Hey ladies,

New in here, but have read up a bit!

So, our little story is that for two weeks from 6 months DS was fending off spoon food as though he was the karate kid and choking it down as though it were the spiciest indian curry (yeah, right - just rice cereal or pureed apples!). Handed him a stick of avocado in frustration and he ate it!! He still refuses anything by spoon and wants to be independent and eat himself. I was concerned that he's not really getting any of it, but have been reading that this is all ok! And besides, his horrible nappies are proving me wrong. Only thing is that I'm worried we're doing lots of starchy bread and biscuit things, but fruit and veggies are difficult, they just seem too soft and he mushes them everywhere. Look forward to reading some advice on this today. Am going to try avo spread onto a cruskit tonight followed by possibly some yoghurt - I'm sure that will be messy!

Also, contrary to most of what I have been reading DS is more of a savoury boy than sweet. A beautiful finger of cooked pear was met with distaste and he's not a fan of apples either. Has dealt with some banana and kiwi ok, but this is all so different from feeding DD who loved everything off a spoon and mushy!!!