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Do any of you ladies have any tips on how to get little ones to eat regular food? We keep trying to give her different things and so far all she likes are puffs and purees. Would like for her to try to get used to the food we eat. I know they say food before one is just for fun and all but will she ever like food? lol everything we try goes in her mouth and right back out again. So if any of you have any tips that would be awesome!

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Are you eating meals with her? My son would rather eat my food than his.

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I'm with ya girl! She's gagged on anything thicker than a purée so we're hoping if she self feeds she'll manage it better but oddly enough everything except food goes in her mouth 🤔 we just keep exposing her to food and eating with her in the hopes that she'll figure it out... but this week she has also decided that she doesn't want us to feed her anymore so there's a new problem... ahhhh 😩 hopefully we get some tips!

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Just keep trying and keep offering, but don't force her. Our baby also eats better  when we eat together, and she wants to eat herself (picking up the little pieces and stuffing it in her mouth).

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Girl my baby eats puffs for every (solid) meal. I'm just happy he started eating those finally and figure its practice for him anyways. He still breastfeed every 2-4 hours so I'm not overly concerned but will mention it to our ped at next appointment.

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let baby taste what you eat

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A couple things we tried that seemed to work we're giving her puréed food with small chunks mixed in. For instance, we started giving her yogurt with things like strawberry and banana mixed in. Once she got used to that we started other things and then comes the next tip: offer the food and show her you eating it. She was definitly more interested when she saw us eat it and we made the exaggerated motions of chewing. Another good starter for eating things that have more pieces for chewing is Gerber makes these things called Lil' Bits. She liked those too :)

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We just kept trying. Now she eats everything.

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