My almost 6 month old wont eat any solids at all!

Amanda - posted on 02/13/2010

I'm gettin a real case of de ja vu reading this!My daughter is about 6 and a half months now and was exactly the same!I ended up just stopping and giving her a break (actually had to do this twice) before she took to it!My health visitor recommended spoon feeding at four months cos she was really bad with colic but she wasn't interested - spat everything out! We stopped and tried again at five months but with no luck!Gave her a shorter break this time and tried again at about five and a half months - she would maybe have taken literally a spoonful of someting 1 day and went back to spitting everything out the next! Like you, my eldest had been eating rings round her from four months so I was getting really worried and frustrated but she did eventually take to it!One day out of the blue she just started opening her mouth for it and nearly broke her neck trying to strecth out closer to the spoon!This was just after she turned six months - I didn't tink we'd ever get there but u couldn't feed her now!My advice is just to stick at it, (but not force it on her to the point where she associates it as sometning upsetting) it'll come to her eventually!

Claudia - posted on 02/11/2010

went to the doctor today and he said to offer fruits and veggies and to push the spoon a little further back. he said some babies take longer but they get the hang of it sooner or later and not to worry because for now she should be getting her main nutrition from formula/ breastmilk. hope this helps :)

Angela - posted on 02/09/2010

This is normal. My daughter didnt eat solids till about 8 months. we did the alergy testing and then she just started with soft table food. saved a ton of money on jared food.

Ify - posted on 02/08/2010

This post has helped me so much because I've been having the same problem with my 6mnth old David. I now know better, thanks to your contributions.

Leezanne Esther - posted on 02/06/2010

Dont get frustrated at all it's perfectly normal, it's an impulsive reaction they developed while they were in the womb that pushing out their tongue stuff;it's not that she doesn't want solids at all, as a matter of fact i think she may be craving for solids.her natural instint tell her to suck so try filling up that spoon,(by the way get a curved spoon)and put it between her lips or on her tongue and then wait to see what happens....! it's quite clumpsy at the begining but you'll soon get the hang of it. i had the same problem as well the first week. My rebecca is 6 months too.

Kimberley - posted on 02/05/2010

I wouldn't worry about it until it becomes necessary. The nutrition is still coming from the milk. I spoke with a 2nd time mom today and her first skipped cereal and went straight to food b/c she was not interested. You have time before she has to have solid food.

Kimberly - posted on 02/05/2010

I am working on this problem with my son too. Our doctor suggested taking cereal out of the equation all together and just going with 1st foods. Which it seems to be helping a little bit. What I have been doing that seems to help is putting him in the high chair when we are all eating and giving him his spoon to play with and every once in while I put some food on it and letting him have it because he ends up putting it his mouth, which I am have been getting more food into him than before however it is very messy. I do have to have to say that it seemed more that he didn't know what to do with the food more than not liking it.

Hannah - posted on 02/05/2010

Iris - it's not recommended to skip milk feeds to force a baby to eat solids. Milk should form the majority of a baby's diet until 1 year of age with solids introduced 1/2 to 1 hour AFTER a milk feed. Solids aren't digested fully at first and forcing solids into a baby to expense of milk will undernourish the baby.

Hannah - posted on 02/05/2010

Why don't you try giving your daughter finger food? Some babies prefer this method of weaning. The fancy name for it is "Baby Led Weaning".
See: http://www.rapleyweaning.com/
I'm doing BLW with my 6 month old daughter and she's successfully eating a wide variety of foods, spoon feeding herself without assistance and drinking from a cup! Babies don't need to be fed purees at 6 months. They are quite capable of chomping and biting without teeth and learn to chew their food and swallow it in their own time.

Iris - posted on 02/05/2010

Maybe she's not hungry, try skipping one or two bottles then try again.

Morgan - posted on 02/05/2010

My daughter could not eat rice cereal because it would constipate her really bad, so I tried oatmeal and it seems to be working. She did the same thing with pushing it out of her mouth. My doctor told me to just keep working at it and eventually she would eat. I was giving her cereal twice a day and now she wants it with every meal.

Natalie - posted on 02/05/2010

My baby is the same exact way. I started solids when she was 4 months and she took to them for a month but ever since she turned 5 months she completely stopped taking them she gags and cries and shuts her mouth so tight so I can't put anything in. I am so frustrated as well. I know she wants food she is always trying to eat the food off my plate. I did recently try stage 2 baby food and she has been taking a little to that I think she wanted more flavor.

Emily - posted on 02/04/2010

Don't push it. Some babies aren't intersted much in solids until closer to a year. And that is perfectly fine. Solids shouldn't be a huge part of their diet anyway.

Ann-marie - posted on 02/04/2010

my girl eats anything i give her, but i knew she was ready, she kept trying to eat her brothers food lol! maybe she is just not ready i would wait a while then try again.

Crystal - posted on 02/04/2010

New studies have shown that waiting until a baby is 6 months to give any solid food is best. Babies digestive systems may not be fully developed until then and can cause things like constipation. The other thought is that feeding to early can cause allergies. I spoke with my docotor and he insisted I wait until my daughter is at least 6 months before introducing solid foods.

My belief also is every baby is different and develops differently. You daughter just simply may not be ready to eat solid food. I suggest stop trying and wait a week or more and then maybe try again. I would also stick to one food, like rice cereal. You may be over stimulating your little girl by introducing to many different kinds of foods. I suggest getting the rice cereal you mix with breast milk or formula. Mix it lightly and that way it is a similar food to what she is already eating and digesting. Good Luck... Try not to stress or get frustrtated, your little girl will eat when she is ready

Claudia - posted on 02/04/2010

my daughter is the exact same way. i started solids (rice cereal and oatmeal cereal) at about 4 months (she'll be 6 months next week) and she still pushes everything out with her tongue! i guess she's not physically ready. we have her doctor appointment next week. i'll see what he says and will get back to you.

Claudia - posted on 02/04/2010

my daughter is the exact same way. i started solids (rice cereal and oatmeal cereal) at about 4 months (she'll be 6 months next week) and she still pushes everything out with her tongue! i guess she's not physically ready. we have her doctor appointment next week. i'll see what he says and will get back to you.