So my 11-month-old son is my second so I should know what I'm doing right? Why do I feel like I did with my first then, like I don't have a clue. Anyway, my son just recently started eating solids after many weeks/months of trying, however now the only thing he'll eat is anything containing bananas. I keep trying other things, but he keeps refusing. Anybody experience this? Did you just keep trying and eventually it clicked?
In addition, he's approaching a year old the end of this month and I thought that I would have had him close to being weaned by now. He's down to 4 feedings per day, I've been able to drop one so far, but he won't even entertain the idea of drinking from a sippy cup or bottle that contains my milk or cow's milk. He's not going for it. From the beginning, LO has had to have the milk a "perfect" temperature or he was not going to drink it, but now even that is hit or miss. This isn't anything that I encouraged specifically, especially since with my first I could've given him luke warm milk and he would've sucked it down so when I tried that with this one he wouldn't drink. I was hoping to try to drop the mid afternoon feeding, but because he's only eating some form of bananans he is constipated so I'm worried about taking away a feeding that could help alleviate that. Any tips or ideas, encouragement here would be helpful. I didn't have any of these problems with my first and I feel like I'm doing everything wrong.
Edit: Yes he is nursing and I'm not trying to rush the process, but I honestly am at a loss where to begin since things I did with my first are obviously not going to work with this one. Since he's my last and I'm also busy with my 4 year old, I'm sure I've also been a bit more lax than I was the first time around. The straw worked with my first since he just couldn't figure out the sippy, but this one doesn't seem ready for that just yet. Luckymama my older son was right where your 10 month old is at that age, but LO isn't ready. He won't even put a puff in his mouth, he's still on baby food texture and it can't be chunky. He's going to be my mama's boy ;) Just looking for tips on what you all have done.
Babies are on their own timeline, they don't follow our calendar. He's just not ready yet to wean. Breast milk is giving him all the nutrition he needs, so just be patient. His eating habit may change in the next few weeks even, but for sure in the next few months.
Well. My first was that child that ate everything I put in front of him. All my friends (with their first babies) thought I was some kind of Mom Superhero because Charlie would eat black beans, chili, and pretty much the same foods we were eating from about 9 months on. He still likes pretty much everything and is a giant kid (95th percent for height and weight).
His brother Joey (who is only 20 months younger) was the complete.exact.opposite. I ended up nursing Joey until he was nearly 18 months in part because he really did not like to eat solid foods. He is still not a good eater (he'll be 6 in Dec.)
Kids are different.
I'd say keep offering healthy food in baby sized bites. If you haven't already, try switching to table foods. By 11 months I was pretty much just offering things we were eating (in small soft bites of course). Try avocados, black beans, cottage cheese, and other easy to eat things you can give him tastes of he can feed himself.
Be prepared to perhaps not wean at exactly 1 year though... if you think about it, it's kind of an arbitrary milestone that we've imposed on babies to be done nursing anyway.
Good luck!
I'm a little confused . . . are you nursing or formula feeding. I think nursing and you must be warming your milk to get it to the "perfect" temp? Anyway, If your nursing, I wouldn't necessarily wean (unless you want to). Some babies get nothing but nursed for a year so food isn't "important" - he's more exploring and learning to feed himself - most nutrients still come from milk. Dilute the milk he's getting with cows milk - and then wean that to the full cow's milk. Have you tried a straw? Some babies do better with a straw than a sippy.
My baby is 10 months - only wants to feed herself - so won't eat anything off a spoon. She loves toast and fruit for breakfast. Lunch is usually meat or cheese and fruit/veggies. Dinner is whatever we are having. She loves black beans, chick peas, cut up cheese sticks. Sometimes something new she'll take one bite and that's it - I just keep offering and she does eventually take it and like it. does he eat cheerios? We started with cheerios. When she was younger, I'd put her in the high chair when we ate and she'd pick/play and eventually eat the cheerios.
I'm still nursing and I don't know how much she's getting from me (I've had supply issues) and sometimes she won't nurse, so I will over a bottle of formula. She usually drinks an additional bottle a day. She also will have nothing to do with a sippy cup or straw, but she will drink from my cup. We often give her drinks from the lid of the water bottles haha.
It sounds like he's not ready to wean yet. Kids get ready at their own pace. I'd back off trying to drop nursing sessions and try again in a few weeks.
Like others have said each kid is different. My first had horrible texture issues and wouldn't eat real food until about 18-20 months. She ate baby food (purees) until then when I was able to get her going on real food. She also weaned herself from breastfeeding at 18mo. She's now 3yo and still has texture problems but at least she's eating. My second is the total opposite. He started eating real food around 8mo and was totally off purees at 10mo. He'll eat anything you put in front of him and drink out of a sippy. He's still breastfeeding at 12mo but I have no plans on weaning him and will let him do it himself. Sounds like your little guy just needs some more time. Kids never seem to do things when we want them too LOL.
