Re: Eating trouble

Posted by Nicole K on May 13, 2003 at 19:03:30:

In Reply to: Eating trouble posted by Marie on May 13, 2003 at 13:04:59:

: My six and a half month old baby boy won't sit still for a moment, not even at mealtimes. He is a very busy and curious little guy. He is generally not interested in eating these days.

: While nursing, he eats for the first 3-4 minutes and then he gets playful and turns his head all around to check out what's happening in the background. When I'm feeding him cereal/solids, he eats the first few spoonfuls and then he starts blowing spit bubbles, tries to grab the spoon, shakes his head wildly from side to side. Most of the food ends up on his clothes, bib or face. (I can rarely aim the spoon at his mouth anymore!) Fruits that were his favorite, too get the same treatment...he never gets past a third or quarter of a jar. Although I find this funny sometimes, mealtimes are becoming stressful for me and they take forever. It takes over 45 minutes to feed him solids these days.

: This is my second baby...my first was/is a food lover, so all this is new! Has anyone gone through this? He seems to eat so little, yet he is full of energy and activity. He seems healthy too. Should I just give up and hope it is a phase? Or is this the beginning of the makings of a picky eater?

Hi,
My 8 month old son has been doing the exact same thing for awhile now as well as biting down on the spoon and putting his hands in the food. It is so frustrating!
Several things that I do to get him to eat is pretend that I'm eating his food and that it tastes really good, make up little songs while I feed him, pretend that the spoon is a train or plane landing in his mouth. He also has two toys attached to his highchair and when he goes to put his mouth on these toys I shovel some food in.
He is the same with his bottles- just not interested most times. I will usually distract him with a favourite show or will sometimes try the formula in a sippy cup. Last resort is to put the formula in his cereal just so he gets enough.

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