10 Month Old and Eating

My 10 MO will not eat from a spoon either. She will try if I let her hold it but that doesn't work out, so we've completely skipped the traditional baby food. Happy baby freeze dried yogurt and/or veggie puffs and baby mum-mum rice rusks are all melt in your mouth finger foods and some days that's all she will eat. For a while I was using one of those net-on-a-stick feeder things by nuby with some avacado or sweet potato in it. I am always very worried about choking, but now that she's got 6 teeth usually if I give her mushed up tiny pieces of something i'm eating she'll eat a good bit. MD's advice is as long as she's getting plenty of milk and growing and developing as she should, there's not much to worry about the first year. Just give her whatever she'll eat (safely)so you can get some sleep at night, something will work. You can work on table manners next year when you're rested ;)

Have you tried putting pieces of food on her tray and letting her feed herself?

your best answer will probably come from your doctor, but what if you cut stuff up and let her pick it up and eat it herself? my son, although only 8 months, is not much into food. he'd rather nurse constantly (day and night) but he will now eat cereal, mixed with breatmilk only and not too thick, and will get into picking up stuff himself. at any rate, probably best to talk to your pediatrician. but, children don't actually NEED food until they are a year if they are nursed, so you probably don't have to worry. keep trying.

Try buying some of the little cracker snacks that you find at the store and put them down for her to eat whenever she wants.........be sure to give her extra little snacks for night time.........then she will hopefully not wake up in the middle of the night..........

You might try cheese puffs too......and fish crackers.........finger foods, french fries..........get the toy food too.....so she can play with that and get used to what things are.........then just let her play and experiment........

She's testing your will.........if you let her, she will be a very picky eater........so just take it slow, let her play with food and she'll be fine....

Good luck and take care........try to get the kids to nap so you can too!

Hi A.
First of all, all babies spit their food out, but since you have an older child I am assuming that this is excessive. So I say when you have a type of food that is working you use it. So use the packets and introduce new. Sounds to me like she is preventing herself from choking or doesn't know how to swallow some foods. I have not dealt with this myself, but I had two children that had to be taught to suck and one of them had alot of trouble-years- of choking.
Second I would think that this is something that you can easily call the MD's office and ask for help about. That is what people do when they don't know how to get their baby to suck. The nurse helped me, just like they would if she was in the NICU.
Lastly she is only 10 months old, it is aok to just give her what she does swallow and relax, as long as she really gets enough of it while she gets used to the new texture.
God bless you and give you patience and peace

Hi, Obviously I would check this out with my pediatrician to rule out any tongue issue. But, if that's not a problem, I know this will sound silly but my friend's son had a problem eating early on and when I babysat for her one time, I gave him little pieces of a Martin's potato roll - very soft and they can just gum it. He loved it, couldn't get enough of it and hasn't stopped eating since. I'm sure this is probably too simple a solution to work but if it were me, I would at least give it a try. Good luck!

Hi There,
Maybe give her more control. Why not just put her down in her high chair at mealtime with a small bowl of baby food or yougurt, and a couple simple finger foods, and ignore her (obviously close by). Let her explore, touch, play with her food etc. and don't make a big deal of it. Also, give her meals when she is hungry... not too hungry, but not right after or right before she is due to breast feed. Also, there is no need for a 10 month old to wake up multiple times to feed in the night. Maybe wean her from a few of the feedings (she will cry at first, but she will ajust). This, will eventually make her hungrier, and possibly more willing to eat solids....and eventually she might fill up on the food and not nead as much to drink. Just keep on introducing foods to her, let her explore and don't give up too soon!