Still won’t eat

Is he refusing food altogether or just tasting it and refusing afterwards? Is he teething?

Take a break for a few days and come back. Deep in bottle refusal, I stopped pressuring and offering. It makes it worse. I stopped the bottle for a few days and only did solids and she came back to it. That was around 10 months. Inknow if you aren’t offering milk then you can’t not do solids. I might do only milk a day. Take a breather. The next day offer breakfast. Put it on his tray and turn around and do the dishes. If he refuses move on. See if you can do the same at lunch and dinner. Do it for a couple days. He’ll eat when he’s hungry, has control and isn’t pressured.

It could be a food consistency issue, my son struggled with food at first as well because he didn't like different textures. I overcame this by making his oatmeal and rice cereal with different amounts of milk to allow him to slowly adjust to different textures. Also if your son likes the food pouches but you are concerned about nutritional value, we used Serenity Kids which what's healthier options some of which are fortified with veggies and bone broth. They have a lot of different flavors which allowed my son to slowly expand his pallet with a texture he is comfortable with. I was impressed when I started using these and could see the different ingredients in the puree. I've also found some good snacks without added sugars by Earths Best. He likes to graze throughout the day instead of eating big meals and these snacks have been helpful in our food journey too. I also noticed he wants to do what we are doing so I often offer him food from my plate and he seems more interested.

Food therapy isn’t covered? Have you checked to see if speech language pathology (SLP) is covered or Occupational therapy (OT)? It should be covered, we only pay a copay for ours.

My daughter is like this. I give her two pedisures a day if she barley eats anything

I’m sorry you’re going through this, it’s so stressful! I went through something similar with my older child.

My little man goes through phases of not wanting to eat. I found that he likes to think it’s not for him. I’ll make extra of whatever I’m eating and if I’m sitting and eating he will want bites of mine. I’ve also found that he doesn’t like when we watch him eat. So I will “leave the room” we have a bar I will stand on the other side of so I can still make sure he’s not choking.

My guy will do one good day and then not eat great after that. Keep trying new foods. I usually sit with him and eat when he eats. If he refuses a food I eat it and then we try again the next day. Also, there are quite a few of the pouches that are pretty healthy. We are offering them after he sits and eats. If he doesn’t eat well I let him have a pouch. I have also been using them as a snack to replace high milk consumption. When we are teething eating is hit or miss. Also we introduced silverware. Silicone handles and metal serving ends. I let him feed himself (I help load the food on) he thinks it’s a game and he eats a ton more when he gets to hold the silverware. Maybe give that a try!

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I struggled with my baby not wanting to eat solids too. I believe it was a texture thing and I was getting so stressed about it but now he eats really well except he still won't eat bread. We started with oatmeal and we made most of his baby food. So over time we just made the baby food more and more chunky and he would eventually get used to it. My husband would also hold him in the kitchen and while my husband would snack on something like strawberries or watermelon, he would offer it to my son and eventually my son showed interest and wanted to try it too. I would also try offering puffs or cheerios with the other food you offer. Hang in there! I know this is a stressful process

Mine even refuses pouches now pretty much only eats coconut yogurt melts, teething crackers and nurses Sometime will eat berries

@Jess he takes some bites sometime and can it but is either super picky or just doesn’t like food lol

@Taylor thank you I’m going to try a break for a few days see what happens ..

@Cynn we do sit and eat together .. he just throws his food at us lol

@Madison we do serenity .. he only eats the turkey .. we literally tried all of them multiple times and I decided it’s not worth the money to just keep throwing them out .. so we do the turkey pouches at night

@Mara our deductible is $3500 for them so we need to pay that $3500 first or split it up into payment which is still a lot

@Amanda my son loves a little fork and feeding himself .. but lately that doesn’t do the trick

@Sarah it really is … my older son ate so good and still does so this is new for me and I really don’t like it