I Dont Think My Daughter Loves Table Food..

Keep offering her options. I forget how old she is, but if she's under a year, breastmilk or formula should be primary for food. Then on top of that offer cereal (have you tried Cheerios?) cut fruit, etc. Kids need to try a food many many times before they really love or hate it. My 3 yr old will eat broccoli but is suspicious of anything with sauce. Maybe try different types of pasta shapes for variety and fun. Just keep trying. It's all new.

It's probably the texture she is objecting to rather than the taste. Try just giving her very soft items like fruits or cooked veggies and she how she does. Corn and sausage are tougher to eat. Avoid foods that have a skin to them (think stuff that you see again in the diaper later) and do just very tender stuff. She's used to pureed food, so things that require too much chewing are probably just too much for her right now. Think of stuff she can mash easily with just gums and go from there. If you're worried she's not getting enough, you can still give her some of whatever she was eating before and then let her graze on the table food to get used to it. She doesn't sound ready for it by itself yet. Be patient, they don't go from baby food to table food in one day. It's a big transition for them.

she will get used to it. If you are concerned about her nutrition continue with formula and if she is off of that do the pediasure or something until her eating habits pick up.

My son is 11 months old and what really helps him to eat better is to see me eat what he is eating. I take a bite and then give him a bite. It helps but it is not a guarantee that he will eat it. Keep offering your LO new foods to try and she will catch on to them eventually.

I'd just keep offering a variety, but always include one or two things you know she likes. That way she'll eventually grow to like some tastes/textures more, rather than if you avoid everything she doesn't like. Some kids are naturally pickier eaters than others, so you may have to always be more creative. Also, give the healthiest option first, when she's the most hungry. The more she sees you eating the same exact thing, that'll help too.

PS-She won't starve herself. For how young she sounds, she may not fill up a ton at lunch, but a healthy snack can help fill the gap. My son is 15 months and I offer him food several times a day, not just at a set meal/snack time. Hubby and I made a rule that we pretty much offer him anything, even if we don't like it. So he's eaten liver and herring to name a couple odd ones :P

Table food has a much different texture than baby food. It may take her a while to adjust to the textures.

I would say go ahead and keep trying. And don't worry about her getting enough to eat - it doesn't take near as much "table food" to fill her up as it would baby food.

She's 11 months, right? Or 12 months at most? Don't worry about it. Breastmilk/formula is the main source of nutrition until age 1. My older child didn't really take to solid food until he was about 14 months old. He's the only baby I know that wouldn't eat cake on his first birthday! But he's perfectly fine and became a good eater shortly after that. Just keep putting it on her plate, and eventually she'll start to pick at it.

Have you tried cutting up table food and mixing it with a stage 2 or 3 baby food? This might help with the transition. My son didn't like the texture of some solids at first and this helped him get used to the change, kind of like slowly switching from formula to milk, all in moderation. =) Good luck.

It's probably a texture thing. I had the opposite problem, as my boys are very much the "I do it myself" type. At 10 months they both refused to be fed by me. I had to be creative, both with the food I gave them (had to be something they could eat with their hands) and the messes they made.

I really did find that if they could eat it with their hands, they would figure out a way to eat it. If you think she'd be likely to pick it up and eat it, that might be a good place to start.

Kelly's idea of taking a bite and they offering her a bite sounds great if she is really happy with you feeding her (and not insisting on doing it herself). It might really help if she sees that you eat it and you like it.

More than anything, just keep trying and really, really try not to stress. She's not going to starve herself. Give her time and keep offering her things and eventually her curiosity will take over.

At 11 months of age she is not really supposed to like table food yet. She is still rather young to eat much. She should still be getting most of her nutrition from her formula. That has all the nutrients and vitamins she needs for life.

If you are chopping the table food up very very very finely she should start really like it in the next few months. I would consider she does not like the style of food she is getting though.

My granddaughter does not like many foods. She is a picky picky picky eater. She does have geographic tongue though and that makes food taste differently to her from day to day.

She can eat mac and cheese every day for months then one day she'll take a bit, gag, and puke it up. I can look at her tongue now and see the spots that form. I have a lot more patience with her than any of the other kids, she cannot help how her tongue does this. It is a biological issue.

Just keep offering her foods that are less than 1/4" or less. Her throat is about the size of a straw right now so she can choke easily.

It sometimes taked up to ten tries to develop a taste for a food. If she doesn't develop a taste for it after ten tries, it may be the texture, or she might not like that food. Of course our tastes change over time, so just because she doesn't like it now doesn't mean you don't try again in a year.

Definitely keep trying! They will adapt their tastes to what they're fed. Don't feed her foods that she only eats. Instead offer 3-4 choices at meal times with one item being something she loves. That way you're still exposing her to new things but you can be sure she gets something in her tummy. If she is still hungry she will eat some of the other food. Don't give up or you will have a picky eater on your hands.

You didn't mention how old she is but food is so much more than taste. Food is also about texture too. Perhaps she doesn't like particular textures or isn't interested in new textures. I happen to like a colorful varied textured plate of food, always have but I did have to learn to try new things over time. It took a long time but my mom successfully taught me how to learn and enjoy new flavors and textures of a variety of food so I am adventurous and have passed this down to my son.