My son just turned 9 months old. I started TRYING solids with him about 7-7.5 months and he hasn't really shown any interest yet! I've tried spoon feeding and letting him feed himself. I think he has a negative association with his high chair :/ I prepare his food before I put him in the chair so he's not just waiting around for me too.
I've tried avocado (spoon and BLW), carrots pureed with chicken broth, chicken and chicken broth, sweet potatoes, blueberries chopped to feed himself, bananas to feed himself, chicken and green beans bc he didn't like green beans on his own. One thing he seemed to like was chicken and apples, though now he's refusing that too. I bought those little puff things from target and he'll pick them up and put them towards his mouth but doesn't always put them IN his mouth.
I'm still breast feeding him and I've tried waiting an hour or more before I try solids. He just turns his head away. He won't even try anything. My husband is deployed so it's just me at the house. Do you think it has something to do with me being the milk supplier and trying to feed him solids? My mom comes into town next week. Maybe it would help is she fed him the most??
I haven't been consistent about putting him in his highchair more than once a day, but now I'm trying to put him in his chair at least twice a day to get the message that this is for eating. I give him infant probiotics and he loves them!!! That's the only thing he WILL open his mouth for! I used to give them to him on the floor bc it was more convenient, but lately I've started putting him in the h chair for them so he knows not everything I make is bad haha. When I say lately, I mean like 2 days haha.
Also, he has bad eczema so I've been trying to be careful with what he eats. I haven't done grains yet because I wanted to stick veggies to help reduce any more inflammation. He's also a little anemic due to me still breastfeeding, which is why I've tried to push the chicken and incorporate it in some veggies.
