Hi, I was hoping for some advice ... my daughter is 6 1/2 months and we started introducing solids properly 2 weeks ago. She has never been a hungry baby, she has silent reflux and is a snacker - only drinking 4-5oz most of the time, on a total of approx. 23oz a day but sometimes as little as 20oz. She weighs 14lbs10oz, doesn't wake in the night with hunger and I dropped the dream feed 2 months ago as she was only taking 1-2oz at this feed.
We are keen to do the babyled weaning approach, my daughter does not like us spoon feeding her, she freaks out when the spoon goes near her I think it is down to her having her reflux medicine 4 times a day for the last 6 months, which she HATES so I think she associates the spoon with this ... also I have heard such good things about BLW I'd like to try and stick with it.
My daughter's current EASY is:
E - 8am (5oz milk)
A
S - 10.30 (45 minutes)
E - 11.30 (5-6oz milk)
A
S - 2 (approx. 1 hour)
E - 3 (4-5oz milk)
A - including bath at 5.30
(we have recently cut the afternoon nap out as she wasn't tired enough at bedtime, it's working well and she doesn't get OT)
E - 6 (5-6oz milk)
S - bed at 6.30/6.45pm - sleeps through until morning.
I have been trying to introduce solids after her 11.30 am bottle, I have been sitting her in her bumbo chair and putting a couple of different finger foods on her tray (cooked carrots, sweet potato, broccoli, pasta, banana, avocado, pitta bread etc) - she gets very excited, picks everything up, puts it to her mouth straight away and then throws it ... I'm not sure she's actually eating anything (I think a little bit of carrot may have snuck in today?!) she just throws everything on the floor! Am I doing this right? how am I going to get her to eat anything and should I be trying different types of food. I struggle because she never seems to be hungry, my friend's baby's have all been weaned at 4 months or so as they were so hungry and wolfed everything down, but because she isn't waking up hungry and is SO fussy with her milk, I am worried feeding is going to become a bit of a battle.
Any tips are appreciated! I have no idea how I am going to get her into a routine of breakfast, lunch and dinner?! Also, she is currently on Aptamil number 1 milk, should I be moving her onto number 3 (which says for 6 months plus to support weaning) ... but because she's not actually really eating anything I wasn't sure whether number 3 is the right formula for her? Thank you for your help : )
Oh sorry, one more thing - I have bought a tippee cup to try and encourage her to drink water from a cup not a bottle ... she used to drink water but now she won't drink it at all, not from a bottle and definitely not from the cup, again this just gets thrown across the room! How do you help your baby transition to a cup?