My 13 month son does not any eat textured food and only has purees. Should I just let him go hungry and he will come around and eat textured food?He has to eventually get hungry, right? And might give in to eating food with texture?Ofcourse I will be making it soft for him. But I want to know has anyone tried it and if it is a good way to go about it. Any other advice, opinions and suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks!
2007-12-08 04:34:16 · 9 answers · asked by newmomma 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I wouldn't recommend switching if the baby doesn't like the textured food. As long as he's getting complete nutrition, it doesn't matter the what the food's consistency is. My daughter took a very long time to switch since certain textures made her gag/vomit. I let her go at her own pace and now she will eat almost anything. She's 2 and 1/2 and there are still a couple of foods that she won't eat due to texture, (sweet potatoes and squash), but other than that she does great. I know she's not just being picky because they actually make her gag and sometimes vomit.
2007-12-08 05:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by CLICK 2 $AVE! 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Slowly add a little bit of textured food into his purees. Start really small and over the course of a few weeks you should be able to have switched him to more textured foods. I don't suggest letting him go hungry as he needs constant nourishment. Good luck.
2007-12-08 04:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by No Way 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
go ask your health visitor but you need to be persistant with it and remember a child will eat when there hungry so dont worry he wont starve himself. You start by adding texture to the puree food, just a small amount and go from there. also try finger foods. I.e carrot sticks apple sticks. Another thing to do is not make a big fuss as it will put him off
2007-12-08 05:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When my daughter was 13 months she wouldnt eat anything but baby jars. What i did was mix in our food with the jar little by little every day so she didnt notice the difference and ate what we did. You can try this with your child. mix in a lil textured food with his puree day by day and i doubt he will notice the difference. All the best!
2007-12-08 04:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by Natz 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He's too small to go cold turkey on him. Some children have real issues with textures. Don't worry about it quite so much. He's little yet.
2007-12-08 04:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by stephcarson 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
no that sounds like punishment.
they have to get used to textures. some take longer than others. try a gradual increase. if it doesn't work this time, take a few days off and try again later.
2007-12-08 05:05:33 · answer #6 · answered by Doodles 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't force, and don't just not feed him either. Introduce it constantly, with every meal, and eventually he'll try it.... hopefully like it. Kids tastes change constantly so you never know! Mix some textured foods in with his pureed foods, slowly, and gradually add more.
PS: I just want to let you know that this is actually one of the first signs of Austism in young children. You may want to look up symptoms for Autism at that age and see if your son shows any other symptoms!
2007-12-08 04:55:57 · answer #7 · answered by Candikane 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Babies should be in to textured foods by around 9 months. I never ran into any of those problems because I prepared all the kids food from scratch using wholesome unprocessed foods. Don't over-react if he gags a bit on a textured food, he will learn to eat it. By 8-9 months you should have been giving him food from your plate, peas, mashed potatoes (unseasoned of course) sweet potatoes, yams ,bananas, Cheerios on his high chair tray, it is also great for his hand eye co-ordination. never feed him separately from the family, he needs the socialization aspect . You're in this for the long haul, so do the best you can to introduce more solids to his diet. !3 months is not to young to introduce pure juice Popsicles. So take a step back, and re-assess what you are feeding him. Another reason for staying away from canned baby foods is because they are not representative of our diet, DO you eat all canned food in your diet? no, and neither should baby
2007-12-08 04:53:22 · answer #8 · answered by ogopogo 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
The right way is letting your baby go at his own pace. There's no need to force anything, he'll eat it when he's ready.
2007-12-08 04:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by Pitusi 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋