2006-12-09 02:25:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Don't worry about it right yet.He is still young and if you know he is healthy then there is no reason to be concerned. Try things that are good first.Like banana's,popcycles,juices,and baby food that is kinda sweet. Like apple sauce and things like that. Enjoy your baby.Good luck
2006-12-09 02:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by sweet_thing_kay04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is some great advice here already. I agree with not worrying - he does not NEED solid food until he is around a year. (is he still continuing to grow according to HIS chart, not just the average chart, all children grow at different rates). He could very well be teething and does not want to chew (but in my experience they also don't want to drink as much). Maybe let him feed himself. By now he is prob sticking anything he can in his mouth. Give him small pieces of banana, let him gnaw on a frozen bagel, and of course Cheerios - the staple of childhood development (there used to be something called Nutrios that I bought since it had extra iron - it was specifically for little fingers).
There is also that little contraption you can put a fruit/veggie in to (I'm sorry, I don't know what it is called) - it is shaped like a rattle almost but has a little mesh part on one end that you stick the fruit/veg in to. Baby can suck out the juice and get the flavour of that and little tiny pieces can come out also through the mesh part. Totally safe. You should be able to get this at a store that sells baby things specifically.
Chewing is a learned process. What might work one day, may not the next. Make sure he sees you enjoying food - he will eventually want to eat off your plate. Always make sure food is soft enough (they don't need teeth to eat) and cut up small enough - not according to age but according to how long he has been eating solids.
Don't worry, he won't be on the bottle forever!
2006-12-09 04:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it. Some pediatricians believe that they should have nothing but formula or breastmilk until they are 1 yr any way. They are getting everything they need from the formula, otherwise keep trying new, fun things. He will eventually get interested in something.
2006-12-09 02:30:18 · answer #3 · answered by tera_duke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your 8 month old son does not require anything besides formula. Some infants refuse solids before 1 year because they are prone to allergies.
Also try feeding him real food, baby food is gross and unnecessary.
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
Babies who are allowed to feed themselves tend to accept a wide range of foods. This is probably because they have more than just the flavour of the food to focus on – they are experiencing texture, colour, size and shape as well. In addition, giving babies foods separately, or in a way which enables them to separate them for themselves, enables them to learn about a range of different flavours and textures. And allowing them to leave anything they appear not to like will encourage them to be prepared to try new things.
The opposite appears to be true for a baby who is spoon fed, especially if foods are presented as purees containing more than one flavour. In this situation the baby has no way of isolating any flavour he doesn’t like and will tend to reject the whole meal. Since his parents can only guess which food is causing the problem, they risk more food rejection until they track it down. In the meantime, the baby learns not to trust food and the range of foods he will accept can become severely limited. This can lead to his overall nutrition being compromised. Offering foods separately, but together on the same plate, allows the baby to make his own decisions about mixing flavours.
2006-12-09 02:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my kids were little, I started by adding a bit of thin cereal, flavored with a spoonful of strained fruit to their last meal of the day. They liked that, and it helped them sleep thru the night with something in their tummies.
2006-12-09 03:27:09 · answer #5 · answered by kiwi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is your baby on the bottle? if so try to put a little baby food fruit such as bananas or fruit dessert ,put it in with the formula , its strange to them to taste something different, like that. start out with 1/2 a jar. good luck
2006-12-09 02:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by sissy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try feeding him something once every day only. he will hate t but he will get used to it. he can't survive on formula forever. start him out slow like making half his meal be vegetables but the other half be formula. go slow and eventually feed him no formula.
2006-12-09 02:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by blah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try buying the Gerber finger foods....
http://www.gerber.com/prodcat?catid=524
They might make him want to eat! What are you trying to feed him that he won't eat? Have you tried different types of baby food? Noodles? Crackers?
Good luck!
2006-12-09 02:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by mrs. ruspee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
through away all bottles and formula dont let him see them, when he is hungry feed him food, in time he will eat the food when he is really hungry, and then forget the formula
2006-12-09 02:33:32 · answer #9 · answered by girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
talk to his doctor. there may be something wrong with his digestive tract that makes it difficult for him to eat solid foods. and the doctor could give you some good advice as well. once that is done then ask your question again.
2006-12-09 02:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by maggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋