E hates fruits!

rg8482

So I've only tried apples and bananas so far, but she opens wide to be disappointed and then spits them ALL back out.  I tried jar first (within the 3 day time frame) and last night I tried mashed banana with BM and she still hated it.

I started off with veggies and she doesn't give me a problem with them and actually LOVES them A LOT.  She is also at the point of eating about 2 tablespoons at a time.

I give her a bottle of about 2-3 oz of BM with her veggie (which is usually given to her about an hour and a half to 2 hours after she eats 4 oz of BM) and have tried to do the same with the fruit but since she spits it all back out, I wind up nursing if she is still a little hungry.

I figure that she's not used to the sweet taste of fruits yet, but not sure if I should just hold off or continue trying with other fruits.

Have any of you experienced any problems with feeding fruits to your LO?  If so, what did you do?

JDO

Sometimes it takes multiple exposures to food for LOs to enjoy it. I would keep trying the foods she rejected and keep introducing new fruits too. W has had a few foods he didn't like the first time but gobbled up on the second or third try. You could try different temperatures too, W prefers some cold, some room temperature, and some warm. 

I also make sure to be very positive and enthusiastic when giving a food he's rejected in the past, so he makes a positive association with that food. I make up songs about the food, talk in my higher pitched baby-talk voice about how much we love that food, and say things like yum yum and nom nom a lot. It seems to help. Or, maybe I'm just fooling myself. 

rg8482

Thanks for the tips!

I do "Mmmm" sounds and quote Yo Gabba Gabba, which my nephew watches and say "There's a party in your tummy."  And then I continue to say something silly like, "I think Mr. Banana wants to join," lol, but she just isn't having it.

I guess I will keep trying though and try different fruits to see if she likes other ones more.