9 Month Old Daughter Refusing Baby Food, Not Quite Ready for Solid Food...

Have you tried chopped up boiled egg? Cottage cheese? There are lots of kinds of fruit, what about peaches? Apricots? Strawberries? Keep in mind that it takes many (11+) times for them to even try a new food before it becomes something that they will eat regularly. I would continue to offer an assortment of whatever you are offering that meal and not sweat it if she doesn't eat everything. As long as she is getting her main food from her bottle, she is fine. Mention it to your pediatrician next visit.
Just keep tryin'!

I would venture to say that she could probably get most of her nutrients from the small cooked veggies and cheese. I mean, that's basically what baby food is...it's just odd that she's still so hungry. If she really won't eat any baby food then I would probably just keep giving her the foods she will eat and throw in new ones each time you feed her just to expose her. Give her as much of the finger foods she will eat as she wants until she's full and then give her the formula. I wouldn't so much worry about giving her a varitey of nutrients etc. at this point, she'll make up what she's lacking from the formula.

I would back off the applesauce and yogurt...she's probably revolting anything that comes from a spoon so you might as well let that go. Also, Gerber makes this baby pasta stuff that is like little ravioli and it doesn't have the same texture as other pasta so she might like it. My daughter refused baby food at exactly this point and although she did eat pretty much everything else, she loved these pastas. Also, have you tried vienna sausages? I also bought the gerber variety, they grossed me out less, and my daughter LOVED those things. You could also try hot dogs cut up really small.

This would be hard...the transition to table food is supposed to take the pressure off! :) Hang in there...she will eat again...just keep exposing her to new foods!

oh my God, I feel like that was me asking this question! My son is now 19 months old and until he was 1 we had the most awful time getting him to eat/drink! He never liked any kind or brand of formula and it never mattered if it was a bottle or cup, he hated it! so we changed him to whole milk at 7 months. SO, then he was just like ur daughter with solids! He loooved cheese and all things crunchy and did not like me to feed him anything! I would get so stressed because he would swat the spoon and make a mess. At one point I think I was being forceful and that made things worse. He had horrible texture issues and did not like 'slimy' things either. Basically, his dr said he was growing so not to be worried (but I still was!) my son would even vomit if I tried to give him something he did not like. I was soooo upset for a long time. my son is 'scrawny' but 100th percentile for height so he looks even smaller.
I slowly continued to offer him noodles, other veggies and fruits, anything. Sometimes he would try it, other times not and I would end up giving him what I knew he would eat. I gave him liquid vitamins (poly vi sol) and after he was 1, i started him on Pediasure and now he gets Carnation instant breakfast before bed if he didn't eat much.
If you have a Trader Joe's near you, try getting their freeze dried fruits, They have bananas, strawberries, mangoes and blueberries. That helped with my son since he loved crunchy things. There's no preservatives or anything so it's still healthy and it eased my mind a bit.
All I can say is try not to stress (she will sense that!). Don't be forceful (will only make it worse!). If she's not cranky or sick from not eating, then she might not need as much as other children. If she is still drinking a lot of formula, well it is good for her! (my friends daughter took 16 oz in 1 sitting as she did not eat much until she was 1!) I know it seems like she's not getting a lot but you'd be surprised how different each baby is (take it from me, people made me feel bad or like an idiot or bad mom cuase my son wouldn't eat) but you have to realize she knows whats best for her.

GOOD LUCK!

Keep in mind that it takes some babies upwards of 10 times of being introduced to a food before they accept it into their diet. This goes especially for solid table food. Back off the solids a little and go back to the baby food. There's nothing wrong with the 3rd foods for a 9mo. Try to make table food more of a "game" and "play time" for her and just let her go at her own pace :) Keep the faith that she's getting all the nutrition she needs from the formula she's drinking.

My daughter did the same thing at about 8 months. She's 2 weeks away from 12 months now and still has no teeth and will refuse to eat even if we hand bites to her (she wants to pick it up). So, I totally understand your frustration. We've used self-feeders and Sassy spoons that have holes that hold food in the bowl of the spoon better so she can feed herself some food. But, other foods we've done that she likes are tofu (seasoned, cooked, and diced), freeze dried veggies (my daughter particularly likes snap peas), pancakes with vegetable puree in them, black beans (seasoned or just out of the can), avocados, melon, thinly sliced apples, and chickpeas (seasoned or just out of the can). I basically have had to just experiment with different foods.

My son refused any jar food or solid food until after 9 months. He was a reflux child. After discussing with my Pediatrician, she suggested a speech therapist. A team from Early Intervention did evaluate him, and agreed he was behind with his eating. It was all an oral issue, due to his reflux. He had 6 or so sessions with the speech path, and then finally started finger foods. He really refused all jar foods, and went right to people food. To this day thought at age 2.5, he is very picky. Maybe a banana or grapes, but no veggies. No meat unless it is breaded, loves cheese and milk, which causes him constipation. I hope it out grows this fussy eating one day.