Still struggling w/solids?

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Is anyone else still struggling with solids? My baby is 10.5 months old. I offer food, both pureed and regular food, but she doesn't seem to really be interested. She will grab the food but never really swallows any. She mostly will just bite on it and then spit it out or throw it on the floor. I'm feeling discouraged, especially since my older child never had an issue and ate well starting at 4 months!

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This baby also has been very difficult getting into solids. Not until the last month (9.5 mo) he’s consistently trying solids. I had to just keep offering it. I realize he is really picky about the texture of the food if it’s too wet or slimey he won’t even try it, if it’s crispy or easy to grab and has a lot of flavor he will try it. You’ll just have to figure out the babies preference but the key is to just keep offering. Eventually the baby will start to prefer it.

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We’re in a phase right now at almost 10 months. She used to love eating. I offer both purées and our food we eat because I thought it had something to do with her not wanting our food, but she does the same with purées. She’d rather play and crawl than eat. When I try to feed her breakfast or lunch she screams in the high chair, she might eat a few bites but then will turn her head away from it after. If I sit down a plate of food she’ll maybe take a few bites and the rest gets thrown to the floor or played in. She rarely wants to drink formula now, she’ll take a few drinks then throw it, then play a little, repeat lol. The only time she drinks a bottle with no issue is at night. I brought it up to her pediatrician and he said to keep offering it, eventually she will eat. We eat dinner with her and show her that we are eating too and sometimes it helps, but other times it doesn’t lol.

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My daughter was the same until very recently - we just could not get her to eat either purees or solids and it really stressed me out. I kept offering and eventually it clicked now she is eating a ton both table food and some purees. I think some babies just take a little longer!

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Hmmm. My little guy could be described similarly. He bites down on most stuff, chews a bit, a bunch of it falls out, some he drops on the floor, he reaches for more sometimes and sometimes he’s done. I just keep handing him stuff (while I also eat) for 10-30 minutes and he seems to have a good time. I call this success. He’s a good eater. Your little one may be doing just fine, too.

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My son wanted absolutely nothing to do with food till a little after the 9 month mark. Now he'll at least put a few things in his mouth. But he's not really eating anything yet.... I just keep offering.

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My babe (almost 10mo) isnt really eating solids yet. She'll take a bite here and there, but she just isn't interested

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Mine is on and off. But her absolute fave is vermicelli, thats the only thing that she will eat all. Also her very first successful attempt was a pouch, after countless times of BLW, puree, porridge and cereal failures.. maybe try that?

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My LO wouldn't touch any solids or purées until 8 months. I even tried those Pinterest recipes which only wasted time and money lol
It was a Gerber rice teether that she tried out and it just clicked, then the puffs she tried, and eventually toast. From there on we've been doing great. 
Only thing I can say is keep on offering. Try something different you normally wouldn't think of and hopefully soon! 🤞🏻

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Yes, I’m right there with you. He apparently eats purees wonderfully at daycare, but at home he is still very not interested in them or table food. And with them not being in daycare right now he’s not really getting much in the way of solids. He CAN eat them when he wants, he likes to steal his brother’s afternoon snacks, and sometimes he’ll copy his brother and eat stuff at dinner, but it’s never more than 2 or 3 bites then he just wants to play or get down. When he has a good meal and eats well I try to copy everything we did the next day and he doesn’t care. It’s frustrating, especially since my first has eaten like a champ since day 1.

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I’m on the same boat. My daughter is 10m and she refuses to eat almost everything. I tried to make different kind of food for her but she still doesn’t want to eat.

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