My daughter has been eating foods since 5 months. She loves baby food, all stages and isn’t a picky eater. She loves Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast/snack and enjoys crackers of any kind. BUT when it comes to real food, rice, chicken, eggs, fish, she won’t swallow! She sticks it in her mouth and hoards food in her cheeks and then thinks she’s done. I know she’s hungry because she always accepts food but won’t swallow. I am trying to get her off baby food. I have stopped giving her any form of it. I have also tried to mimic the baby foods by blending and adding the same flavors and she refuses to swallow that also. I read this could be a speech issue if they do this but I don’t think this is it because she DOES and CAN chew and swallow food. She just refuses with anything that isn’t cereal or crackers. And I have taken these away for a few hrs to make sure she is in deed hungry. Nothing. ANY ADVICE!? My other daughter was not like this so I have no clue what to do..
I don’t know how to respond to each post but I just tried to add water to the purée food (rice, veggies and chicken) and that seemed to work! Thanks ladies!
I’m not worried with allergies to the foods I’m feeding because we’ve already did the trial runs with each one. However she is accepting the food now with the water added, whoever recommended that thank you so much!
How old is she?
She might get over it or she might not. If she doesn’t, talk to your pediatrician and get a referral for feeding therapy. My son had (still does a bit) texture issues and feeding therapy helped tremendously.
She's telling you that she would rather just eat baby food. That's ok. Nothing wrong with that. I would back off, and just give her some time. Try again in a month or so.
Mention it to your pediatrician just to be safe, but I wouldn't worry. Some kids just aren't ready for table food as soon as others.
I think you're going too fast.
Is she still taking any formula or breast milk?
If she is - eating solids isn't that important and there's no rush.
Some take to it later than others.
She's probably teething and that can sometimes radiate a bit of pain into her jaws.
Introduce new foods slowly one at a time (like 1 per week) so you can monitor for reactions.
You can make your own baby food - puree it, thin it out with a little water or milk, and don't season it at all - no salt, pepper or anything - babies like things very bland.
Gradually (over several months) make the food a little chunkier.
Our son went through a stage (even into toddler years) where he wouldn't eat anything unless it came from my plate.
I just put a little extra on mine and let him taste anything he was interested in.
If he liked it, I took some off my plate and put a little on his.
As for talking - while she'll learn a few words here and there it usually starts taking off around 2 years old give or take a few months.
feed her what she will swallow until she is ready to swallow after chewing other stuff. i would give it about a month and try again, if not swallowing then stop trying for another month.
How about trying to mix what she does like with what she doesn't. Dice up some chicken and soft carrots (just a little), but throw more honey nut cheerios in the mix. She will grab a handful of all of it and want to eat it because she likes the O's. The chicken and the carrots have to go down with it :) I do agree with "2kidmama". There is no rush, she will come around with time. Be patient with yourself :)
she's a year old and she only wants soft baby foods?
what's wrong with that?
stop being the food gestapo.
feed her what she likes and OCCASIONALLY offer her something new.
poor baby.
khairete
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It's ok! It's perfectly normal. Some one year olds are ready to eat real foods and some are not at all. My son was one who was not at all ready. He would just gag or spit it out. He could only handle baby food. When he got older he was able to eat real foods but not at that age. My daughter was the opposite...she was early in being able to eat real food. Many people don't even introduce baby foods till age 1. Do not worry about it at all and just keep giving your daughter baby food. Every so often try little bits of soft real foods and at some point she will be ready. Really, there is no hurry. Her body is not ready yet.
