Any tips getting an seven month avid nursing baby excited about eating food?

Question

She doesn't really like to eat the rice cereal or the jars of food. Are there any tricks? I have tried mixing the two but nothing is seeming to work and it is so much easier to just to whip out the breast. HELP!

Answer 1

Have you *tasted* the stuff you are feeding her?!

Try offering her *real* food. It is tastier and nutritious. You are trying to replace something that tastes great and has vitamins and minerals for growth and development with finely chopped cardboard (without the fiber). She is just showing you that she has standards.

It is also possible that she just isn't ready for solids yet. Most babies are ready between 6 and 12 months old, but, instead of looking at a calendar, look at your daughter. Signs of readiness for solids include sitting unsupported, appearance of teeth, and development of the "pincer grasp"--when a baby picks up small object between the thumb and *one* finger. If she has none or only one of these, she probably isn't ready for solids.

Answer 2

Have you tried mixing in your breast milk with the rice cereal? The jarred stuff is not as good as homemade you could try making your own baby food. Start by taking a banana and mashing it. Good luck!

Answer 3

My son wouldn't eat solids until he was about 9 months old - strictly wanted to nurse. I tried mixing the cereals with breast milk and that helped a bit, but he was getting everything he needed from me nutritionally so I didn't push it - they'll eat solids when they're good and ready. By the way - have a camera nearby when you try him on a new food - I've got a series of 4 pics of my son's first taste of bananas - funniest pics I've ever taken, and they crack me up every time I see them!!

Answer 4

Wow, i'd easily attempt to get the opinion of yet another physician. I easily have spoken to both a nutritionist and my 7month old's pediatric physician and they both agree that what i'm giving her now's plenty. I first solely BF her until eventually she became 6 months. Then for more effective or less a month i became giving her in undemanding words one meal such as 1 million.5 oz. of infant cereal blended with about a 1/2 to an finished 2.5 ounce jar of fruit an afternoon. Now that she's 7 months im giving her 2 oz. of infant cereal blended with about 2 oz. of fruit contained in the previous due morning, and then a million finished jar of vegetables contained in the evening. both experts agreed that that is proper for now. ***Oh and that is massive that the infant continues to be nursing frequently. Breast milk has all the food that the infant needs to stay healthful. in simple terms verify you proceed permitting him to BF as frequently as he'd like. that is significant. Even my pamphlet on BF that i became given at WIC says that I should be BF on call for nonetheless.

Answer 5

you can try other foods insted (table food you are eating)

but you can also continue to breast feed (she shouldnt be eating much for solids

Stage 1

At 6 months solid foods can be introduced but the weaning process should not be hurried if baby is content with breast milk alone. Pay attention to the signals baby gives out e.g. baby will probably be ready for solid food if they cry after breast-feedings or chew on the nipple. Even then, breastfeeding should be continued (alongside the introduction of solids) for as long as is comfortable for mother and baby.

The best time to introduce solid foods to baby is just before breast or bottle-feeding. Starting solids is a very gradual process so be patient and go slowly. The classic 'first food' is mashed banana, which is very digestible, sweet and a good introduction to foods. Suitable first foods are baby rice or pureed vegetables. Fruits are usually introduced after vegetables in order to allow acceptance of vegetables before the sweet tastes of fruits is experienced. Other popular first foods are carrot, sweet potatoes, parsnip, apples, bananas and pears. When they have had enough babies will turn away their head, clamp their mouth shut or spit the food out! These are signs that they have had enough.

When introducing solids to baby offer one type of food only and then observe how well it is tolerated. Start with around 1-2 tsp of food and gradually increase up to 6 tsp. How is fed to baby depends entirely on how much they will eat. A rough guide might be a quarter of a very ripe mushy banana for a few days (or for a week) and the following week another soft fruit such as apple sauce. This gives the baby's digestive system time to get used to each new food before the introduction of additional ones. If two or more foods are introduced at the same time and baby has diarrhoea, colic or other digestive problems, it will be difficult to identify the culprit. The foods during this first stage should be bland with a smooth consistency.

If the baby is not interested the first few times solids are introduced it is advised to try again in another week. When baby is ready they will let you know. Baby might be hungry at any time of the day or night. Babies cannot tell the time but they know what they need.

Prepare cooked vegetables plainly, do not add salt, sugar or spices. Good introductory vegetables are parsnips, sweet potatoes, yams and carrots. Still start feeds with breast or bottle but now very gradually increase the amount of solid food given afterwards. Solids should only be given by spoon or hand and never added to a bottle of feed.

Typical feed for one day at stage 1


* 1st feed - breast or bottle
* 2nd feed - breast or bottle
* 3rd feed - 1-2 tsp baby rice mixed with 1 tbs milk from feed or 1-2 tsp unsweetened fruit puree
* 4th feed - breast or bottle
* 5th feed - breast or bottle

Stage 2:

Try and move gradually from solid food at one feed in the day to solid food at two and then three feeds. Follow baby's appetite and move at baby's pace.

Avoid all baby foods that contain sugar or artificial sweeteners. Sugar contains no vitamins, minerals or protein and can lead to obesity, both now and later in the child's life. Sweetened foods also confuse and seduce the appetite tending to satisfy hunger quickly and displace healthful foods. Do not add salt to foods.

Typical feed for one day at stage 2:


* 1st feed - breast or bottle
* 2nd feed - breast or bottle followed by 1-2 tsp baby rice mixed with 1 tbs milk from feed or 1-2 tsp unsweetened fruit puree
* 3rd feed - breast or bottle followed by 1-2 tsp vegetable puree or 1-2 tsp pureed fruit
* 4th feed - breast or bottle followed by 1-2 tsp pureed fruit
* 5th feed - breast or bottle

Answer 6

Mix a little of the fruit with a little cereal and see if the sweet will encourage a more selective pallet. It isn't always east...persist.

Answer 7

shape the food into boobs

Answer 8

She'll eat it when she's hungry.