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Help for picky 9 month old on limited solids
« on: November 16, 2005, 03:23:07 am »
My daughter is 9 1/2 months old and an incredibly picky eater. She will only eat pureed sweet potatoes for her vegetables, despite trying to introduce other vegetables regularly but to no avail. She will eat most fruits but only if they are pureed. If she doesn't like the texture of the food she won't eat it ie. no meat as of yet. But she will eat Cheerios, baby crackers and cookies. I thought she's supposed to be interested in mashed foods and some soft bite-sized fruit and veggies by now!! If you have any ideas on how to introduce these other foods. Please help! :?

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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2005, 03:49:50 am »
I'm having trouble with solids for my ds as well (he's stubborn about eating purees at the moment) but the one thing that I do highly suggest is not giving your lo sugar (ie no cookies).  You don't want her getting used to that type of sweet taste and then forgoing veggies and even fruit.  Besides, they have no nutritional value so she won't be missing anything.  Make sure, also, that she's only having a taste of cheerios and baby crackers. My pediatrician has suggested I not offer things like that to ds because he will end up filling up on those and not eat other things with real nutrients.

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2005, 03:59:12 am »
my 9  mo old likes the 2 extremes - either nice and smooth purees (especially pumpkin) or finger foods (so far fruit pieces- especially melon, cheerios, airy type crackers, well cooked sweet potato are best).  the only way i can get the puree in is if she has finger foods as well.

the in between stuff makes her gag sometimes and she also has no teeth yet so i am just starting to trust that gumming food is fine to eat the finger foods and she seems ok - certainly happier eating this week since i increased the finger foods further.  have you tried giving her pieces of the foods ? she might be like my lo - likes the extremes.

i am trying poached fish tonight in little pieces (has had no pureed meats or anything yet, so i thought i woud lgo straight to the pieces and see if that works - she ate 2 bits of chicken from my plate on the weekend and was fine with that  :? )
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2005, 04:02:34 am »
*hehe* My lo sounds like he's going to cough up a hairball when he eats anything that he needs to "chew".  I make sure it's mushy enough so that it sort of melts in his mouth.
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2005, 14:36:28 pm »
I am having the same problem with my 8 month old.  She only likes pears and sweet potatoes.  She is eating no cereal (hated it from the start) and will clamp her mouth shut to all other foods.  She is getting about 2 jars, at most, a day of solids.  She was doing better a couple of weeks ago and actually slept through the night for 4 nights!!!!!!!  :D   However, that has ended and now she will not eat solids well and wakes 1-2 times again :( .  Any suggestions?
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