Is this behavior typical?

na24 · December 2009

Cordelia scarfs down rice cereal. We tried sweet potato tonight and she didn't like it. She'd cry when I gave it to her. I slowly mixed some in with her rice cereal, and when it got to be about a 50/50 mix, she started crying again.

Eleanor doesn't really like rice cereal. I feed some to her on my finger and she tolerates it. But she actually seemed to kind of like the sweet potato fed to her on my finger. Maybe she just doesn't like the spoon?

So far after four days of solids, Cordelia has eaten probably six tablespoons of rice cereal and a teaspoon of sweet potato. Eleanor has probably eaten two teaspoons of rice cereal and a teaspoon of sweet potato. So basically hardly anything.

Is it normal to start out this way and then have them actually like eating food soon? How long does it take?

PhillySue · December 2009

Yes! Our start to solids was very slow. DD gagged on peas and sweet potatoes. She barely ate any ceral. I slowed added more and I tried some new things to seee what she liked. After she got use to eating I tried the peas and sweet potatoes again. She is still not a pea fan but SP are ok. Just keep trying it can take a while to get them use to it.