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hey all, my son will taste food and chew it, but he tends to then spit it out as opposed to swallowing it. he’s not the biggest fan of purées so he’s still having a full bottle of milk after each meal. i’m just a little nervous that he’s not swallowing the food, the only thing he really seems to consume is porridge. is this normal?

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Don't have any advice sorry, but my son does exactly the same! He doesn't tend to eat bought purees but will eat ones I make at home! He likes puffs, wafers and biscottis but I don't like to give them all the time! Any other food he chews and spits out! My health visitor did say it's all part of them learning to eat so because he's still having the milk not to worry just yet!

I think so! My little one is very hit and miss. Some days she'll eat lots (she does like puree), other days she'll have a couple of melty sticks. I feel like she doesn't eat much if it isn't blended but I keep trying as it's all still learning 😊

Mine is exactly the same and is also stressing me out. She has CMPA so I have the added complication of making sure everything is dairy free and it's so hard. Any puree I've made her has been rejected, there's one baby porridge she can have and will eat that but only a little.

my son has 8 teeth now, he got his first 2 at 4 months and i started weaning him at 6 months. he’ll be 10 months old next week, this was actually one of my concerns because i thought as he has quite a few teeth that he would be better with eating but that just hasn’t been the case:( his health visitor said he’s drinking too much milk and to offer him more food but i offer him 3 meals a day plus a snack like a fruit or a melty stick in between, so i just don’t know what more i can do

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