Hi ,

After some advice with solids. I started my 2nd daughter on solids at 6 1/2mths. Prior to this she was fully breastfed and continues to be breastfed on demand in between trying to get some food into her! Sheis 8mths old now.

I persevered with 'mash/puree for 2 weeks and just couldn't get her to have more than 1/2 a teaspoon after the 2weeks. Lots of caljoling/games to get her to open her mouth. I worked out that this wasn't working so started on finger foods instead - much better and of course she would also take food that was mushy from my fingertips.

Doing slow food introduction and she has reacted to apples and carrots so far. So we have stopped them. ATM she is not wanting to even eat finger foods at all. I have heard at this age that with starting on the 'big' motor milestones like crawling that they become less interested in food, she is also perpetually 'teething' with lots of drool. She just pushes it out of her mouth with her tongue or spits it out.

So what she is good at eating now is soft toast (rice/pumkin bread) and rice rusk sticks. She also likes drinking water out of a cup. Thats it. So far we have tried pear, corn, rice cereal, rice/pumkin bread, pumkin, potato, zucchini, peach, beef, lamb, chicken, choko, apple, carrot, oats. We introduced foods that were low in salicilates from a food intolerance point of view as she is intolerant to dairy, wheat and soy through breastfeeding (excema).

Her routine is 5am bf back to sleep; 6am up and breakfast at 6.30 - 7am; play; sleep 9am; up at 11am play; 12 noon lunch; sleep 1pm; up at 3pm; dinner 4pm; bath 4.30; play; bed 6.30; roll over feed 10pm. I demand bf her during the day which is generally every 4hrs and a little one after solids.

Any ideas?