i have an 8month old son. i have tried all the baby food i can get. he still hasnt ate a jar of it.?

Question

he may eat a couple spoon fulls. he refuses to eat baby food and juice. he just now started likeing water.

Answer 1

our daughter was a nightmare at feeding from the start well even now she is, maybe try him on homemade foods like of what ever your eating mash its up,he prob just don't like textures at the moment good that he likes water though, is he teething maybe the spoon is slightly irritating his gums, but as the health visitors told us...keep persevering he wont go hungry...

Answer 2

If he has any teeth, start offering him little bits from your plate like mashed potatoes & soft cooked veggies. Also you have to offer the same item around 15 times before you totally give up on it. (or so the experts say). Try mixing some ceral into the baby food veggies & fruit, maybe it's too thin for his tastes. If he doesn't like juice don't worry about that, it is just less sugar for him in the long run. Water & milk are best for him. Hang in there, we all have picky eaters at some point. If he's hungry he will eat!

Answer 3

Try making your own baby food, that is if you cook something that can be mashed up for him to eat then feed it to him. if he has teeth, start feeding him things that you think he will be able to chew and swallow. I wouldn't feed him steak or anything like that, but there is nothing wrong with trying him on table food at 8 months old.

If he rejects the table food, ask his pediatrician about the problem. It could be that he has an oral aversion to...my neighbors child had oral aversion and wouldn't put anything in her mouth. The down side was she wouldn't eat, the up side was that she didnt put anything in her mouth that she shouldn't! She went through Occupational therapy to correct the issue. It doesn't sound like that is what is wrong with you son though-I think he may just not like baby food! Who would? Have you tasted the stuff??? :)

Answer 4

Make your own for him then. Just take the cooked veggies and add a bit of water and put in the blender till it is the same texture of the store bought kind. Why keep spending if you don't have to. When he gets hungry enough, he will eat. Maybe try cutting back a bottle, so he will have room for solids.

Answer 5

My son is 8 months old to and he`s started eating what we eat most of the time...He`s always been a real good eater though..At 8 months there is alot of things they can eat..Does your baby have any teeth yet?? Mine has one so far..He eats Cheerios, peas,pasta,applesauce,mashed potatoes,fruit,bread,yogurt,greenbeans(mashed),bananas....all kinds of stuff... He also still eats some of the 3rd stage baby foods to. Just try a few and see what he likes!

Answer 6

my baby is 10 months and he NEVER has eaten baby food out the jar. He eats what I eat. he likes seasoning and so I have to cook the food like sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, green beans, noodles, he'll eat that but not baby food from jar. Just try when you cook for yourself to add something thats squishy so he can eat it. baby food from jars aren't always necessary. Mines just eat what I do.. and he's as healthy as can be.

Answer 7

Maybe he'd like the food better if it was homemade. Get a little food processor or blender, and mix up the meat you're having with a little water, the same with fruit and vegetables. Hope that's helpful.

Answer 8

My daughter started on baby food when she was 6 month and she hated it... We tried all brand and flavors and she just didn't like baby food...

I ended up starting her on table foods... I started with little tiny noodles, cooked carrots chopped up (they get real smooshy), soft cheeses, little bits of soft chicken and turkey, canned peaches cut very small, ect...

She loved it... She didn't have any teeth until she was over a year... But she managed to eat just about everything...

Just be sure to take it slow and try new foods one at a time to be sure of allergies... All babies are different...

Answer 9

#1 Many breastfed babies will refuse jar food because it is just too bland compared to breastmilk which is flavoured with garlic and chili and all sorts of things mom eats. This is also true of some formula fed babies

#2 Some babies refuse solids because they are prone to allergies. They may not eat anything until past 12 months. Which is fine breastmilk provides everything a baby needs for the first year. There is old information that says a breastfed baby needs zinc or iron after 6 months but this has been disproved

#3 By one year a baby should be getting no more than 25% of their food from solids. Breastmilk or formula should remain the main source of nutrition for the first year and beyond. Yes many people switch to cow's milk at one year but cow's milk is just another breastmilk substitute.

#4 Food need not be pureed nor even terribly soft. In fact the rule that is slowly becoming popular among health professionals is "If it has to be pureed the baby is too young". My son has always eaten off my plate. A few times I have tried babyfood or pureed food (such as oat bran, apple sauce, carrot soup) he will not eat things off a spoon. Only fingers and forks because you can't taste what is on a spoon.

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
Understanding the babies motivation

This approach to introducing solids offers a baby the opportunity to discover what other food has to offer as part of finding out about the world around him. It utilises his desire to explore and experiment, and to mimic the activities of others. Allowing the baby to set the pace of each meal, and maintaining an emphasis on play and exploration rather than on eating, enables the transition to solid food to take place as naturally as possible. This is because it appears that what motivates babies to make this transition is curiosity, not hunger.

There is no reason for mealtimes to coincide with the babies milk feeds. Indeed, thinking of (milk) feeding and the introduction to solid food as two separate activities will allow a more relaxed approach and make the experience more enjoyable for both parents and child.
Won't he choke?

Many parents worry about babies choking. However, there is good reason to believe that babies are at less risk of choking if they are in control of what goes into their mouth than if they are spoon fed. This is because babies are not capable of intentionally moving food to the back of their throats until after they have learnt to chew. And they do not develop the ability to chew until after they have developed the ability to reach out and grab things. Thus, a very young baby cannot easily put himself at risk because he cannot get the food into his mouth in the first place. On the other hand, the action used to suck food off a spoon tends to take the food straight to the back of the mouth, causing the baby to gag. This means that spoon feeding has its own potential to lead to choking – and makes the giving of lumpy food with a spoon especially dangerous.

It appears that a babies general development keeps pace with the development of his ability to manage food in his mouth, and to digest it. A baby who is struggling to get food into his mouth is probably not quite ready to eat it. It is important to resist the temptation to 'help' the baby in these circumstances since his own developmental abilities are what ensure that the transition to solid feeding takes place at the right pace for him. This process is also what keeps him safe from choking on small pieces of food, since, if he is not yet able to pick up small objects using his finger and thumb, he will not be able to get, for example, a pea or a raisin into his mouth. Once he is able to do this, he will have developed the necessary oral skills to deal with it. Putting food into a babies mouth for him overrides this natural protection and increases the risk of choking.

Tipping a baby backwards or lying him down to feed him solid food is dangerous. A baby who is handling food should always be supported in an upright position. In this way, food which he is not yet able to swallow, or does not wish to swallow, will fall forward out of his mouth, not backwards into his throat.

Adopting a baby-led approach doesn't mean abandoning all the common sense rules of safety. While it is very unlikely that a young baby would succeed in picking up a peanut, for example, accidents can and will happen on rare occasions – however the baby is fed. Rules of safety which apply in other play situations should therefore be adhered to when eating is in progress.

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Answer 10

Try the stuff you think they won't eat....

My son loved peas, & squash....I won't even eat that now...