8 month old not enjoying his solids...

[ilovevolvo]

Hi all need advise from fellow parents my 8 month old is getting rather upset each time we feed him his solids,he has Porridge for bfast/etc he seems to not like the food warm he does seem better on the colder meals but what else can we try for bfast as porridge is rather boring all the time !!

Russ

[Granville]

Have you tried something like Farleys Rusks? Soak them in milk so they're nice and soggy or maybe let your baby have them dry to gum on?

Does your baby like fruit? perhaps try puree some fruit for a little change in texture and taste.

[oldcynic]

From what I remember it's all about finding things he likes. Our youngest is now 22 months and it feels like forever ago but weening is all about introducing new foods whilst keeping them sustained with their previous milk diet. We didn't bother with all that mashing/blending etc but just introduced foods that we were eating where appropriate.

Weetabix equivalent (Tesco/ Asda/ Waitrose branded) goes down well here, porridge is detested, sausages are loved; also eggy bread (soak bread in egg then fry in your oil of choice - we use groundnut as olive oil was unpopular). Bananas are popular, some days vegetables - carrots/ peas/ sweetcorn. Raisins.

The last thing you want is to put him off solids by insisting that he enjoys particular foods. Vary the flavours and textures to find out what he likes, and be prepared for the fact that it will change from one day to the next, as will the amount eaten.

[Mrs OwenK]

Why not try cereal, such as wheatabix or you can get lots of baby cereal takes of cherios etc.

James goes through phases with his breakfast and a rusk with youghurt to dip or toast goes down well as he can do it himself.

[ilovevolvo]

Thankyou all for the replys i will give them all a go and see how we get on many thanks

Russ

[texasjohn]

Our boy (9 months) got bored of porridge and began to refuse. Now has weetabix (wixibeets as I call it when I offer it lol)

We feed him a varied diet, he tends to have what we have but mashed / small chunks. He tends to find baby food from jars boring (although having tasted these myself I can see why!) so we have to mix veg or mashed potato into those.

Toast is a favourite of his, a good snack. He will eat yoghurts all day and night, he loves those. We have to be careful he doesn't overfeed if yoghurt is on the menu.

Fruits are good, very varied tastes and textures.

Just keep trying your baby on different things. You will be surprised what they can 'chew' with just a couple of teeth.

[oldcynic]

I notice lots of recommendations for rusks here. We tended to limit them once we'd read the ingredients list which has sugar at the very top. Likewise some of the official "baby" snacks have shocking amounts of sugar in them.

We're certainly not obsessive about food but try to at least see what in it - and if baby food in jars is too bland then just ditch the jars and feed him vegetables instead.

[Engineer1]

He's a baby I'm wouldn't be massively worried about sugar intake, just get him enjoying solids, my 12month old nephew loves peas and will happily eat them by the handful.

[Lemmonie]

texasjohn said:

Now has weetabix (wixibeets as I call it when I offer it lol)

My 3 year old calls it "Needabrix"


Anyway back on topic look up "Baby led weaning"

Let your son choose what to eat and when and more importantly how. It's not what i did with my kids but friends have had great success with it

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Engineer1 said:

He's a baby I'm wouldn't be massively worried about sugar intake,

Why would the fact he is a baby mean you shouldn't worry about his sugar intake. If anything it means you should be more conscious of their sugar intake.

As previously mentioned its just a case of trying lots of things and seeing what they like. A guy on here invented a handy little product called Wean Machine which makes mashing fruit and veg very easy. I bought one for my sister and she swears by it with her 8 mth old. She uses it to mash up what ever they're eating.

[hidetheelephants]

oldcynic said:

Weetabix equivalent (Tesco/ Asda/ Waitrose branded) goes down well here, porridge is detested, sausages are loved; also eggy bread (soak bread in egg then fry in your oil of choice - we use groundnut as olive oil was unpopular).

OT, but frying stuff in olive oil is a waste of good oil, it destroys the flavour and hydrogenates the polyunsaturates(makes the healthy stuff unhealthy).

[Dift]

Wetabobs aka weetabix are loved by my 18 month old. He has two in the morning, followed by one for supper.

As mentioned previous stick with what he likes and add variety in. Make a note of what he likes and what he doesn't, but don't forget some days he'll like something, the next he'll hate it.

It's a learning curve for all of you, try not to push him too much.

[bluto]

I used to give mine a spoon to try and help with the feeding - huge mess but they seemed to forget the actual eating part and as they messed i got the food in. Also works to give them some finger foods whilst you do the scooping bits. Keep them interested! One breakfast mine loved was a diced/mashed banana and yogurt. Google breakfast for babies and you will get hundreds of things to try out!

[BerksJack]

my daughter was 2 in october and i can't remember exactly what stage your at, at 8 months but we tried to use homemade food as much as possible. Veggie fingers and foods they can pick up and feed themselves worked well for us. We used an annabel karmel book for ideas of recipes. ↲we also used to puree fruit and veg and freeze them into ice cube trays for when needed. You could do a lot of meals in an hour