I have heard much about there being a 'wondow of opportunity' to introduce solids - after which it can be sooo much harder.
Just wondered what others think of this?
My DS is 9 mths old now and still really doesn't take very much. He has reflux which is responsible for most of our issues.
His range of foods is extremely small. He will sometimes have a little puree, and sometimes not.
He likes a few finger foods, but most new things I try end up squashed or on the floor.
I just don't know what else to try. Its a catch 22 - he needs more solids to help ease the reflux - but because of it he doesn't like eating.
We have a few good days here and there but I am starting to get really quite worried about it all.
A typical day for us would be
Breakfast - few cheerios, 1-2 toast fingers, some fruit puree - he used to have wheetabix or oatmeal but refuses them now.
Lunch - Mini breadstick, one of those organix snack things, perhaps a bit of savoury and fruit puree. Max of about 1oz in combination.
Tea - Same as above really.
There are only 2 savoury purees he seems to like - broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potato, and chicken with sweet potato and carrot.
With fruit purees he will only eat things with pear in it. I make pear and apple together, pear and apricot, pear and blueberry.
But then he gets bored with them and won't eat them - but won't eat anything else either.
For finger foods he eats toast, breadsticks, organix snack things, rice cakes (but seems to be going off these and won't have anything on them), cherrios, blueberries. He won't eat anything that feels slimy or soft - so no fruit of vegetables - he just throws them on the floor. I've tried coating with baby cereal and that didn't help. So basically he will eat really dry carbs only!!
He drinks next to no water from a cup yet, and he gets REALLY constipated. Not suprising when you have low fluids and refuse most of your foods . And I don't mean he just misses a day or so out - I mean screams in pain and passes blood if it gets really bad. He now takes lactulose twice a day to keep him going. He does go now - but its still not very soft - but I guess that is due to low fluid intake.
I'm just feeling really lost with this now. I feel as though I have been trying for months now with no progress at all - and now he is entering the fussier spoon refusal stage its just getting harder. I know with a toddler you offer and if they refuse they wait until the next healthy snack or meal - but how will that ever work with a baby who eats nothing and still ends up having night bottles.
I don't get stressed in front of him, leave him to it, often eat with him, let him make a mess and if he gets upset and cries I finish the meal. If he refuses the spoon twice I take it away.
I just don't know what else to do or try.
He is also MSPI so can't have dairy at the moment.
Any ideas anyone
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