how do i get my 13.5 month old son to eat anything that doesn't come from a blender?

Jessica - posted on 04/19/2010

I would stick the food in your mouth and check if u can easily disolve it using ur tongue and the roof of your mouth, my daughter also has 8 teeth but does not chew she swishes it in her mouth and then swallows, if he is not ready for cubed foods try gerbers step 3

Donna - posted on 04/19/2010

wonderful ladies thank you and it isn't that i don't give him the little pieces of well boiled potatoes or small pieces of cheese he does chew whatever goes in his mouth but then spits it out meat i am kind of worried about giving him still i think he may not chew it enough he has eaten yogurt since he was 8 months old and i do feed him cottage cheese which he loves with some blended fruit in it he will eat lunch meat sandwhich meat whatever you want to call it and real bananas as someone put it but i have to give him little chunks on a spoon i am starting to wonder if maybe just maybe i am the one who has a problem..... the fact that he is growing up so quickly and starting to feed himself that i don't think he eats enough during the day and i feel i still need to feed him from a spoon maybe mommy just needs to let her little man bcome a little man :(

Jaimie - posted on 04/19/2010

my daughter started solids at 4 months....
we dont blend anything anymore.
however it comes down to what your comfortable with.
just watch your bub with chunky food and see how he goes.

Cindy - posted on 04/18/2010

My son will eat Real Banana Pieces, and Little pieces of Real cheese, cooked Potatoes, and Dry cheerios but that is about it. So he is still on Baby food But he won't eat the Chunky kind he Gags on it...he is almost 13 months.
he has 6 teeth.

Beck - posted on 04/18/2010

My son ia a March 7th bub. He eats;
breakfast; porriage
morning tea; pieces of fruit (pear quarters / grapes in half)
lunch; meat / vegies / rice or quinoa (I still blend the vegies cos he seems to still prefer the smooth taste but I leave the rice and chop the meat into small pieces. That was he is getting a bit of texture. Then yoghurt
Arvo tea; Crackers with ricotta or homemade muffins etc
Tea; same as lunch but without meat. He may also have some finger foods, such as tonight he had zuchini slice. Salmon rice loaf is also good for finger food.

Corey still prefers blended food (especially at tea time where he is getting tired.) but I offer a range. Yesterday I fried in a drop of olive oil some baby zuchini, squash and asparagus. He muched on some, didn't love them but had a taste which is what I am all about. Stick with the favourites, offer a range of home made, fresh meals and introduce a fee different items here and there to encourage different tastes and textures.
Corey has only 6 teeth, I have never found teeth an issue with his eating, he managed to munch his way through bits of steak without any teeth!

Nicky - posted on 04/18/2010

When I started with my daughter, I only ever gave her chunky foods, not cubed, not that theres anything wrong with it, but they struggle to understand the chewing concept at first, you could try making chewing actions in front of him lol. A friends mother did that, with her own and my daughter and they started to mimic.

Sebrina - posted on 04/17/2010

My son is 12months and 3 weeks and he has been eatting soild food since he was 5 months old I started him with mash potatoes and some rice pretty much anything that I had cooked for dinner.. He has only 8 teeth too and all in the front. Just try simple things like mash potatoes, ice cream because they will have the instick to wont to chew the food then try bananas (my son loves those!) He will eat soild food when he is ready just give him time. If your still blending things try leaving it still a little chunky that may work too... Hope this helps.. Good luck!