Jenna of 6.5 months is beginning to lose interest in her solids I have started to follow the weaning plan for my second daughter, having had success with it for my first. I began to wean Jenna at 5 months. The first month went really well. She ate a wide range of vegetables and by 6 months was accepting lentils and chicken. However, over the last two weeks she has started to refuse solids. At first it was just lunch and I thought the cause could be tiredness. I moved lunch from 11.30am to 11am but it has made no difference. She screams at the first sight of a spoon.…

At almost 8 months my daughter is refusing nearly all her solid food Olivia is refusing 95% of her solids. I have tried: self-feeding, spreading veggies on bread fingers, veggie fingers and offering a few ozs of milk then her solids. I have tried to give her a few ozs of milk before solids, but she just grizzles until she gets her bottle (usually after 30-60 minutes of getting her to eat). She has been “teething” for a few months now and I am wondering if that could be the reason, but it could still be months before her first tooth appears. Olivia does not seem to be hungry between…

At 7 months my son refuses all solid food and is hungry at night Samuel is a happy baby and has always eaten well until two weeks ago. Now he refuses everything offered to him regardless of what it is. I have tried finger foods and he just throws them on the floor. I have given him a spoon to hold whilst I feed him; it makes no difference, he just won’t open his mouth. I have tried tricking him by offering water which he will always take and getting a spoon in as he opens his mouth, but he is wise to this now. He is having three milk…

At 8-months-old my son gags and chokes on finger foods and lumps My son will not eat food with lumps of any size nor will he eat finger foods. When this is tried, he gags and coughs until he violently throws up what would appear to be his feed and any previous feeds. As soon as he feels something of a slight lump on his tongue he starts to gag. I have tried banana in very small pieces, yogurt with small bits, cheese strings, bread and toast with the same result of gagging and making himself violently sick. He has mild reflux and has just been prescribed Ranitidine and Domperidone…

My 6.5-month-old son now wants milk more than solids at his meals My son has recently begun to be difficult to feed at lunchtime. For three weeks now, he will not give up his milk at lunchtime. We are down to 5oz, but he refuses his solids and cries throughout lunch for his bottle. He is not content to just have some of it between spoonfuls. He does eat the solids, but is very unhappy throughout. I have tried feeding him earlier, and giving him a mid-morning snack in case he was just too hungry to wait for solids to fill him up; neither worked. Now, he is beginning to…

Should I speed up the weaning process now my son is 6 months old? I started weaning my son at 4.5 months according to the guidelines in Gina’s weaning book, and he took to all the solids I introduced (the “first foods” as stated) very well. However, I took him on holiday to America for 3 weeks (we have just returned) and while I did continue feeding him solids to keep him interested, after making sure he had had a full breast feed before each “meal” , I didn’t venture beyond the “first foods” which are baby rice, pear, apple, carrot, sweet potato, green bean and courgette. He has been…

My 7-month-old daughter seems hungry and irritable before lunch and tea time My 7-month-old daughter has been feeding and sleeping well on the CLB routine. However, she does seem to get very irritable and hungry well before her feed times at 11.30am and 5.30pm. She seems satisfied after each meal, so I am not sure whether I should also be giving her snacks between meals. At present she is being weaned from the breast, recently dropping the 11 and 2pm feeds. At breakfast she takes 2 tbsp porridge or small unsweetened yoghurt, half a banana or 2 cubes of apple/pear and approx 6oz milk. Lunch is 5 cubes of vegetables…

What finger foods can I give to a 8-month-old baby with no teeth and a possible wheat allergy? As my husband had a severe wheat intolerance as a child (almost fatal!), we waited until 9 months before introducing gluten to my older son’s diet, and will do the same with my 8-month-old baby. However, this restricts the finger foods we can give him. My older son (4 years old), was very slow to accept textured food, or lumps, and his brother is showing signs of going the same way. I’ve tried introducing fruit: pieces of banana, melon, raspberries etc, and he is very keen, but he invariably gags, often bringing…

My 8 month daughter still wakes at night for a feed. Is she really hungry? My daughter who is just 8 months is still waking for a feed in the night. Can she really still be hungry at this age? We started the CLB routines from week 1, but she has never consistently slept through the night. However we dropped the 10/10.30pm feed at 4 months, as she was still waking up again for another feed before 7am. We found that if we let her sleep, she would only wake up once in the night before 7am. We felt that this was acceptable to us, and we honestly thought that…

How do I adjust the routines for teatime so my husband can still enjoy putting our 7mth old daughter to bed at 8pm? My daughter is very much a contented baby, thanks to your routines. She is now 7 months and is about to start the second weaning stage where protein will be introduced at lunch time. My issue is that my husband leaves the house at 7am and does not return until 7pm. If I put my daughter to bed at 7pm he will not see her until the weekend which is not acceptable to us. Up until now my daughter has been feeding and sleeping according to the…