Suddenly refusing solids

huzzahuzza · March 2014

J has suddenly decided he won't eat his purees. We've noticed that we can hold his hands down for two bites and then he'll be fine and eat the rest of the container, but I feel like I'm force feeding my child and I really hate it. We tried stepping it up to stage 3 foods (with the chunks) and he hates them. But if we put Cherrios on his tray or a teething cookie, he'll eat those like a champ.

Is it time for us to go more of the Baby Led Weaning route? Is this just a phase? Help me figure out my next step!

Oh and P.S. he's not drinking his recommended amount of formula either so I'm not sure he's getting all his nutrients.

delino · March 2014

I would start finger foods if he's doing well with the Cheerios. DD will throw a fit if she's hungry and I try to spoon feed her. So she'll get finger food and then I follow up with a purée if needed.

MAdams728 · March 2014

This is normal, from what I can tell. They cant eat purees forever. L will only eat a few bites of certain purees, and the rest she refuses completely. She only wants finger food, which was fine when she ate everything I offered. Now she is starting to get picky, and only seems to want pasta, grilled cheese and other carbs. Where did the veggie lover go?

Boo0512 · March 2014

My kid has been refusing solids for over a month now.

That's probably not going to be the case for you, your LO is probably just going through a phase. Try table foods.

coffeeandbooks · March 2014

definitely give him his own spoon for the purees and maybe try soft bread with soft things on top,(lentils, hummus, peanut butter, avocado) or soft veggies, fruit, scrambled eggs, pasta that he can deal with on his own.

kmcd23 · March 2014

Are you sure he's not sick or anything? G loved solids till he got a stuffy nose, then refused then completely.

Holding his hands down seems drastic to me.

huzzahuzza · March 2014

kmcd23 said:

Are you sure he's not sick or anything? G loved solids till he got a stuffy nose, then refused then completely. Holding his hands down seems drastic to me.

I know. I hated every second of it, but we started it when we thought he didn't like a food so we switched to a different one and then thought he'd have to try it tof figure out we changed the menu. I tried cut up fruit tonight and then tried to spoon feed him yogurt. He was fine for a couple bites and then DH literally had to dance around the kitchen to get him to eat. Maybe he is getting sick...

jayro10 · March 2014

Holding his hands down just seems wrong. If he's hungry, he will eat. By force feeding him, I feel like you are setting him up for negative associations with food.
Like someone else said, they won't be on purées forever. Move on to finger foods.

MOMama987 · March 2014

We moved on to finger foods a while ago (O's one of the older babies here... born 4/26) - but even still, he goes through phases where he won't eat much (like now) - it's worrisome, but as others have said, he'll eat if he's hungry. I think it's normal.

MeeksandMads · March 2014

When maddy was cutting teeth she refused to be spoon fed, because I think j the spoon hurt. Also as they become more independent they want to eat more real food and will do less purees. My doctor said we don't need to do them at all after 9 month appt if she eats enough otherwise.

flyliceandcoffee · March 2014

I'm kind of confused by this whole holding his hands down to make him eat. Is there a reason he HAS to eat every time? Maybe he's just not hungry? or maybe he's not feeling well, or maybe his teeth hurt. There's so many different reasons for him to not want to eat, force feeding doesn't sound like a good idea.I mean, I wouldn't want to be forced to eat something, why should I make S eat it?

huzzahuzza · March 2014

crazycoffeegirl said:

I'm kind of confused by this whole holding his hands down to make him eat. Is there a reason he HAS to eat every time? Maybe he's just not hungry? or maybe he's not feeling well, or maybe his teeth hurt. There's so many different reasons for him to not want to eat, force feeding doesn't sound like a good idea.I mean, I wouldn't want to be forced to eat something, why should I make S eat it?

jayro10 said:

Holding his hands down just seems wrong. If he's hungry, he will eat. By force feeding him, I feel like you are setting him up for negative associations with food. Like someone else said, they won't be on purées forever. Move on to finger foods.

Gotcha. I'm a terrible mom for trying things to get my son to eat. I've now given him an eating disorder by trying this TWO TIMES! There is no flaming necessary here ladies. I hated it. It won't be happening again. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions ladies. J is now happily eating some fruit and having bites of our dinner.

flyliceandcoffee · March 2014

uh...i was legit asking if there was a reason he HAS to eat every meal. for all I know he has some medical issue or something where he has to keep intake up for some reason. I was saying that force feeding seems like a bad idea, because if he DOES need to eat at every meal, there might be other options is all (such as trying other foods). sensitive much?

huzzahuzza · March 2014

Uh then you should have worded your post differently. Yes I'm sensitive. I hate being judged.

watuzzigal · March 2014

Yikes.

Schell2013 · March 2014

I never make DD eat. I don't want her to ever feel forced to eat. I am chubby and wish my mom didn't make me eat when I likely wasn't hungry. They will eat when the are hungry. DD went through a no solids thing for about 3-4 weeks. She would sometimes eat her arrow root cookies sometimes not. I just made smaller portions and made things I knew I would eat if she wouldn't to cut down on waste. But I never made a big deal about it, force fed her etc. she is eating solids again just fine again.

jayro10 · March 2014

Wow. Calm your tits.

drhibbard · March 2014

We got to an awesome place with eating and sleeping then DD got sick. She refused purées for 3.5 weeks so I changed to solids. Still no go. She finally started eating the purées again. I just kept offering them three times a day. I think the virus, the sniffles and stupid flucking teething made her not want to eat.

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