6 month & not liking solids - anyone else?

daniella2727 · September 2013

My 6 month old will take one bite, make an "I hate the taste face" and then not open up again.

Here is the back story for the details -

5 weeks ago I introduced oatmeal and she seemed to love it. I gave her oatmeal for 3 days, once a day. This lead to her not pooping for a few days and having some very fussy nights that I related to being constipated. So I laid off the oatmeal for about 2 - 3 days. When she finally went it was explosive! When I reintroduced it she wouldn't take it! So I added some banana, which she seemed to like, but then after 1 day of eating she stopped pooping and seemed very uncomfortable again at night. So I stopped for a week and then introduced rice cereal instead as it is suppose to be easier to digest. She did not like rice cereal at all. I did try to give it to her for about 3 days, she rejected it each time! So again, I laid off of solids for almost 2 weeks.

So I just reintroduced oatmeal adding in some apples - thinking maybe it is the flavors. She took one bite and made the worst sour face and would not eat anymore of it (3 days ago). So I let it be. Yesterday I tried again, oatmeal and apples. One bite, sour face and then no more. So today I tried oatmeal and pears - same thing.

1. Is she just not ready?

2. WAS she ready but the initial bouts of constipation turned her off of food?

prettyinpink120 · September 2013

I think shes probably just not ready, if your baby gets constipated with oatmeal i would just skip it and give them purees in a week or two. When we started soiled my ds would only take a bite or two also and he very slowly increased the amount he would eat.

nanabanana06 · September 2013

Have you thought about skipping the purees? Many babies do not like being spoon fed. Have you thought about taking something like an avocado or banana and cutting it into spears or largish chunks and giving them to her? Many babies do well with that. I know for us we didn't spoon feed at all and our son does wonderfully. I'd give it a try and see if she likes it better.

jannv11 · September 2013

DD shows no interest when we eat so I didn't start her on solids till this week. Dr acted like it was a big deal and I should but she doesn't sit up yet and doesn't act interested. Only tried avacodo and she doesn't seem to care for it. Going to wait a couple days and try something else.

luvbug6315 · September 2013

Maybe skip the cereals and go to a veggie or fruit? Something with a mellow taste... We just started with avocado today. I mashed it up and added a little breast milk. She seemed to like it ok but didn't eat a ton. Go with baby's cues. If she's still not interested, wait a week or two and try again.