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Hopefully he is still drinking formula? That is really all he needs until he is a year old. The other food he gets is really just "practice" or supplemental, but they rarely eat enough to sustain themselves on anyway. I would not give him any deserts, especially if that is all he is eating. Stick with formula and offer some healthy options... if he doesn't eat it, then don't worry about it right now... eventually he will because there won't be a "desert" option. If he refused to drink the formula as well, and starts to lose weight, etc., get to the doctor.

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He is getting smart, isn't he? He is learning to manipulate the grown-ups... and I don''t mean that in a bad way. he is just getting older.. He may just be holding out.for good stuff and he may be a little bored. Maybe it is time ot minimize purees and start giving him wha tmore closely resembles table food. He may also have teeth coming and is fussy about food, but can't resist dessert. Whatever you do, don't giv ehim sweets to make up for the meal!! And remember most of his nutrition should still come from breastmilk or formula.

Stop giving him desert. At all. Don't offer it. Ever. Even when he screams. It's a good habit with any kid to do NO deserts or juice for any reason when they are that age.

It will take a while if you have conditioned him to know that you will give in and give him sweets. Of course that is what he prefers.

Once he realizes that he will be hungry unless he eats what is offered, he will eat healthy choices from the selection you offer.

At 9 months his primary nutrition should still be breast milk or formula and any "food" should be supplemental - at least for a couple more months. He may prefer smashed adult food to baby food - he has to be able to control his gag reflex for this, I think.

pretty typical behavior. He's figuring out what he likes and doesn't like. If he's still nursing then don't worry too much about how much baby food he eats. You can only offer him the vegetables and not the desserts for a while. After all, who wouldn't want to skip the veggies and go straight for dessert? Don't make that an option and he'll learn to eat what he's given.

To deter his penchant for 'desserts' or sweet things....
DO NOT put it out in plain sight, where he can see it.
Put all sweets, someplace he cannot see it.
He's only 9 months old... its not like he can go opening up the cupboards if it is adult height.
Don't flirt with it... meaning, don't use sweets as an incentive or treat. Period. A baby, has no impulse control.
So, you as the adult.. needs to keep these things out of his reach and sight.
Simply do not leave these things out in plain sight.

I never gave my kids any 'sweets' until after 2 years old. And even then, it was not a habit or for rewards. Just once in awhile. And, we don't keep junk in the house.

all the best,
Susan

No deserts! If you could choose between desert and mashed potatoes, which would you choose. At this age, he shouldn't even be getting desert unless it's fruit or a low sugar cookie.

I wouldn't worry about not wanting to eat. His main nutrition should still be breast milk or formula.

If you want him to eat food then I suggest you give him table food, cut up or smashed so that he can handle it. Sugary desserts should be held back for special occasions if given at all. They contain only calories and are not a part of good nutrition.

Our family going back as far as I can remember only had cake and pie occasionally. We did have fruit, sometimes cookies or ice cream but only after we had finished our dinner.

Start him on finger foods, if he's not already on them...and stop with the desserts. Maybe he got the "good stuff" (sugary type of desserts) and has the "who wants green beans when I can have cookies" type attitude. If he is not on finger foods yet, start him (unless he's medically not ready) as this will peak his interest & he'll get excited about eating something new. If he is already eating finger foods...widen his selection, but don't give him desserts...not for a long time! Keep giving him things over & over...sometimes it takes 15 times of the food being on his plate for him to start liking it. That's normal.

looks like hes learned that sugar taste better. my 9 year old cousin wont eat anything unless it comes from a drive thru...hes huge. covered in cellulite and i cant imagine he will live far past 30 or 40. Id stop giving the baby desserts and get him eating real food again.

bet he's teething - I've seen this SO many times, give him some motrin about a half hour before he is scheduled to eat

you may also find that he likes table food better now so try that

Maybe he just doesn't like them anymore.... when my son was 9months I was making him food. He rarely ate food from jars. I would give him refried beans, just very little like for him to taste, eggs, homemade soups.. He loves fruit... I would buy fresh strawberries and let him suck on it, mash a banana and feed it to him. This is how I fed my baby, I know that there are a lot of parents who would never do this but this is what I did and he is fine.

My daughter did this. Just stopped eating baby food one day at around 9 months old. She just wanted "big people" food! Start giving him small bites of very soft veggies and fruit, cheerios and other small bites of regular food and let him have at it! It will take a little bit to transition, but he probably just doesn't want the baby food anymore (and who could blame him...that's stuff's kinda gross! LOL!).

I have to agree with a lot of the other posts. Why is a 9 month old getting desserts anyway? He doesn't know the difference. Stop giving them to him, get rid of what you have and don't buy anymore. Try instead sweet potatos and only give him whole foods. Be careful to read the labels on the jarred foods - some actually put added sugar in. Good luck - now is the time to break this bad habit. He will eat when he is hungry.

Stop giving or offering him the deserts completely. Just keep offering a variety of "whole" foods - fruits and veggies cut into bite-size pieces, tofu, black beans, etc. Don't force it. When he's hungry, he'll eat. Start each meal with the veggie and protein, finish with fruit as the "desert".

He doesn't need dessert so I would stop that altogether until he's eating other food again. At 9 months they discover that they can feed themselves and love it! My son started eating cheerios and would definitely prefer that to the baby food becaue he can pick them up, though I manage to sneak a bite in here and there. So give him more finger foods like really soft fruit and overcooked veggies cut really small, small pieces of soft bread, and let him go to town. And make sure he gets 26-32 oz of formula, he will be fine.

I usually mixed the desserts with the rice cereal not the jar alone..that way the taste is not so intense. You can mix the vegetables with the fruit too in rice cereal.