My Eight Month Old with Not Eat Food

CREAM OF WHEAT. YOU CAN USE YOUR BREAST MILK WHEN MAKING THIS. ADD VERY LIL SUGAR FOR TASTE. OR I USED WITH MY GIRLS FOR BREAKFAST EGG YOLK COOKED OR OATMEAL BLENDED TILL SMOOTH. THAT CAN START YOU OFF. FOR LUNCH I MADE SOUP BLENDED. A LIL APPLE JUICE WITH WATER. THESE WORKED FOR ME.

Well, I am no expert, but I have 6 children and all are healthy. :)

My suggestions are that you 1- NEVER give juice through a bottle. If you are going to give him juice, water it down half and half and put it in a sippy cup. 2- Start with Rice Cereal. Even though it is bland, that is what the babies need to start off with. The consistency is what they are learning to get past, not just the taste. Too much taste for a breastfeeding baby or a formula only fed baby is a shock to any system. That is why rice cereal is a good start. If you offer him too many options, he might just be scared to try again. I would just offer him the cereal (ONLY FROM A SPOON...NOT BOTTLE) at least 1-2 times a day. Make it runny and it can even just pour out of the spoon and into his mouth. As he gets used to the taste, you can make it more and more thick. After than, you can add a tiny bit of fruit to it or whatever you'd like.

Once he is ready for the consistency of real food, I suggest you go for the green veggies first. Meat...always last!

I hope this helps you a little bit. Good luck!

My bf baby is 13 months old and is just now really showing an interest in food. If he's still nursing a lot, you shouldn't really worry. BF babies get most of their nutrition from nursing until they are a year+. The food is just mainly for 'practice'.

Hi C.,

My daughter was exclusively breatfed and wouldn't eat solids until she was almost a year old. She would drink some water from a sippy cup but nothing else. Babies do not require the mutrients from solids until they reach a year, except perhaps some iron. I gave my daughter an iron fortified vitamin as prescribed by her ped. I just kept offering foods, mostly finger foods that she could feed herself, as she absolutely refused a spoon and ANYTHING labeled baby food, cereal or snack. She mostly played with it but eventually, when she was ready, she ate! I wouldn't worry, I know several other bf babies that were the same way. Good luck!

Have you tried starting with the basics, rice cereal and breast milk? The doc. gave me the OK to start food with my daughter at 4 months. I too was breastfeeding, so I pumped some milk and instead of water i mixed breast milk with the cereal. then every 2-3 days I would introduce a new food starting with green food first, beans peas. I feel funny trying to help when I only have one child and you have six! I think since you do breast feed that if you just mix a little breast milk with each food it may help. and if the milk makes the food runny add some cereal to thicken it. another thing i would do with my daughter was make a batch of cereal and then add the food to that we didn't have a lot of money and it would make the food last longer, hope this helps. -C.

hey C. i know you got alot of responses, but... i don't remeber reading anything that said you could try using BREASTMILK to mix with the rice cereals. Also introduce veggies and meats first, because otherwise you create yourself a sugar sweet toohed baby, and only introduce one food at a time like sweetpotatos for five days in a row so you can see if he gets an allergic reaction. good luck!

He does not need foods yet if he is breastfeeding. He gets everything he needs from you. Until around 1 he should be able to just breastfeed. In fact, the longer you hold off solids the less likely he is to develope diabetes or other issues like obesity.

If you are 100 % for feeding him foods, start with cereal and applesauce, or bananas. If thatdoes not work, he is telling you he has no interest in anything but you.

ok well did you know that you have to try a food about 15 times for a baby to get the taste for it well thats what my kids doctor says because my 2 year old when he was smaller and i was trying him on foods he didnt like anything i asked him and thats what he said so i keep at it with buying the same 3 or 4 types of food and it worked but i also tried my last kid on jar fruits first they say to start on veggies first but he wasnt going 4 it so i tried baby fruits and he really liked it though he didnt like pears he like the mixed yogurts, even though he is only 8 months try the little sippy cups that also helps break him away from breastfeeding (if thats what you are trying to do) well see what happens

I am not an expert by any means but I know that with my children that when they got picky on me I tended to let them get a little hungrier before they got anything to eat. What I mean by this is, if they are hungry enough, they will eat what you give them. Just a suggestion... Try having more time in between feedings then offer the food instead of the milk. When he refuses then take the food away and wait a little while then try again. Don't starve him but only give him a little milk if he won't accept the food after the 3rd try then offer food again and repeat process. Hope it works for you B.

I would suggest a web site to you Kellymom.com a great attachment parenting site with a question and answer section that adresses this problem in a variety of ways

Debbie

A great book with everything you will ever want to know about baby food and nutrition is "Super babyfood" I'd suggest to keep offering everyday. It may help to have dad offer the food while you are not around. Offer him the food between feedings and try giving him some food off of your finger instead of a spoon. I had to try 3 different spoons before we found one my son likes. Keep trying and he will get it. Don't worry too much, when the breast is not filling him up enough to his own liking he will move on to food. ~V.

I had problems with my little guy too. I found that if I kept trying and gave him time to get used to the idea of something else besides my breast in my mouth, he ended up getting used to the idea of food. To them its really weird to put some spoon with different tasting stuff in their mouths. As with everything with babies, they have to learn everything. We forget sometimes that not everything comes naturally. Good luck.

C.,
I had the same problem with my 7 month old baby! I kept trying and trying with no luck. Finally my husband tried and VOILA!!!! He ate! He wouldnt eat from me for a long time, all he wanted from me was Milk! So, I would have other people try feeding him and if that doesnt work I would talk to his Ped. Good Luck!!

Just asking, but have you tried a little rice cereal mixed with your breast milk? Making it real running. More milk than rice. That was the first thing I did with my little boy, he is 5 months. And now He eats almost everything I give him. He loves his veggies but not to keen on his fruits.