8 month old - ZERO interest in solids

[Liviam]

I agree with the previous posts. Definitely give BLS solids a try and you may find that is more appealing. Good luck.

[Traveller]

I was going to suggest BLW too but I see everyone else has beaten me to it!

If you are new to it a great way to start is sit him in his highchair when you are eating, and just transfer some food from your plate to his so he knows he is having exactly the same as you. Broccoli is a great starter food as it has a built in handle, ditto carrot sticks. Chicken is also very good as it falls apart when gummed in the mouth.

Good luck!

[MantaRay]

Ditto! My first DS was a shocking eater - he was 9 months before he'd eat anything, and even then he was well over 1 before he'd eat a decent quantity. With DS2 I inadvertently did BLS - with number 2 you have less time to puree anyway, and also he would grab his brother's food - and he was a great eater from day 1.

Also, one of the great things about BLS is it gives the baby the control to eat as much as they want, and they will eat what they need. So you don't need to worry about whether they are getting enough - they are. If they are not eating much it's because they don't need much just yet.

All the best hun, try not to stress

[allycat06]

My DS flatly refused food until he was about 8 months, I tried BLS and making my own mashed baby food but he wouldn't have a bar of it. The only thing he would eat was biscuits. Then once he started crawling he suddenly developed this monster appetite (he doesn't have any teeth yet either). As long as he's getting some BM and generally seems happy there shouldn't be much of a problem, he'll eat when he's ready.

[Fleur]

AR doesn't have any teeth, and she's pretty good with her food. But I do find she does much better with BLS; she will eat purees if she has to (ie, I don't have dinner ready in time ) but she eats more, and for longer when it's BLS.
Don't know if that's any help... hope you get the feeding sorted soon, it must be hard haivng to go into child care to feed him. Maybe the sippy cup will work?
Good luck

[BekZ]

Hi Mamapan

DD2 didn't want solids until she was 9months. We struggled and then one day she just started eating.

Personally I would look more at just offering finger foods and let him play. Don't be concerned about how much he is getting. Your aim atm is to introduce him to new tastes and textures.

BTW I always found breakfast and lunch to be more successful than dinner time. My babies tent to be grumpy in the arvos and eating is just too much for them. HTH

[MamaPan]

thanks for the tips girls...
what kind of finger foods would you do? I give hik cruskits which he loves...
he had 50ml ebm from his bottle so far today (so i am expressing at work) - cc said they would call if he wouldnt take any more so i am hopeful he is getting there. they are trying sippy and bottles...
aaah the stresses!