My son is almost 6 months old and still does not eat solid food. When we try to feed it to him he just pushes it back out with his tongue. Anyone know how to teach him to swallow?
2007-11-23 09:08:48 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I wish you were joking. No solid food until six months. Breastmilk or formula should be the main source of nutrition for the first YEAR, solid food is just for fun from 6-12 months.
2007-11-23 09:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by stephcarson 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't try to force him, that will just make him more reluctant. Try once a day for a few weeks, try different things, try very bland things mixed with ALOT of breast milk/formula. If he is still not having after a few weeks, wait a month and try again.
Right now solids are not important. They should still be getting 95% of there nutrition from breastmilk/formula. Really soilds are only teaching them how to eat. When they get older and drink less milk, thats when solids are necessary for proper nutrition.
2007-11-23 18:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by joeybowiesmom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't rush feeding your son. Give him crackers that melt in his mouth and won't choke him. But don't rush to solid foods. I wasn't fed solids until after my first birthday. Every child is different but not all eat solids that soon.
My mother would feed me baby cereal with milk in the bottle so that I was getting nourished and would give me crackers that I didn't choke on after 6 months. By the time I was one year old I was eating like everyone in the table and had my front teeth to help me.
2007-11-23 17:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Davey Boy Smith #1 Fan- VACATION 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is rejecting it, he is not ready. Don't force him, he will eat solids when he is ready. My son did not take to solids until around 8-9 months. Since most bodies of research agree that it is best to delay solids until 6 months, I would not worry since he has not hit that age yet.
2007-11-23 19:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by iamhis0 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was the same way. He wasn't ready. I just kept offering it at mealtimes, but never forced him. He started eating solids regularly at around 8 months. Every baby is different. Just make sure to continue to offer him nutritious food and be okay with it if he refuses. He knows what he needs.
2007-11-23 17:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by Adeline 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start with some rice cereal dissovled in milk first and gradually as he learns to handle that, thicken the consistency a little bit. Pushing it back is a normal response and gradually he will learn to swallow a little bit and then more. As he grows, you can add cheerios, small soft carrots, little meat balls, etc. There are charts that will tell you what kinds of food you should add at each stage of a child's development. Good luck and enjoy your son.
2007-11-23 17:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by stephanie5 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep doing it. My son did that too, all babies do that. He will stop eventually. Give it at least a month so he can get the hang of it. You have to remember all he knows is the bottle and that is what he does. This is a new skill to learn, just like walking, talking, and everything he will ever do it life. Don't fret!
2007-11-23 17:13:05 · answer #7 · answered by RearFace@18mo. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is very normal. He is used to milk or breast. So he is used to the milk being deposited in the back of his mouth. And it is liquid. All babies do that. It is just a learning curve. It is pretty messy the first while, but they catch on soon. Same thing as babies first using a soother, they always spit it out and cry for it back and spit it out. The jaw-thrust type of swallowing only works for bottle or breast. usually it only takes them a couple of weeks to go at it like a natural
2007-11-23 17:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gradually. He's going from formula to baby food that has no lumps.
In time he will get his tongue to work and help get the food back and down the throat. Just keep gathering up what he pushes out and feed it back to him
2007-11-23 17:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by Ralph T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he is just not ready yet start with things like mashed potatoes creamed corn softer solids, he might not like the texture just try something else then in a week go back and try the food he didn't like again. with babies it is an off again on again process i have two children 2 and 6 and went through it with both of them
2007-11-23 17:13:54 · answer #10 · answered by nikib42481 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋