Megan thank you, its really nice to hear reassurance that it isn't just me! She seems to go right off food when she's teething as well, but at the best of times for Lucy it feels like food is enjoyable but a eating is a bit of an inconvenience getting in the way of other stuff she'd rather be doing. She's still breastfed so I'm not sure what she's getting, she has 3 feeds a day at the moment.
Marsha - we're doing ok, thanks for the huggles! I'm trying really hard to not worry and just go with the flow with it all!
Yes, she's stayed smack bang on her centile and seems to be healthy and developing well. She seems to have 'favourite' foods and isn't too keen on trying new stuff, but stuff she's eaten and loved she'll suddenly go off. Lumps really aren't an issue, but she likes mushy food that she can grab in handfuls and shovel in, like cottage or fish pie, risotto, saucy stuff with rice and I can put anything in those and she'll eat it (i put loads of veggies in, chopped and chunky) and she's fine. But if I were to give her those veggies in sticks she'd throw them on the floor (the exception being broccoli and cauliflower which she loves). Different places, yeah, she's ok, but if she's not strapped into the hightchair she wants to wander around while she's eating smearing it everywhere (the exception being when tv is on but I don't want to get into that habit really!) She loves raisins too! If I were to give her an apple or large fruit she would throw it around, I've tried eating off it myself and trying to get her interest but not happening! Maybe I'll try it with her in the pushchair, not thought of that. Fruit and veg is my main concern, she's a bit of a carb fiend - loves potato and pasta!
Hi Heather - our first food was banana - I left the skin on so she could hold it, chopped it in half then sliced each half in quarters lengthways (skin still on) so she had little sticks of banana with skin on (does that make sense?) we also tried broccoli very eary - made her gag (It was the one and only time - but she dealt with it and loved it ever since!) and I remember her having a whole strawberry very very early on - I got a lot of stick for this but she loved it, probably the first thing she ever really 'ate'.
I don't do purees either but for breakfast she always has weetabix or ready brek with fruit mashed in, mostly because she isn't keen on toast and I wanted to ensure she had something that was fortified with some vitamins (my babe isn't a hungry monkey) but really that isn't something you need to think about yet. I've spooned this to her (I have carpet in my kitchen - say no more) but now she's starting to feed herself with the spoon - its going gradually. But she's always been one to grab hold of the spoon - she likes to control it herself.
I'm so glad I did BLW - Lucy is so fussy I think if I had gone down the route of purees that we'd be having big problems now with her trying new stuff and textures etc!
