7 Mo Liked Solids Served W/ a Spoon Now Seals His Lips Shut!

Mine is refusing baby food, too, has since 8 months. (Now 11 mo) I just gave her what she wanted - "real" food, cut up. It'll help if the adults around him are eating fruits/veggies, etc so that what he wants to steal is actually good for him!! But I also don't see anything wrong with pizza once in a while - plain cheese - but that's just me. Oh - and he might just want to feed himself, perhaps?? Mine did that, refused the spoon but if I put it down in front of her she'd pick it up and eat it. :)

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Have you tried letting him hold his own spoon? Sometimes that is enough to do it.

My 15 month all of a sudden won't open his mouth unless I let him hold the lid to the baby food jar. Odd, but it's his new idiosyncracy, so that's what I've gotta do for now. Good luck!

Hi C.,

Solids are fine for a 7 month old. The only reason they are not really started sooner is because of a choking hazard. I would just avoid dairy products and HONEY until one year.

If your son has had any of the baby cereals, which is the suggested very first food for a baby, he has already had grains. So, don't stress!! You will know if his belly is not happy with something, so just keep a close watch so you know what foods have what effects.

The Gerber hotline is a great help too: 1-800-4-GERBER

L.

Has someone been feeding him from the table? I never fed mine anything from the table until they were a year old, not even mashed potatoes or ice cream. My kids always did that as well. I perfected getting spoonfuls in mouths that were shut and turned away. Usually, if you can get the first bite in they will eat the rest. If they don't like what your serving them, you might try alternating bites with something they like or combine two things or the same spoon. I would sometimes dip one side of the spoon into something they liked and the other side of the spoon into something they didn't. Or shoving something they did not like into their mouth followed immediately with something they did like.

My now 10.5 mo/old redused baby food altogether. He did not want to be fed with a spoon...he clamped his mouth completely shut and pushed the spoon away. I was starting to think he had an oral aversion (he also had acid reflux, and I think that may have contirbuted to him not wanting to eat). I tried off/on for about 4 months to get him to eat baby food. Then at almost 9 months he decided he wanted to feed himself. So I let him! Now he's eating almost everything we do (within reason, and no meats). I think he is just very independant when it comes to eating, so I let him be, as long as he's eating. He will now let me feed him some things with a spoon, but only if he has finger foods, too.

I also agree with PP's to let him hold his own spoon, though it may get messy. You may be able to sneak some bites in there if you both have a spoon;)

Pizza is healthy if cooked right, athough high in fat, but for babies they need fat for brain development. Just choose healthy foods to eat yourself and then you can give him small pieces of whatever you are having. Stay away from dairy, nuts and eggs as long as you can, and no honey until after age 1. If he's ready for more textured foods, he'll show that by refusing baby textured stuff. My 7 year old still will not eat mashed potatos, applesauce, etc. but scarfs down cooked broccolli and cauliflower. Go figure!

I'm sorry-I was hallucinating. For goodness sake-get a baby book and read it cover to cover-babies don't get solid food until they're six months old. They get certains foods at certain times-and that's that!

This reminds me of my darling newphew Caleb. For the longest time he refused to eat almost anything. My sister was so worried about him she practically cried every day, her doc said he wasnt under weight and to just let it pass, he would only eat doritos or noodle soup! Awful! He would seal his lips and my sister could not get him to eat anything, I would tell my sister dont give him anything until he is hungry, the problem is he could go a whole day without eating anything and she was worried to death he'd end up in the hospital. She just decided to do it day by day and let him eat the doritos and noodles for a while and slowly try other foods, he outgrew it and now he eat a much more balanced diet. lol your baby will probably get over this soon. good luck to you.

Let him hold his own spoon. Yes...it's messy so don't dress him like he's going to the opera before he eats.

He's getting to the age where he wants what he sees other people eating. It happens. It's not the end of the world.
If you don't want to introduce certain things yet, fine, but let him have little pieces of avocado or fruit that he can pick up by himself and put in his own mouth. Give him a bowl, a spoon and a bib and let him go for it.

My son when throught this phase. He was about 8 months and no longer would let me feed him with a spoon. I found that he really just wanted to feed himself. So I would cut up age approprate bite size food and in about 3 weeks he was back to letting me feed him. He is now 16 months and eats great.