Eating Table Food

My son is now 15 months & has always been a pretty good eater, but he did have a brief phase where he just wasn't digging table food. I started cutting up things like fish sticks, chicken nuggets, green beans, baby carrots, potatoes (boiled them & then cut them up), scrambled eggs, french toast, etc. I would put just a few pieces in separate "big boy" bowls & he had a great time finding the pieces & then eating them as a reward. It was a little silly to have 7 or 8 little bowls on his high chair tray, but I only did this for about 2 weeks & it worked! He started eating table foods with his hands right off the tray, then onto his own little plates.

Good luck!

I had one who was the same way. He would eat any kind of baby food there was, but none of the stage 3 foods and hardly any table food. We just kept offering him table food and also made a point to feed him at the same time that we were eating so he could see our food. Eventually he started eating table food at about 14 months, but it was a battle. He is now 7 and although a picky eater, he is very healthy.

I don't know how long you've been trying to give him table food, but I know when I spoke to my doctor about my kids not liking something she said to give it a break for a week or two and revisit. Maybe let him eat the baby food for another week and then try giving him the table food again. Good luck!

I wouldn't worry about it too much, all kids go through different eating stages at different times. My last daughter would NOT have anything at all to do with baby food until 9 months, she then ate it for 3 months and almost exactly on her 1st b-day she would only eat table food. I would try to give her some table food with a jar of baby food and she would push away the baby food (even the kinds she had loved before this). I have 5 kids and every one of them started baby food and table food at different ages. I have found that always offering it ( what they won't eat) and also giving them the food they will eat, sometimes they will eventually start eating something they wouldn't eat before and sometimes not. My son would never eat corn or peas but everytime I made it I put a small spoonful on his plate and now finally he will eat corn but he is almost 5 so it took a long time. It will all work out in time, don't rush and good luck!!!!

Relax and keep eating in front of him. Eventually he'll want what you have! When my daughter (almost 3) started cereal I used to refer to it as the 'cereal wars' because she just didn't really like to eat. I joke with my friends that it's all been downhill since we started cereal! My girl is a pick-pick! She eats what she wants-but only when the spirit moves her to eat. I don't know any 'big' kids who only eat baby food, so he'll get there- it'll be on his own terms and in his own time! I found (and still do) the eating stuff to be very hard. For the first year, as moms, we're totally committed to when to eat and how many ounces, what type of food, watching for allergies- the whole first year is about food! Then when they get on table food- it's like all of what we were obsessed with for the whole time we know them goes out the window- and somehow, they're ok without all our careful food planning / introductions! My daugher really only likes ceral right now- but I console myself with the fact that she's healthy and happy and every once in a while she'll eat some protein and veggies. She loves milk and fruit, so overall, it's not as bad as it seems to me- she is getting what her body needs to be healthy and when she needs something else, she asks for it. Your son will get there too! Just be patient and keep trying little things, don't push it and keep eating in front of him so he sees how you enjoy lots of different food!
Good luck!!!
C.

Nip this in the behind now. My step dsughters mother has been giving her chicken nuggets snd french fries since she has developed teeth. Breakfast lunch and dinner. Up until 9 months ago when me and my husband decided this routine was not going to carry on in our house, she wouldn't eat anything I made. However she quickly found out that she wasn't going to get her own way here, no matter how much she cried, gagged or whined. And now we are on the road to introducing new foods all the time. My point is if you let this go on it will cause future stress on you at the table and this time is supposed to be fun family time. Children will not starve, my doctor said if they are hungry enought they WILL eat what they are givin. The key is if they don't eat what they are giving at a meal they do not get "snacks or goodies" until they eat the next meal. And if its dinner they are not eating, and they get hungry later that night, they get what they had on their plate for dinner. The more they see these new foods the more they will become accustomed to them and try them. Don't give in, your child knows if he/she whines enough or spits out enough food you will give in and give him/her what she wants. Just keep cutting the foods small and putting it in front of him. Be strong you are the parent. My step daughter is now 5, and sometimes eating is still a fight we just got her to try pizza for the first time last sunday....the first time, so nip it now.
Good luck.

I had the same problem with my Emily, who is now 2. What finally got her eating "real" food was avocado. I would cut it up and give it to her, and she would make an AWFUL mess with it, but she would actually eat it! I think that the softness gave her that baby-food feel, but she started to get the hang of "real" chunks, which lead to her trying more and more!

I don't think you should worry...even if it takes a while, I don't know any adults still eating baby food! ;) Just keep making it available, and I'm sure he will eat it when he is ready!

I am in a similar situation with my 11 month old son. He will eat baby food and an occasional craker but not as many things as others his age. I have asked my pediatrician and other moms. They say that each child is different and just to gradually work up to thicker textures.. I have the feeling that it will take my son awhile. Good Luck.

no you shouldn't. even though i triving my girls 'big people food' at around 10 months they didn't warm up to it until 13 or 14 months. they never liked stage 3 foods, so at times i ended up adding dry cereal to the stage 2 foods to make it thicker.
do not worry keep trying. docs say it will take up to two weeks of trying for a baby to accept new food/textures
vlora

Hi, No You shouldn't be worried, all Babies are different and go at their own pace. Try soft food like MASH POTATOES, MAC n CHEESE, CHICKEN - pieces, nuggets, other SOFT MEATS and stuff like that. Also try since He seems to love Baby Foods- try taking Chicken & a Veggie or FRUIT n Stirring them up in the BLENDER, to help him get use to different textures of foods and COMBINATIONS. " LOL" The things we try to do for our KIDS...We will pretty much go all out to do whatever! God Bless, A.

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What did Doctor say?