I'm getting annoyed

[LisaJ1986]

I'm starting to get fed up of feeding her! To start with it was ok, actually quite fun. But now she just winds me up. Whenever i put a spoon of food in her mouth she blows on it and food goes everywhere!!! It's getting more frequent now! So now i don't really know how much food she's taking and wants boobie feeding about half an hour later! She gets so distracted by everything too!

Any ideas?

 

[Sherlock]

I'd give her a spoon as well and be prepared for a bit of mess Let her get involved and use her fingers and so on, even if it gets messy. She'll taste and mess around and in the meantime you can get some on your spoon and into her mouth.

 

[daftscotslass]

Lisa I feel for you because we now sit in the kitchen/dining room facing a wall with the blinds closed! If I so much as smile at her when she has a mouthful the tongue goes out and she blows a raspberry and it goes everywhere. She manages to focus better when she's feeding herself (she's had a few bits of banana now and has a go with the spoon) so I think we'll go down the BLW route when she's 6 months (only 2 weeks today for both of ours, can you believe it? ).

Not much help I know but we're in the same boat!

 

[purple13]

if she's not that bothered by food, i wouldn't push it TBH. she's getting all the nutrients she needs from her booby milk - solids are just empty calories at the moment.

she doesn't need to be on solids yet, so why not just stick to boob and offer finger food when you're both in the mood (doesn't have to be at set meal times) - keep it fun! the last thing you want is to be getting stressed about it, cos she'll link that to food and it could cause problems.

FWIW connor is on 3 meals a day and booby feeds after each one. he has meals when he devours anything in front of him, and then other times when he's really not that bothered and would rather throw it round the room - i don't push it, if he doesn't want food, i just give him boob instead.

 

[DebbieM]

Luke wouldn't eat brekkie this morning until he had had his boob. Matt had to stop with the porridge and I sat in the kitchen with my boob out feeding him for about 5 mins and then he ate all his brekkie.

These babies know exactly what they want!!!!!

 

[LisaJ1986]

She opens her mouth ready for the food, then just as i put the spoon in her mouth she blows on it. She has this massive cheeky grin so she knows what she's doing. But then if i'm not fast enough getting the odd spoonful in her mouth i will hear about it. She doesn't do it with her dad!
I'm gonna try giving her another spoon. And i will be trying the BLW road on a couple of weeks. (God, DSL. How scary is this? 6 months old in 2 weeks!!!)
I'm gonna make her dad feed her if it doesn't work! She doesn't want boob at teatime, she refuses it. Then she'll have her tea, and half an hour later she wants boob again. Then the vomiting begins!!!

 

[kalia]

She is having great fun and playing a game that gets mummy's attention. DD is a couple of weeks younger but she doesn't know what the word 'no' means. To stop her doing something I either have to distract her or take her away from the situation. If it were me I'd offer the food, if she did that I would stop feeding her. All of her nutrition comes from milk, not food so it would be in no way detrimental and hopefully she'd learn that if she wants to eat then that is what she has to do without you getting stressed at her.

 

[beanie]

She is having great fun and playing a game that gets mummy's attention. DD is a couple of weeks younger but she doesn't know what the word 'no' means. To stop her doing something I either have to distract her or take her away from the situation. If it were me I'd offer the food, if she did that I would stop feeding her. All of her nutrition comes from milk, not food so it would be in no way detrimental and hopefully she'd learn that if she wants to eat then that is what she has to do without you getting stressed at her.

I agree. At this age food is fun and needs to be explored, its not a source of nutrition. I personally would just let her play with her food, give her finger foods and let her feed herself. If you are getting stressed she will pick up on it and associate food with stress. Cally isstartig to eat more solids (well a bit more then before, the majority still ends on the floor) and still feeds a lot from me but that is normal.

 

[LisaJ1986]

I think it's coz for the last month she's fed so well. Had the odd distraction but that's it.
I laugh more than get stressed. But i know she picks up on that which is why she's probably like it.
It's just she cries for it. At 5pm she wants feeding. She will refuse my milk and wants the solids. If i'm not quick enough she screams.
So i guess i just let her get on with it, then give her milk when she wants it? Little sod!

 

[DebbieM]

LOL, get this..... Luke has just had.....

Carrot and Sweet potato X BIG FAT NO NO
Lancashire Hot Pot X BIG FAT NO NO
Mango X BIG FAT NO NO
William Christ Pear X BIG FAT NO NO (til we tried him again with it in his walker LOL)

So he ended up with some Organix carrot stix and sweetcorn hoops.

Fussy Galore!

You really just have to follow their lead and see what they will eat at this age. No point in forcing anything.

 

[Redshoes]

I'd ditch the spoon, except for yoghurts and when its needed obviously, and just let her feed herself, I know Isaac went off the spoon completely, he prefered to eat off his fingers, or mine, at that age
Organix is a very popular range, I'd start there maybe, pasta, toast, breadsticks, any fruit or veg in sticks or however it comes hehe
Very best wishes