At this point, should I be concerned? (Food)

[hass2001]

So Sam has become quite the picky eater. And she is starting to turn her head at purees but still gags on some solids.

Her favorite things are yogurt, cheese, eggs, some cut up fruits, and puffs/mum-mums. Pretty much all veggies are a no-go.

At this point, isn't it all about getting them to try things, and not really about them getting the nutrition from the solids?

[Deleted]

Adele was weird with food. Pedi gave me a time frame of 15m for taking a spoon of food and eating small bites. If she wasn't eating by then we were to see a specialist for a swallow study. She ate better by 14m...seemed like she didn't lose tongue thrust reflex until after 12m.

[greenkitty98]

Right now, our babies should be getting most of their nutrition from formula or bm.

All you can do is keep trying a variety of foods (let her play with/explore different textures to get used to them). It can take up to 20 times of introducing a food to get a baby to eat it.

My DS also disliked a lot of veggies, so we mixed them with fruit to get him to eat them. (Ex: apples/sweet potatoes, pears/peas, pears/spinach)

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My pedi cautioned me about getting to worried that she wasn't eating and just giving puffs "because its all she'll eat" all their nutrition is from BM/formula still so I offer veggies and only veggies at least once a day.

I had to be careful because she wouldn't eat the veggies so I'd give something "better" but I think she was starting to figure me out and would just refuse until I gave her what she wanted. She's doing a little better with veggie purées now

[jenbelle]

Joshua is refusing quite a bit as well, and being MSPI, it really limits a lot of what I can give him. He is finally eating rice cereal at DC, and at home, we just keep trying different fruits and veggies. He loves those puffs though!

[devotchka]

I have a friend who's kid LOVED veggie purees as a baby and now hates veggies as a toddler. So she keeps trying. The kid is really picky, she only eats certain stuff - smoothies seem to work well so she still gives her Plum pouches. Today we went out to eat for breakfast and she gave her some toast, potatoes and chicken sausage and most kids would at least eat the toast and potatoes, but not this kid. She was so hungry too! Mama ended up whipping out a plum grain + fruit + yogurt pouch and that worked.
In this situation, and in yours I would probably keep trying and trying and trying - esp w/ veggies. While most of the nutrition comes from BM, you do need to supplement a little for iron as BM doesn't have as much as they need right now. If you use formula, it's fortified. Also I think it's just about them getting used to eating with us and different textures and flavors. Food is an adventure and fun experience, so my goal is to teach my kid that. He is at the point where he eats what we eat but I try not to give him fatty and salty things or foods w/ very much added sugar (if any)