6 month old fusses at every meal
We’re about 10 days into starting solids but it seems like each experience ends in intense fussing and twice he’s gagged enough to vomit. LO is 6 months old, ebf but seems interested in food and can sit independently.
He did have a tongue tie that we had released when he was 6 days old and even though we did the exercises religiously, a bit of the tissue reattached. We took him back for a follow up after we discovered the reattached tissue and the dentist didn’t think it was worth doing another release because it’s not severe. Baby also has a high palate and a pretty strong gag reflex that could be playing a part.
Overall he probably consumes less than a teaspoon at each meal which is fine I guess (I know food before 1 is just for fun although we’re not having fun lol). Any tips on how to make food more fun/dinner time less upsetting? Do we just need to keep soldiering on?
We’re primarily doing baby led weaning concepts with purées at the moment (preloaded spoon) although some finger foods too.
EDIT: Sharing an update in case it helps someone else down the line. Day 10 of solids and tonight’s menu featured a roasted red pepper. I cooked it in the air fryer, took the skin off, and gave him half the pepper (I didn’t blend any of it up). At first he ignored it in his bowl but after I passed it to him a couple times he held it for awhile and then started sucking on it!! He happily sucked on it for quite awhile until we decided it was time for dinner to end. He didn’t fuss at all—a completely different experience to previous dinner times. The only differences I can think of are:
- We gave him a chunk of food rather than a preloaded spoon with purées.
- The food was something he seemed to enjoy.
- We were eating dinner with him because,
- My mother in law was over for dinner.