which frustrated me at first but then I reminded myself that that is still progress. She’s learning the texture of the food, the smell, having little tastes, putting her hands to her mouth even if she’s not eating. It’s all part of getting comfortable and confident with food🤞🏼

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