ive posted on here before about LO choking/up chucking anything chunky. Hell be 10 months next week. Ive been trying to give him more table food (mostly it goes on the floor, his face/hands, or just crumb size pieces into his mouth)
anyways Ive been meeting up with other moms with LOs same age as my baby- and they are all basically eating whatever the mom eats. Ive been so discouraged about LOs eating that I havent been giving him 3 "meals" a day like the pedi wants him at. Ive lost the urge to make any purees for him (tonight I actually made some blueberry/banana).
Just wish he was eating more table food- im worried that when it comes a yr Ill have to be giving him formula still cus hes not eating enough real food.
Re: Jealous of other babies eating table food...
Your son will meet his milestones at his own pace. I took my daughter who just turned 1 years old to a picnic. And I just fed her baby food and puffs because it was easy. And there was older kids going after her puffs like this was the best thing. And they just had a good time. I really like to keep it simple for my daughter. And we actually give our daughter Enfagrow Toddler formula still, and we are transitioning to milk.
My son was a preemie, and he did not get finger food until a couple of months after his 1 birthday. But it really took off after that point. And he is doing good. He is almost 3 years old.
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Hey, I feel ya. My son is just over 10 months and he's having very similar issues. He's just now starting to tolerate chunkier purees, but he has no interest in finger foods. Tonight I offered some baked apple slices. I thought it would work because A) he loves apple and he hadn't eaten in a while so I know he'd be hungry. Unfortunately, it was a big nothing; he pretty much mashed the apple pieces in his hands for a while and then stopped picking them up altogether and got fussy.
Anyway, as PP's have said, this will probably work itself out. In the meantime, I'm offering chunkier purees and even trying to give him pieces of finger food on a spoon, just so he get's used to gumming and swallowing. ANd I'm trying to offer finger food on his tray at least once a day. I figure someday I'll have a good laugh over what a struggle this was
Eventually, they'll get it. My 2.5 year old was still eating bottles for about half his "food" at 14 months, the other half being not very chunky baby food. Now he's 100% on table food and feeds himself. Eventually, they'll get it.
I always remember this:
I will not have an 18 year old child that _________.
(In this case, I won't have an 18yo child that will not eat table food.)