Weaning refusal!
Baby girl is just over 7 months old and refuses every form of food I offer her. I’ve tried purées where I hand feed her, offering her the spoon to do herself, offered finger foods on a tray to explore and try but she won’t entertain any of it.
She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth apart from food!
She’ll moan and mouth her hands after I’ve offered her the food as she’s hungry and will then cry until I give her milk (she’s breastfed).
I’m trying not to put any pressure on her and keep meal times fun and light.
Any ideas/tips on helping her transition and try food??
TIA ! X
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My daughter is exactly the same, I think it’s a case of just carrying on trying unfortunately 😖 I know with my daughter it’s got to be at really specific times for her to want to try anything I give her, I’ve also found that she works better when it’s “busy” around her, so she’s better trying little bits when we’re out VS in the house, it’s almost like it’s not the direct pressure of just me and her, she’s also better trying when we’re all eating (her older sister too), I’ve given up offering big extravagant plates like I did with my first and just offering her a little something suitable from my plate! Best of luck, she will get there in her own time! Xx
Has she eaten normal food before?
Or is it just the beginning of the weaning?
Some babies are just not ready for food yet. My firstborn didn’t start eating meals (or be really interested in food) until around 9/10months.
She would have a little nibble here or there, but I wasn’t stressing over it.
All of a sudden, she started eating meals and snacks.
My second, well, she has been nuts for foods since around 5mo. She’d go and steal food from us as soon as she was mobile (6mo).
Don’t worry and just take it slow—focusing on introducing her to allergens
My daughter is the same she was going good but got a cold and since hasnt wanted to know food other than milk iv spoke to professionals about it and for the first year its just about them messing and maybe trying different foods they dont need to be having solid meals till they turn 1 so dont put to much stress on urself about it x
We are in very similar boat but are starting to see success of putting finger food in her mouth. Make sure shes had a milk feed an hour so shes hungry but too hungry before trying food. We also find that sitting down with her eating something similar encouraged her to eat. She won’t take a spoon-feed and does push everything out with her tongue but she doesn’t independently sit and I read that can impact a baby where they on reflex use their tongue to prevent choking. So i’m putting it down to she’s not ready but she’s at least putting things in her mouth now to explore taste which i’m happy with
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Baby girl is just over 7 months old and refuses every form of food I offer her. I’ve tried purées where I hand feed her, offering her the spoon to do herself, offered finger foods on a tray to explore and try but she won’t entertain any of it.
She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth apart from food!
She’ll moan and mouth her hands after I’ve offered her the food as she’s hungry and will then cry until I give her milk (she’s breastfed).
I’m trying not to put any pressure on her and keep meal times fun and light.
Any ideas/tips on helping her transition and try food??
TIA ! X
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