8 month old not eating

Nicole Jackson · April 2013

ok so my 8 month old son has been breastfeed since day one... I know that breastfeeding is enough for him till he is at least 1 y/o but I have tried to introduce him to other foods with no luck! I have tried every kind of baby food there is for his age. The only thing that I have had luck with are the gerber puffs. He does chew some (with no teeth yet) so that is why I haven't given him much other than that because even though he loves the puffs he will still choke on them once in a while. He will eat "normal" food like noodles, sadly french fries (husband gave him that), small pieces of bread, pretty much anything that we eat that we can break into small pieces, no meats or anything like that yet. Is it ok if I start giving him real food? I was thinking about giving him like rice crispies with breast milk? Could I try the stage 3 or 4 gerber foods?

abbyful · April 2013

I don't know what Gerber calls stage 3, but I've been feeding my LO anything stage 1 through 3 of Earth's Best baby food pretty much since we started solids. If he can swallow it, he can eat it. Honey being the exception if course. I also give him our foo

jnnfrrose6 · April 2013

The baby food is just to introduce the concept of food and there is no reason why you have to start with it. If your baby isn't interested, then take a break from it, and try again after a week or so. You also need to try the same thing a few

jenikas · April 2013

Lots of people only give their LOs real food. Google 'baby led weaning' for info.

RoryorHenry? · April 2013

I definitely second looking into baby led weaning! We have just started it with dd and she is loving exploring real food.

There is no reason that you can't be feeding real food. If you do some research you will find that some gagging i

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