Help With Lumpier Food!?!

aries5486 · Mar 17th, 2010, 12:45 PM

Jennas nearly 7 and a half months shes doing really well on the weaning having 3 meals a day... But i seen the HV a few weeks ago and she said i was to start giving her lumpier foods.. Well the tea times the last week have been a nightmare she hates lumps i cant get her to take them atall!! She just spits them out i dont know what to do ive tried the most tinyest lumps but still a no go!!!

Really need advice so tea time can be a bit easier on all of us!!!

whiby · Mar 17th, 2010, 14:06 PM

We had the same problem - follow your baby's lead she will eat the lumps when she is ready don't worry. Just keep trying her at regular intervals and one day she will eat it. Ethan still doesn't like very thick lumpy food but I'm sure he will get there one day!

steph1505 · Mar 17th, 2010, 14:07 PM

Hey! Our LO's are roughly the same age and Ive just started Brandon on lumpier foods too!

Wot foods have you tried?! I have started with the baby star pasta and it went quite well! I have also used chicken and sweet potato puree'd down and the lumps are tiny with that!

What kind of food is it your giving her? xxx

aries5486 · Mar 17th, 2010, 14:28 PM

tried the baby star pasta that gets spat out quite quickly!!! Ive tried the veg which she takes well as a puree sweet potato, carrot, brocolli etc But as soon as its a bit lumpy its a no go and she gets really wound up! I even bought a few jars to see if she would take tht was just as bad! She had some toast today and she ate some of that!

aimee-lou · Mar 18th, 2010, 05:11 AM

I would try offering 'whole' foods rather than making foods lumpy. My hubby is really funny with lumpy foods like mash, so I'm really keen to stop Earl being like this. I have been giving finger foods since day 1 to encourage him to chew and hopefully we'll just be able to phase out the smpooth purees rather than stages.

Just my thoughts.

lisac25 · Mar 18th, 2010, 05:35 AM

have you tried mashing rather than giving the lumpy food to introduce a different texture? you can make it a slow transistion from there then, starting off with mashing quite a lot and then less and less. my little girl was quite fussy with lumps to start off with but would tolerate her faves being mashed like mashed bananna, so we just went form there and slowly started to offer different things. she doesnt really have that much stage 2 type food though she prefers to have a whole dinner like usif you know what i mean, o and she has always liked pinching food from our plates, could you introduce some foods to your LO like this

tess · Mar 18th, 2010, 05:51 AM

I had this problem with my LO and so i started to make the purees very thick so that she sort of had to chew them and then one day i tried her with lumps and she took them no problem. I always offer finger food as well like aimee-lou.
If you are giving her Jar food then i found baby rice a good thickener.
She will just get it though. the HV almost make you feel like they are never going to eat lumps if they don't eat them within two weeks!

Mum2b_Claire · Mar 18th, 2010, 09:10 AM

I'd say give whole food too. You don't actually need to get them to accept lumpy purees at all, you could just offer normal food that you're eating, provided it's healthy obviously.

I hate sloppy, lumpy food, lumpy mash makes me shudder and I'm 28!

babyboo29 · Mar 19th, 2010, 06:38 AM

Hi there!
I had same problem too so started making food a little thicker and now my LO will eat it with lumps. I have also been offering snacks like crackerbread and pieces of fruit to get her used to chewing.

Mar 17th, 2010, 12:45 PM	#1
aries5486 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: a wee town called Kirkcaldy in Scotland!!! Posts: 700	Help With Lumpier Food!?! Jennas nearly 7 and a half months shes doing really well on the weaning having 3 meals a day... But i seen the HV a few weeks ago and she said i was to start giving her lumpier foods.. Well the tea times the last week have been a nightmare she hates lumps i cant get her to take them atall!! She just spits them out i dont know what to do ive tried the most tinyest lumps but still a no go!!! Really need advice so tea time can be a bit easier on all of us!!!

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whiby Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 1,220	We had the same problem - follow your baby's lead she will eat the lumps when she is ready don't worry. Just keep trying her at regular intervals and one day she will eat it. Ethan still doesn't like very thick lumpy food but I'm sure he will get there one day!

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Mar 17th, 2010, 14:07 PM	#3
steph1505 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paisley Posts: 1,783	Hey! Our LO's are roughly the same age and Ive just started Brandon on lumpier foods too! Wot foods have you tried?! I have started with the baby star pasta and it went quite well! I have also used chicken and sweet potato puree'd down and the lumps are tiny with that! What kind of food is it your giving her? xxx

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Mar 17th, 2010, 14:28 PM	#4
aries5486 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: a wee town called Kirkcaldy in Scotland!!! Posts: 700	tried the baby star pasta that gets spat out quite quickly!!! Ive tried the veg which she takes well as a puree sweet potato, carrot, brocolli etc But as soon as its a bit lumpy its a no go and she gets really wound up! I even bought a few jars to see if she would take tht was just as bad! She had some toast today and she ate some of that!

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Mar 18th, 2010, 05:11 AM	#5
aimee-lou Other BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norfolk - UK Posts: 6,176	I would try offering 'whole' foods rather than making foods lumpy. My hubby is really funny with lumpy foods like mash, so I'm really keen to stop Earl being like this. I have been giving finger foods since day 1 to encourage him to chew and hopefully we'll just be able to phase out the smpooth purees rather than stages. Just my thoughts.

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Mar 18th, 2010, 05:35 AM	#6
lisac25 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: kent, uk Posts: 1,367	have you tried mashing rather than giving the lumpy food to introduce a different texture? you can make it a slow transistion from there then, starting off with mashing quite a lot and then less and less. my little girl was quite fussy with lumps to start off with but would tolerate her faves being mashed like mashed bananna, so we just went form there and slowly started to offer different things. she doesnt really have that much stage 2 type food though she prefers to have a whole dinner like usif you know what i mean, o and she has always liked pinching food from our plates, could you introduce some foods to your LO like this

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Mar 18th, 2010, 05:51 AM	#7
tess Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 15	I had this problem with my LO and so i started to make the purees very thick so that she sort of had to chew them and then one day i tried her with lumps and she took them no problem. I always offer finger food as well like aimee-lou. If you are giving her Jar food then i found baby rice a good thickener. She will just get it though. the HV almost make you feel like they are never going to eat lumps if they don't eat them within two weeks!

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Mar 18th, 2010, 09:10 AM	#8
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,907	I'd say give whole food too. You don't actually need to get them to accept lumpy purees at all, you could just offer normal food that you're eating, provided it's healthy obviously. I hate sloppy, lumpy food, lumpy mash makes me shudder and I'm 28!

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Mar 19th, 2010, 06:38 AM	#9
babyboo29 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 110	Hi there! I had same problem too so started making food a little thicker and now my LO will eat it with lumps. I have also been offering snacks like crackerbread and pieces of fruit to get her used to chewing.

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