First baby - Help please - How old do most babies entirely stop eating baby food?

Question

My daughter is a week away from 14 mths & has started turning her nose up at baby food.

We're introducing more & more tiny bits of table food all the time. She likes cheese, goldfish crackers (& other crackers), yogurt, yogurt drinks, pasta, cut up hamburgers, diced ham, popcorn curls, cut up grapes, bananas, cooked carrots, peas, corn etc. (Also tried scrambled eggs, toast w/jam - not a hit) She eats table food very slowly & much of her food stays on the tray or hits the floor.

Adding to the problem is that with:
1. a small esophagus, (born with it, expected to outgrow by about 18-24 months, makes her gag & cough lots)
2. only 2 bottom front teeth (just through since December & no sign of anymore on the way) &
3. the fact that she's at the VERY bottom of the weight precentile charts at 18lbs 6 oz. (& the pediatrician's reading me the riot act)

I'm worried if I don't keep giving her baby food then she won't eat enough to grow and thrive.

What do I do?
Thanks!

Popcorn curls are a corn based snack sold in Canada - No husks or kernels - sorta like Cheetos cheezies but they dissolve REALLY fast. I only eat them when I have a sore throat, and I give them to my daughter in place of Cheerios sometimes. She loves them. (Of course no REAL popcorn :-) Thanks!

Answer 1

1. Is she still having problems gagging on the solids you're offering her? Just be careful about offering her anything that is a common choking hazard.

2. She doesn't need teeth to eat solids. The gums do most of the work. Just make sure she is given reasonable sized bites and nothing to hard to chew.


3. Someone has to be at the bottom of the weight charts.....we can't all be in the 50th percentile. Is she growing along a consistent curve? How does her body type compare to mom and dad's? A good doc will keep in mind that small parents don't produce babies built like linebackers.

It sounds like she likes a nice, wide variety of solid foods.

All of mine were done with baby food WAY before that. We started solids right around 6 mos. My first two were on to table food by around 9 months. My youngest only ate baby food for a couple of weeks before she went to table food.

Answer 2

my daughter completely rejected baby food at about nine months. her pediatrician said that it was fine to put her on table foods completely, although i did still try to serve her a little baby food a day until she was about a year. she is older now and may want a little texture. after 12 months, babies experience a decrease in appetite. they do not grow as much as they did in the first year, and do not need as much food. don't force her to eat if she is not hungry. she will be fine. it sounds like you are doing a good job giving her a variety of foods, although i wouldn't feed her popcorn ecsecially with her small esophagus. popcorn is a chocking hazard.

try those gerber graduate foods. they are designed for toddlers and are healthy. i'd also try oatmeal or cream of wheat. hard boiled eggs, tofo, boiled potato chunks (make sure they are peeled!) pasta, rices, muffins, pancakes, french toast, soups (prepare this things at home so you can monitor the sodium and sugars) were always a hit with my daughter.

Answer 3

I have a 10 month old that hates baby food. She too only has the 2 bottom teeth. She eats what ever I eat now all I do is cut what ever I eat into little pieces. Of course the food needs to be soft or easy for her mash. She is 25 Ibs. and still nursing.

Answer 4

My first suggestion is for you to try the baby food that you are feeding her. It is yucky, I've tried it. If I were her, and I had had a taste of real food, I'd refuse baby food too. If you are concerned about a small esophagus, I suggest getting a baby food grinder/mill. You can get a small hand crank plastic model for about $5. Cook whatever table food you would give her and run it through the mill. It will taste the same, but be easier to swallow. Good luck.

Answer 5

my daughter thoroughly rejected toddler foodstuff at approximately 9 months. her pediatrician reported that it replace into superb to place her on table ingredients thoroughly, notwithstanding i did nonetheless attempt to serve her slightly toddler foodstuff an afternoon till she replace right into some 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. she is older now and can choose slightly texture. after 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, toddlers journey a shrink in urge for foodstuff. they don't strengthen as much as they did interior the 1st 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, and don't choose as lots foodstuff. do not tension her to devour if she isn't hungry. she would be in a position to be superb. it appears that evidently such as you're doing a sturdy interest giving her one among those ingredients, notwithstanding i does not feed her popcorn ecsecially along with her small esophagus. popcorn is a chocking danger. attempt those gerber graduate ingredients. they're designed for babies and are healthful. i might additionally attempt oatmeal or cream of wheat. tricky boiled eggs, tofo, boiled potato chunks (make beneficial they're peeled!) pasta, rices, brownies, pancakes, french toast, soups (prepare this issues at homestead so which you will computer screen the sodium and sugars) have been continuously valuable with my daughter.

Answer 6

By 1 year old my kids were off baby food and eating table food completely.

Answer 7

Go ask a qualified doctor about this one. Don't leave your babys health to a bunc of unknown people. That being said, my doctor told me that the baby will eat when shes hungry. No sense in pushing the issue. Now, thats assuming the baby is healthy and there is nothing wrong with him/her. Lack of eating or drinking is usually a bad sign.

Again, I urge you to make an appoinment or call your doctor just to be on the safe side.