Wont eat lumpy food

Hi My lo Domonic is 8 months and refuses to eat lumpy food or even finger foods i have tried leaving for a while but he just ends up screaming until he gets what he wants please help...

Hi Lisa,

Try not to worry. Has he any teeth yet? The reason i ask is Charlotte didn't get her first teeth til she was 13 months and so she wasn't very good with lumps and finger foods at 8 months. She used to gag as well. She was nearly one before she started to get comfortable with lumps, etc. Don't push it, you don't want to make meal times an issue. Stick with the purees then every now and then slip in a slightly lumpy meal and take it from there.

I hope this helps you.

Zoe xx

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Hi Lisa,
My daughter had the same problems with lumpy food. I think it was because she had no teeth till she was 12 months. The way I got through it was to still puree all her meals then gradually introduce lumps by starting off using a little bit of couscous. And increasing the amount slowly. Then once she had got used to it I then started using the tiny pasta stars.
Like Zoe says, try not to make it an issue with him as the last thing you want is to put him off meal times. If he really cant take the lumps continue pureeing for a while longer,then try again.
Hope this helps. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Ethan is 9 months and he has 7 teeth. He still prefers his pureed dinner although he does eat some finger foods. Will dominic eat something like mashed banana? It is one of Ethan's favourites and you can puree it if you wish and then easily gradually increase the texture/lumps.

Hi Domonic has got 5 teeth, I have tried mashed banana and he would only eat a little and then wont touch it. I have tried the some pasta and the heinz baby spaggetti and i get about 1/4 of a meal down him. The only other thing he will eat is a whole rusk. I will keep trying every now and then and see how he goes. Thank you.

Hi Lisa. Your son is still quite young and I certainly wouldn't force the issue. My son was very anti lumps until he was quite old and it wasn't until he found something he liked that he started to try other things, starting with a French brand of baby bisuits. Encourage him, using the tactics the other ladies have suggested, try a wide variety of foods, yes a lot will end up in the bin, but he will get there.

I think if he eats a rusk then you have'nt got anything to worry about too much. My daughter was the same. It's not that he can't eat the food rather that he won't.

Cameron's 8 months and i still puree alot of his meals particularly the meaty ones although he still refuses point blank to eat mince.
He does however love finger foods, despite his lack of teeth!!!

I think you just have to go at their pace, like the others suggested i would try introducing lumps very gradually without making a big fuss.
Good luck

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