Hi,
I am new to this forum, but am desperately looking for some advice. My LO is 9 3/4 mos old. We started solids and weaned to a bottle at 6 mos. From then she was a very good eater, she liked a wide variety and had no troubles with being spoon fed.
Now that she is older we have progressed to basic finger foods such as cheerios, banana's, and mum mum's. The finger foods were given in addition to her regular meal time diet of cereal, veggie and fruit (all pureed). In the last week she has started to refuse to open her mouth for the spoon. Because of that we have tried a wider variety of finger foods. Peas, pasta, and others cause her to vomit because her gag reflex is too strong. Since she has started refusing the spoon most of her diet has changed to liquid. Before we were averaging 3 - 4 bottles a day (24 - 32 ozs.), now we are at 4 - 5 bottles a day (32 - 40 ozs.).
I need some advice on how to solve this problem. Has anyone else experienced this? It is causing me some stress as I feel that we are getting way off track. She is angel/textbook baby. She is still sleeping through the night and taking her regular naps.
Thanks in advance for any advice that you can give me.