6 Month Old Rejecting Solids!

If your daughter doesn't want to do solids now, feel free to just drop it and try again later. Babies can get ALL their nutritional needs met from breastmilk and/or formula all the way up through their first birthday, so she's not missing out on any necessary nutrients. No need to stress yourself *and* your little one by pushing solids when she's reluctant. Try to think of the first solid feedings as a 'getting acquainted' thing, almost a form of 'messy play'. If you feel more relaxed about it, chances are good your child will too.
This link has a nice overview about introducing solids http://www.askdrsears.com/html/3/t032000.asp
I also liked nutritionist Ellyn Satter's book "Child of Mine - Feeding with Love and Good Sense", it helped ease my anxieties a lot
Good luck!

My son did the exact same thing. At 5 mo, he would open his mouth like a little bird to try what we were eating - of course he couldn't eat yet. So at 6 mo we tried, and he hated it. He hated the breastmilk mixed, he wouldn't eat regular, and I tried rice cereal, sweet potatoes, peas....
So we quit. He really didn't eat solids until about 8 mo. And by that time we started giving him nibbles off our plates. he seemed to want to be involved in the act.
And at 10 mo he finally sat down and really ate his own meal.
So as lon as she is nursing fine. You are ok, no rush. She does not need any other nourishment than your milk.

LOL have you tasted that stuff????? HORRIBLE! My son didn't want anything to do with it either so I started with the fruits... again nothing. Turned out he didn't like fruits. Still doesn't unless they are whole. Then I moved to the veggies and he liked those. 6 months is still pretty young and she might now be ready to have them. Don't worry... some people don't start solids until well after the 1st year. As long as she is still getting breastmillk she is getting enough nutrients. Give it time.

Both my kids were good eaters. But I watch a girlfriends little girl who did the same thing. She may be not ready, maybe wait a week or two and start again. We did that and had luck.

Hi J.,
No need to worry yet. She just might not be ready. It's important to remember that average ages for all of these milestones are more of a midpoint than a time you should expect things to happen given how different each child is (in other words, the data tend to be more widely dispersed around the average, rather than clustered there). I would suggest waiting another month and trying again. My son never ate the rice cereal. His first food was ripe banana (no green, some brown spots on peel so that it will be sweet) that I put through a food mill. And I second the recommendation for "Child of Mine." It's a book that I think every parent should own. My son was born at 29 weeks weighing 2 lbs, 6 oz. Thank goodness the pediatrician recommended "Child of Mine" to my husband and me early on. It prevented us from making many mistakes that could have led to our son developing an unhealthy relationship with food, when all we wanted to do was get the little guy to grow. The book is so helpful -- it's not a bunch of pages simply saying not to use food as a reward (though I think its says that as well!).