Has Anyone Else Had This Problem???

Dear C.,
My daughter will be two in November, and believe me, baby food never crossed her lips. She simply wouldn't take it. She shared soup, mashed potatoes, mashed avacados and even very soft pastas with the family at your daughter's age. But strained and jarred whatever was simply unacceptable in her opinion. My pediatrician didn't offer much advice one way or the other, but upon consulting all the ladies of the family, I found its been fairly standard for our babies to graduate from the bottle or breast to soft table foods. There was a time when "baby food" didn't exist, so think about that. Its not an abomination of nature. Your child probably just doesn't like bland foods, which will be to your advantage a year from now when your planning meals for a toddler. If you don't want to start her on table foods yet, then I guess its okay... but I say, let her have some of the soft foods your family enjoys, like the ones I mentioned earlier. Also, Gerber makes a quick dissolving rice puff snack that was the only "baby" food my kid enjoyed at seven months. As long as you really watch the salt levels, and check for lumps, she'll be fine. And starting this early can even help them with other developmental skills, like their pincer grip. Good luck.

My youngest son didn't like baby food either, at first. It took a few months, but now he is 10 months, and doesn't want formula anymore! Crazy kids, she will surely start liking it sooner or later. Good Luck!

Don't worry, my daughter did and still does the same thing, she never took to baby food nor her cereal, she absolutely refused to eat those things so I started her on table food. She loves to eat what mommy is eating.... considering! You might want to sneak in a vitamin somewhere though. My daughter would not eat enough to get the vitamins that she needed so I gave her an infant multivitamin that you can get at any grocery store, just ask your pharmicist. Tell them your issue and that you want an infant multivitamin and they will show you exactly where it is. Good Luck!

Have you tried table foods? you mentioned that you know other kids that age that are on table food so i figure you probally have but jsut keep offering different things untill you find something. if you are no longer nursing you have about 5 months before you need to really worry so don't push things, just offer and if you get refused wait and try again later. but i have three kids and they hated baby food they all went to solids pretty quickly and then again i have a 17 month old little girl that i baby sit for that still lets me spoon feed her breakfast, generally it's outmeal with fruit or yogurt, not baby food but anywho i wouldn't worry to much, if baby sits with you while you eat watch for cues taht she's intrested and give her a taste. good luck

I have 3 kids and every one began eating baby food at a different time. I wouldn't really be worried. Don't force it. Just try it every day or so to check her interest. I was worried the first time around and felt like I was forcing my daughter to take the food. I never did it that way after that and never would do it that way again. My advice...don't worry :) It will come soon enough. Sometimes with teething my kids didn't have ANY interest in food. Just the bottle. Even at a year old! It is so soothing and is good for the ears too, so that is a plus. As long as they are healthy...don't worry. She will eat when she is ready. I think the first time around us moms try to do everything by the book and get advice from everyone which can be so frustrating. Let your daughter tell you when she is ready for her milestones. It will happen when she is interested and ready. Best of luck :)

I think that is pretty common for them to not like it at first. Both of my kids were like that. They were both really chunky from bm but when I started solid foods they weren't really interested. Keep offering her a little every day and she will eventually get used to it. Make a big deal about it and smile when she has a bite and that should help get her more interested. At least with my kids, they generally didn't like most new foods until the second or third time they tried it. I think they prefer things that are familiar and it takes a little while to get used to something new. Good luck and don't worry, she'll come around!

My daughter was slow to take to baby foods and solids. We tried starting her around six months and she didn't really care for it then, so we backed off and tried again around eight months. She was okay with them, but she didn't really get going until around nine months and then she moved very quickly from baby food to table foods. As a first time mom, I really worried about her, but I had a good ped who encouraged me to wait until she really showed interest in them before going full force. She was doing great with just breast milk and there weren't any weight or growth concerns for her, so we just tried to go with the flow.