Hi Everyone! I struggle sometimes to make my 6 month old baby daughter eat solid food.
What I have tried so far is this:
- Eliminate any distractions such as the TV
- No forcing her to eat
- Try to make her play with the food with her hands
- Always help her to grab the spoon so she can put it in her mouth on her own
- Put her in her baby chair to eat
- Synchronize the feeding time with our own eating time
Despite trying all of these, there are days that she really doesn’t want to eat and prefers the baby bottle. Wanted to check with you all if you have experienced the same and see what you have tried so far?
I welcome any feedback!
First kid? 😉
My advice is don’t worry about it-- this and all other milestones will come, in their own time.
We have these great flat spoons with ridges that let you mash the food in that they hold like a paddle, babies love putting things in their mouths so this will be no different:
Maybe they eat a little, maybe they spread it around. At this point it’s more about exposure than nutrition, they get everything they need from the milk. Try to get the kind on the right with open ridges, they hold food a little better
Yeah 😅
I have a similar one to the right. However, she is very unpredictable. Sometimes she likes that spoon and other times she just throws/slaps it away.