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Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« on: May 10, 2006, 08:36:55 am »
Okay, we've tried baby rice and pureed pear. He HATES both. He gags and almost seems as if he will vomit! Is this normal? Do we keep trying new things until he likes the taste or do we stick with the rice  and get him to take it? He's 6 months today.
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Re: Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 10:21:46 am »
HI,
I totally understand your frustration. My daughter Emily has been doing the exact same thing. We have tried rice cereal, yogurt, pureed apple, pureed pear! She gagged on it all and even shuddered (like when you taste something really disgusting). she would cry and jam her mouth closed!  ??? I put up the same question and got some helpful replies. Have a look at my post 'Not interested in food' a few under yours. I also emailed a lactation consultant and she said it sounds as if she was not ready for food. Some babies don't really get into solids until 8 or even 9 months. She told me to stop for a week and then try again. I did this 2 or 3 times and Emily is just starting this week to eat her rice cereal (pear and Banana flavour)  in the morning - this morning she ate 2 desertspoons with 100ml formula and will eat a small yogurt for dinner. Still not interested at lunch. I try to offer her food an hour - hour and a half before or after she her feed is due. Since I just relaxed about the whole thing I found it a lot easier. The lactation consultant assured me they don't 'need' solids as long as they are still getting enough milk as this is where they are still primarily getting their nutrients from. My advice (from all the advice I have been given) is to just take it slow and let your baby lead.

Hope this helps

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Re: Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2006, 00:47:10 am »
I agree with Jo perhaps try it again in a week and see how he goes. Are you making it very runny, often it is the consistance that makes them gag or vomit.
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Re: Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2006, 13:36:50 pm »
Hello
i have been having the same problem with my lo. She's 6 and a half months old and I started her on solids a few weeks ago. We thought all the signs were there - early wakings, interest in our food etc. But she just doesn't seem to want to eat the food. I've tried all the usuals, baby rice, pear, carrot, banana. She usually clamps her mouth shut or when she does eat a bit she makes gagging noises. Occasionally she will eat a couple of teaspoons, banana seems to go down OK, and baby rice mixed with breast milk.

Yesterday I tried her with apple and she vomited all over the place! I don't think I'll try that again for a while in case its an allergy.

Its been helpful reading all your replies. Maybe I am being too anxious about it and she's picking up on it. I am breastfeeding so I guess that I am looking forward to her eating solids to give me a bit of freedom from all the feeding. But I'm not going back to work for quite a while so really there's no rush to wean her. Also she's a good weight and healthy so I don't need to worry about her getting enough food.

She's always been a really good eater when it comes to milk, and I thought she'd take to solids really easily. But she's proven me wrong! They always do things to surprise us...

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Re: Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2006, 15:14:54 pm »
I would definately go to the ped and ask if he needs some iron substitute... At 6 months the iron in the babies body is used up and they need new supplies. Some babies don't get into solids for quite a while but I think the peds say that they need iron-fortified formula (follow-on) or when breastfed some liquid iron stuff...

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Re: Geoffrey Won't Eat Any Solids!
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2006, 12:53:34 pm »
Well after my last post and all the worrying, yesterday Ella ate her dinner! It was sweet potato, and following the advice on here I mixed it up really thin and mixed the baby rice in with it. I didn't expect her to eat anything, but she gobbled it all down like a little bird.
I was so pleased, I left the empty bowl out to show my husband when he got home!

Who knows why it worked, maybe it was a combination of me being less stressed about it, making the food thinner, and Ella being in a good mood.

She didn't eat much breakfast but ate a bit of lunch. I'm just going to carry on really slowly and not force it and see what happens.

In the UK the recommended age to start solids is 6 months, because of the baby needing iron, but a friend told me that in America the recommended age is now 8 months - is that true do you know?

Anyway thanks everyone, and thanks to Geoffrey's mum for starting the thread, I hope you are having more luck getting Geoffrey to eat.
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