8mth old won't eat solids

[heymamma]

hi all,
my 8mth old ethan wont eat solids... i have been trying for 2mths... & he just wont have it...spits it out or closes his mouth so it cant get in.... he goes to bed @7:30pm... but wakes 2-3times a night for feeds. Im sooo tired as i have an 18mth old & 5yr old.... my other son & daughter were both eating solids at 4mths.
Any suggestions?

[Rainbowbrite]

MJ is about a week younger than your bub & has gone on & off solids since i started her. She has just decided that she wants nothing to do with mush & will only eat finger foods.

Apparently solids are more about experimentation at their age, so if you can just get him to "play" with it &taste a bit then thats fine.

Sorry i'm not much help :o

RB

[cobysmummy]

my bub was started on solids at 4 months and at around 7 or 8 months refused to be fed solids by me... he rathers picking up his food and putting it in his mouth himself...

he eats toast for brekky, sandwich and fruit for lunch and vegies and meat for dinner...

good luck hope this helps!

[Mum2Bug]

Shayley was the same but i started giving her the crusts on my toast and then just little bits of finger food off my plate. if she saw me eating the same stuff, she was more willing to try it

[funfarrell]

Have you tried yoghurt? My DD was not interested until i let her try some strawberry Jalna pure and natural yogurt. THat seemed to convince her that solids were yummy. Also i try to make eating time fun by singing and such.

[xkwzit]

Hi Kel

Do you think he still has the tongue thrust reflex? I had a friend whose DD was at least 8 months before she would take any solids, as her reflex was firmly still in place. So its not prob what you want to hear, but I think its just going to take some time :( .

Hugs to you

[JanetF]

Some babies like them, some don't. I suspect that when they refuse them, they know something instinctively about their bodies that we don't. Offering is all you can do. Until they're 12 months old their main nutrition should come from breastmilk or a breastmilk substitute anyway :)
Try this and see what help it offers.
http://askdrsears.com/html/3/T032000.asp

[heymamma]

Yes i tried yoghurt,,, the weird thing is he sometimes opens his mouth..but when the food touches his tounge..its like he goes nope its not my bottle i dont want it!
He sucks on bread & toast..& biscuits. But i asked the Dr bout it because it was like he doesnt know how to eat.... But the Dr wasnt much help...he just told me to really puree everything which i did...but nothing happened...still the same.

[reAllytee]

Id just keep trying a range of different foods there is probably something out there he is bound to love that will get him started or wanting more.
If he still refuses & your worried that its got to do with another problem then i would possibly see your CHN or another doctor as it seems like the other doesnt take your worries into consideration.
Otherwise he may just be a slow learner in that he is quite happy with his milk as JanetF said some babies are happy this way & its not a big concern when in the first 12mths thats all they really need.
Good luck.

[Lil X-men]

OH thats good to hear! My boy has just turned 9months and is the same!
He actually loved solids at the start ( 41/2months) but now he just refuses everything but yoghurt. I can only get him to eat a couple of spoons before he starts throwing a wobbly at me.
I was worried that he wasn't getting enough to eat, hopefully the three bottles a day, yoghurt and rusks/crackers are enough to satisfy him.
I though he might just be fussy, but maybe he is just not hungry ?:confused:

[miss_moe]

kel ... my DD is exactly the same. She is 8months this week and still isn't 'on' solids and feeds x2/night. She will not have a bar of anything off a spoon, though will eat small amounts of food if it is off my plate, off my finger.

A ECHN suggested for slow starters to give the same meal at the same time every day for 10days before adding a new meal at a different time.
This didn't work for us as DD wasn't interested in typical 'baby food' - wont eat stuff like yoghurt, mush fruit or veges. Though will eat just about anything that she sees us eating. So maybe sit and eat with you bub and give food of your plate ... even if it is a bit of his food on the side.

[Goosie22]

If he likes finger foods just make finger foods, I make this up for my 2 year old grate up all sorts of vegies/cheese/tuna/mince mix with bread crumbs and egg(like a patty mixture) make it into little sausage shapes an either cook in the oven with a little oil or shallow fry. It looks naughty (like junk food) but its not and they gooble it up. Chunks of sweet potatoe and other vegies all even sizes(20c size) and not cooked to extinction sometimes work, my Gus likes vegies cut up into chips then drizzled with a little honey and seaseme seeds(but as I said he is 2 so maybe the seaseme seeds might not be a good idea for you little one?)