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10 month old and refusing baby food and backing off bottle?

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My Ds is almost 10 months old. He has within the last week started to refuse all baby food and has been not wanting his bottle that much. He was drinking 4  4-6 oz bottles a day and now he has been drinking less and less at each bottle. Is this a sign that it is time to just do 3 bottles a day?

Also he has been refusing his baby food and will not eat his cereal anymore. I realize that he will eventually not eat baby food anymore but I always worry that he is not getting enough with just his finger foods. He will eat pretty much anything and likes to feed himself but it always seems like when I get him out of his highchair there is a lot of food on his lap and I worry he does not get what he needs. Any advice or thoughts? TIA

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Re: 10 month old and refusing baby food and backing off bottle?

  • kevschickee2kevschickee2 member
    Drop all of the baby food and give more finger food.  Start a cup and introduce reg milk in the cup this is a great time to start.
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  • REOMREOM member

    I like giving the baby food so that I know how much she is getting too. My DD is small, so it's always something I worry about.

    If I give her puffs or cheerios to occupy her, I can feed her from the spoon. Otherwise, she swats the spoon. After she eats the jar, I let her feed other things herself, and don't really worry about how much b/c she already ate enough, kwim?

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  • laur1120laur1120
    DD has dropped way off the bottle as well.  She is still doing good with purees so I keep it up cause I don't like not knowing how much she is eating with finger foods and how much she is supposed to have.  I feed her purees first then finger foods.  I'm sure I probably only have a few weeks of this left as she will probably start to prefer feeding herself as well. 
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  • C.squaredC.squared member
    My DD does the same thing. I switched her to all table food and try to get her to drink water from a sippy so she doesn't get dehydrated. She doesn't like the sippy too much though. Meals take a lot longer now, but I let her eat until she doesn't want any more. Curious to see what others have to say.
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  • bananaQbananaQ

    We are in this situation since 10 months. I switched to straw cups (except the early morning feeding) and it takes a lot of time to finish a 6oz cup. I keep offering, and I'm happy to get 12-16oz in him at the end of the day. He eats all finger food, but the amount varies day to day.

    This is stressful for me, I find myself counting milk oz all the time now!

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