When will he like more finger foods??

[mommy2mason]

My LO will be 10 months next week. I've been trying to get him more interested in finger foods but he's not too into it. He won't try any fruit or veggie as finger foods. He does enjoy cheerios, mum mums, arrowroot cookies, and biter biscuits though and eats those with no problem. I know it must be the texture because I'll put some cut up fruit/veggie on his high chair and he'll touch and but then wants nothing to do with it. He eats his purees pretty well and also loves yogurt. He drinks about 18-20oz. of formula a day. Here is what he eats now. I've been putting some sort of fruit/veggie finger food on his try for awhile now every time he eats but he never will touch it and I end up having to throw it out. Is it ok to still be on purees for awhile yet? I'd love not to be but he just doesn't seem like he'll enjoy more finger foods any time soon. I've also been using a safe feeder and he used to LOVE fruit in it, especially banana. Now he won't even eat that?!

Breakfast-2T oatmeal creal, 4oz. fruit, cheerios or mum mum

Lunch-2T oatmeal creal, 4oz. veggie, cheerios or something similar

Dinner-4oz. veggie/meat, 4oz. fruit, arrowroot cookie or something similar

Sometimes he won't eat all of this and sometimes he'll eat more

Thanks!
Amy

[donna_issabella]

My son started eating FF when he was 12 months, and that does not include things that are goey or sticky or strange textures like pasta, carrots ets. Took him some time to get used to it. Even now he prefers 'dry' foods but will eat pear, grapes, etc.

I have noticed though that he does not seem so freaked out by the textured stuff in books anymore and he will touch things like that more and more now - grass and leaves also only recently. It was really as if it grossed him out. Would not walk barefoot on grass or gravel or certain carpets.

I would say just keep introducing textures. He just needs time to get used to it and squash it MANY times before he will pick it up and bring to his mouth. I really found it is mostly a texture issue. Fair enough, Henry has reflux, which probably adds more to the mix.

HTH
DI

[jenniferr]

Hi there.
We have similar issues with sticky finger foods. What I've been doing (and it works most of the time) is I'll take chunks of say banana and cover them in her cereal, so they have kind of a "bread crumb like" coating on them. Then she can pick them up a little better and the gooiness is kind of masked.

HTH
Jenn

[mommy2mason]

Thanks ladies!

Donna-That's how my lo seems to act too... like it grosses him out...he'll touch it very gently and then pull away quick and turn his head away. I guess I just have to keep trying and trying! It's just getting expensive! He's really eating more and more lately. I made my own baby food for awhile but he would barely eat a thing. I made the mistake of trying a couple jars and now he won't eat anything I make. Guess I'm a bad cook!

Jenniferr-I crushed up cheerios a couple weeks ago and covered banana chunks in them...he still wouldn't touch them! 

[jenniferr]

Oh! I guess your DS is too wise for our tricks!