My Baby Only Likes Fruit

I wouldn't classify this under "terrible habits". It's not like she's eating twinkies. ;) Yes, babies like sweet things. Breast milk is very sweet btw, like cantelope even, and this is probably why they favor sweet things. It doesn't matter if you introduce fruits first or not. If they like them they like them. What are you going to do? Everyone has a preference and your dd just happens to like fruit. She's a little fruit bat like my son. Does she like sweet potatoes or carrots? They're full of nutrition too.

I would just try mixing the fruit in with the veggies and see if she'll take them. You can always start cutting back on the amount of fruit you mix in over time. Just keep introducing different foods and don't make a big deal if it if she suddenly doesn't liek things. I can't get my son to eat a sweet potato or apple sauce anymore, but he loves cauliflower. Go figure. There's no reason to go to the jarred foods either. Some of them are full of added salt and other things. Fresh foods, preferable organic too, are great and cheaper too. Check out the book, Super Baby Foods for some ideas. I know there've been a number of baby food making posts that also had some good links.

Frankly, I wouldn't worry about it too much yet. She's only 9 months old. Food the first year is just an experiment and they should be getting the bulk of their nutrition from you or formula. The fact that she's eating fruit is great. I know some kids who never touch the stuff. Don't worry too much.

I did the same thing--mixing fruit with veggies. I think that is fine, but maybe you should try jarred food if you think she will eat it better. My little one didn't like homemade babyfood either. Don't panic--I think most kids do this at some point. Just keep trying different combinations together and see what works best!! Good Luck!

It's normal...don't worry. I told my son that he had to eat his veggies before he at the fruit, & yes, it did work. He was about 8 or 9 mos. old when he started refusing veggies. You just have to work at it.

Try jarred food, but I would not start putting salt on it. That will lead to some bad habits if you're already starting to salt their food. Just bring out the veggies first...when they are done, then bring out the fruit. Don't give in. Once you give in, they will expect it all the time. Good luck!

My 13-month old is the same, but hey, in the whole scheme of things, fruit is pretty nutritious. I usually give her fruit 2x a day and try for a vegetable at one meal. She has come around to eating peas and zucchini. When she ate baby food, she liked carrots and sweet potatoes, as those are fairly sweet vegetables. Now that she eats table food, she still way prefers fruit and will eat it all first. Then, when she's sees it's all gone, she'll eat the other things on her plate. Good luck.

Elizabeth
I wouldn't worry about your baby not accepting foods that she has accepted previously. From personal experience and from what friends have said, this is fairly common. Just keep what you offer her healthy, and eventually she'll get back to eating it all. Nine months old is still pretty young.
Are you nursing or formula feeding?
A wide variety of intro foods is a good idea anyway, perhaps more so if you are formula feeding.
However, if you are bfing, then no real worries. Breastmilk has sugars in anyway, so as far as not intro-ing 'sugary foods' first, that's kind of a non-issue. Also if you're bf-ing then you're baby has already been exposed to all kinds of foods as you've eaten them. Everything that you eat and drink ends up in some amount in your milk. Think about how something strong like garlic makes your sweat and other body fluids smell. You can't smell all foods, but you can still know that they're present in your milk. As convenient as jarred food can be, if you're enjoying making your baby's food, I say go for it!
So long as all of your offerings are healthy, she'll be fine!
IMO, don't sweat it - it's very common and nothing that you neccessarily need to try to 'fix' :-)

HTH
K. H, mama to
Catherine, 4yrs
Samuel, 1yr

I made baby food as well, and LOVED doing it. I ended up making some and using jarred food as well. I put a little cinnamon in her sweet potatoes and squash. And for any vegetable that she doesn't like (whenever a phase came along when veggies weren't her fave), I would do a half spoonful of apples or pears (or whatever would pair well with it) and then the other half of the spoon the vegetable. I think they go through phases, I would just keep offering the vegetables (either by themselves, with cinnamon, or along with fruit on the spoon). I've always read that when they don't like something, just keep offering (never forcing or making a big deal of it though), and they may develop a taste for it.

NEVER introduce fruit first b/c it is sweet and they are being taught to only want sweet stuff. This sets up a life long issue with meals. Is start all of mine out on fresh veges from the table ran thru the food processor or mashed finely with a fork. I take it out b/4 I season it and process it and feed it to them. Mine (all of them) will eat anything green before they will eat other veges. It amazes people but they do not know different. I have had 5 foster drug babies this year. They all left here eating all veges and it amazes people. It is all in what you teach them to eat. At first they will make icky faces but they will learn that that is what they are SUPPOSED to eat b/c you keep giving it to them. Good luck.