a constant battle with my 8mth old and solids.. what to do??

[ShootingStar]

I had a problem with my DD that she wouldnt go past puree food. I just went straight to finger food. But something i want to let you know, when they all start getting onto the lumpier food, they all gag at first because theyre not use to the texture. With DD i would give her tiny pieces of toast with vegemite and encourage chewing. She would gag, she also had reflux lol so there were alot of times she would eat a full meal, last mouthful she gagged and threw it all back up.. but she eventually got there. Even over cook some vegies or pasta so that its super soft and just put it on his plate and let him go for it. Anything to just encourage him to put it in his mouth and once he gets past that gagging and gets use to it, hopefully he will start to eat more.
I know it can be scarey them gagging, but yeh just wanted to let you know thats normal.

Have you tried giving him a spoon when you are feeding him his favourite stuff. Let him do a spoonful, then you can do one etc. Might be a mess, always is when they start to learn to eat.

Only other thing i found that helped a little was eat your meals at the same time as him. If you all sit down and eat, he may be more inclined to eat as well.

But remember as they start moving around they will start to not put so much weight on, or even lose some. He may just not be hungry atm.. hopefully he will eat when hes hungry.
Good luck with it