My ds ate mountains of food until almost the day he turned 10 months. He started being fussy and clamping his mouth shut when i tried to spoon feed him. We figured out that it was because he wants to feed himself. I usually make him nice home cooked meals, but i cant get him to take any, and i have tried to let him use the spoon but he just chews it or throws it!
I panicked at first and am a little stressed at how little he is eating, but the hv assured me that he will not starve himself and to let him try and feed himself even if it's very messy and not much goes in. She also advised to try and give him more things he can pick up and eat, and to offer him his meal, and calmly clean up and offer nothing else if he doesnt eat it.
I have had some success tonight after he picked up and ate some chicken and veg that i put down for him, and he can manage finger foods, sandwiches, home made fish fingers etc. The problem is, he is with a cm three days a week where he has tea, and i need some ideas of what to give him that is fillings and nutritional enough, but which the cm can just reheat with no faff. Short of sandwiches all day long i am running out of ideas...does anyone have experience of this?
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What to give 10 month old who refuses to let me feed hin but can't spoon feed himself?
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SomewhereOnlyWeKnow · 12/12/2013 20:59
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