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Refusing to try new solid foods

Catherine - posted on 08/29/2010 ( 1 mom has responded )

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I have an almost 11-month-old who has been eating solid foods for several months. He loves to breastfeed, and he does so frequently, and he has 3 solid food meals and 1 snack a day. However, over the last few weeks he has started refusing to try anything new, and he's actually starting to reject some old favorites, so his diet has become quite limited. The only spoon-fed food he will still eat is pureed meat (he's obsessed with it, I have no idea why). He'll also eat strawberries, cheerios, kix, gerber lil crunchies (only the cheddar flavor), goldfish, and the freeze-dried apples. He used to eat, but is now rejecting, wheat toast, blueberries, cherries, apples, peas, green beans, pears, raspberries, and a wide variety of fruit and veggie purees. He won't accept food off of a spoon, and he won't let me put anything in his mouth. If I put anything new on his tray, he throws it on the floor without even trying it. What can I do to encourage him to try new foods? Does anyone have any suggestions of foods to offer him that he might like?

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Liesl - posted on 08/29/2010

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I think a lot of this is normal, he is deciding what he likes and what he doesn't. I would stop a lot of the pureed food It really is kind of yucky don't you think? (Except the meat or course! :))

Pay attention to the consistency of what he likes and what he doesn't, sometimes the consistency of foods can bother them at different times.

He is wanting his independence a bit, wanting to be a big boy and feed himself. He can see that no one feeds you or other people with a spoon, you do it yourself.

The only thing I can think of, is to sit and try a new food in front of him, and savor it, saying how yummy it is, talk to Daddy or anyone else at the table about how yummy it is and give them some to try, but don't act like you are going to give the little one any. Try it a few days in a row, and then ask him if he wants some or wait and see if he asks for some. Good luck

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