In tears-hate feeding dd#2

Marchmamma

Its like a war zone feeding her.  She takes like 5 good bites of food and then arms wave all over the place, food gets on me, her, the floor, the wall, everywhere.  I know she's hungry because she will eat puffs until the cows come home. 

I already am a worrier so this doesn't help.

Alexandra*sMom

Take it at her speed.  I was lucky if my DD2 ate 5 bites.  She HATED baby food.  The doc recomeened trying real food at 9 mo and we haven't looked back!  She used to gag on the baby food, so I was scared to try real stuff, but she did/does great!  GL!

shouldbeworkin

Will she eat other soft finger foods?  Maybe she's independent and wants to do it herself?  My DD was a bit like that.  Never really took to baby food, but loved to eat small pieces of soft fruit, tofu and avocado on her own.  GL! 

LizLovesJason

I'm sorry you're having so much trouble....Just tell yourself, "This too shall pass!" I remember that stage with my kids where I felt like I was constantly cleaning up the mess they made when they ate. But eventually they do get better at it! Hang in there!

Jelliebean1982

I'm sorry!  Mine hated to be fed baby food.  She only wanted foods she could feed herself.  We did a lot of finger foods.  She still won't let me feed her, but at least I'm used to it. 

MichelleWP

I would also try more table foods - my last two babies both resisted the spoon so we just went to self-feeding which made life much easier.

DandelionMom

Ditto the self feeding suggestions.  We just chopped up veggies and fruits and steamed them until they were very soft and DD fed herself.  I could sneak in spoonfuls of cereal when she was working to pick up the food.  GL!

Ciarrai

Ditto on the self-feeding/table foods.  DD#2 always wanted to eat whatever DD#1 was eating.  At about 7 months, we let her have her first "real" food - a biscuit at a restaurant.  From then on, she flat out refused to eat any babyfood except maybe some of the "dessert" jars so I gave up and started giving her soft veggies, mashed potatoes, pastas, etc. - anything she could eat herself.

gibs

Uhmmmm... she's 9 months old. ?Why are you forcing her to eat if she doesn't want to? ?Give her a bottle and some puffs and wait a few weeks instead of driving yourself nuts and making a mess of yourself and your house.

Zenya

ditto real food!

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led_weaning

Aprilbride88

I know, it is so frustrating! Are you giving her pureed foods? Is that what she doesn't like? DD#2 just hates pureed lunches (meat, chicken, etc) so i just started to give her little pieces of chicken or turkey and she's practicing and getting so much better at it and actually swallowing. I know it's early to start her on things but some kids just hate mush. DD#1 was probably a huge gagger because I waited so long to give her pieces so hopefully this one will get some early practice.

REOM

Ugh, that is frustrating. I would just keep offering her new foods, and hopefully you will find something that she likes!