Hi girls 
We have a problem with giving Daniel solid foods
Up intil he was 9 1/2 months old we had absolutely no problems with weaning. He ate what he was given, sometimes was crancy, sometimes not. Usually he had approx 250gramm of porridge in the morning + one youghurt, lunch - 250gramm of savory (and he ate almoust anything) + 150 gramm either of youghurt or fruit puree, then for the he had the same as for lunch. Plus 1 bottle of milk 9oz in the morning, one in the evening and one at 11pm (dreamfeed). And he just sometimes woke up for a dummy. Aw, and during the day he had a couple bits of fruit or biscuits.
His regime was the same even when his first 2 bottom teeth came out at once.
But NOW! its a total nightmare. If in the morning he is more or less ok, (he still eats just about half what he used to) then ALL the other feeds 
First of all he wouldnt eat at all unless he has some sort of toy in his hands, which he has a need to drop ALL the time (starts screaming if you dont pick it up or give him another). Lately I stopped constantly doing that, screaming increased 100%
Second, he seems to prefer jar food I love cooking and making stuff for him, but he just wouldnt eat it. he has a first mouthfull and just starts crying and screaming and waving his hands about! Aw, and spitting anything that follows. And those arent just grumbling type screams, but a proper hysteric (sp?)
If he has a jar food, then he has a couple of spoons, sometimes more. And, again, if there isnt something to enertain him he wouldnt open his mouth at all. The most he would eat of the jar in any time is 2/3 of it. And if he eats that much, it means that next time he would eat just a few spoons. He doesnt even want sweet stuff afterwards!
Its like he is completely uniterested in food Before I used to trick him in eating by mixing something he really like with some savory and he used to polish it off. Now I even dont know what he likes. 
Every single feed is a struggle which last for an hour. A kitchen after it looks like a bombsite and I have a major migrane for the next 2 hours
I am really FED UP!
He still would eat biscuits during the day. I tried just giving him fingerfoods. Well, he would eat a bit of chiken and some bread and everything else ends up squashed between his fingers and on the floor Eve bananas which were his favorites!
(and by a bit I mean like the size of his 2 fingers)
He started waking up in the night for food. And during the day I know that he is hungry, cos when we come to the kitchen he starts going "amamamamam" which means he wants food. But, he would have that chiken or rusk and that would be it.
So, what to do??! Should I just let him eat as much (or as little in this case) as he wants and not bother? Or should I keep trying (and It is driving me mad) ??
And, does it EVER improve??
Thanks for your replies
We have a problem with giving Daniel solid foods
Up intil he was 9 1/2 months old we had absolutely no problems with weaning. He ate what he was given, sometimes was crancy, sometimes not. Usually he had approx 250gramm of porridge in the morning + one youghurt, lunch - 250gramm of savory (and he ate almoust anything) + 150 gramm either of youghurt or fruit puree, then for the he had the same as for lunch. Plus 1 bottle of milk 9oz in the morning, one in the evening and one at 11pm (dreamfeed). And he just sometimes woke up for a dummy. Aw, and during the day he had a couple bits of fruit or biscuits.
His regime was the same even when his first 2 bottom teeth came out at once.
But NOW! its a total nightmare. If in the morning he is more or less ok, (he still eats just about half what he used to) then ALL the other feeds
First of all he wouldnt eat at all unless he has some sort of toy in his hands, which he has a need to drop ALL the time (starts screaming if you dont pick it up or give him another). Lately I stopped constantly doing that, screaming increased 100%
Second, he seems to prefer jar food
I love cooking and making stuff for him, but he just wouldnt eat it. he has a first mouthfull and just starts crying and screaming and waving his hands about! Aw, and spitting anything that follows. And those arent just grumbling type screams, but a proper hysteric (sp?)If he has a jar food, then he has a couple of spoons, sometimes more. And, again, if there isnt something to enertain him he wouldnt open his mouth at all. The most he would eat of the jar in any time is 2/3 of it. And if he eats that much, it means that next time he would eat just a few spoons. He doesnt even want sweet stuff afterwards!
Its like he is completely uniterested in food
Before I used to trick him in eating by mixing something he really like with some savory and he used to polish it off. Now I even dont know what he likes. Every single feed is a struggle which last for an hour. A kitchen after it looks like a bombsite and I have a major migrane for the next 2 hours
I am really FED UP!
He still would eat biscuits during the day. I tried just giving him fingerfoods. Well, he would eat a bit of chiken and some bread and everything else ends up squashed between his fingers and on the floor
Eve bananas which were his favorites!(and by a bit I mean like the size of his 2 fingers)
He started waking up in the night for food. And during the day I know that he is hungry, cos when we come to the kitchen he starts going "amamamamam" which means he wants food. But, he would have that chiken or rusk and that would be it.
So, what to do??! Should I just let him eat as much (or as little in this case) as he wants and not bother? Or should I keep trying (and It is driving me mad)
??And, does it EVER improve??
Thanks for your replies
My middle daughter was a very poor eater - she'd only have half a jar of food at a time but this seemed to be ok for her. That said, she woke up for milk feeds at night till she was about 18 months and it was just easier to give her them than to fight it. But I'm guessing you don't want to do that having had a child who slept through before. 
