https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:02:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267661 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:47:07 +0000 pastemoo 267661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she is taking so long to eat, just have her eat less. Solids are not "required" at all--just do enough that it is fun for both of you!<br /> I know when I was a baby I was EBF till 10 months and I swear I turned out ok!</p> <p>(And my 3 month old is not eating solids yet, so I don't have any advice other than to not worry.)</p> <p>*My dad always tells me "worry is interest paid on a debt you may not owe." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267647 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:37:01 +0000 JennyD 267647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha! It does get better. My LO (7months) likes to take a spoonful of food and then immediately stuff her bib into her mouth. Also, any little drops that land on her try are immediately mashed everywhere. </p> <p>I suggest you maybe invest in a dog to help with cleanup ;) Ours has a diet incredibly rich in fruits, veggies and cheerios! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267626 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:19:45 +0000 Honeybee 267626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe she's just not into solids yet? DS caught on literally right away (he cried the first night because he wanted more!), but it took DD a while before she really "got" how to eat. It took probably 2 months of her just kinda pushing food around her mouth before she actually understood and seemed eager to eat solids.</p> <p>I also feed DS at dinner time, and then we go straight upstairs for his bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267354 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:06:46 +0000 Andrea 267354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It can be tough but finger foods were messier for us. Once she started picking food up herself, it could be flung anywhere...the floor...walls...on me. Strip her down to a diaper as other people have said. It will get easier but it takes a lot of practice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267346 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:44:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 267346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It does get better. We did resort to feeding in just a diaper. Bibs actually made her more messy. It also sounds like maybe your LO may still have a bit of tongue reflex and pushing out a lot of food? Keep up the practice but in a few weeks that should get better and they actually eat the food instead of pushing it out and making a mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267326 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:59:48 +0000 erwoo 267326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww... It does get better. Maybe you can try feeding her with just a diaper on. That way you can just wipe her down. I bought a pack of plain cotton white towels just to clean my son during meals. It was so much better than napkins or paper towels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267312 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:30:54 +0000 regberadaisy 267312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you thought of investing in one of those shirt bib? Might help with clean up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267290 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:14:02 +0000 HLK208 267290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was looking forward to solids with DS but it took so long to feed him until I started him on a different baby food that he loved. It's organic and I think the name is Sprout (it's created by the food network's Tyler Florence). Anyway, it got a lot easier and faster until we got to real food like toast, yogurt, cereal then it took awhile again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267285 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:08:10 +0000 MamaCate 267285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MungBean: When we started solids we only did once a day in the evening, usually while we ate dinner so she felt included. We only did a bath a few times a day. It sounds like you are doing kind of a lot of food for right at the beginning...a few tbsp is probably enough? </p> <p>Our LO is now 8 1/2 mos and is getting somewhat neater so take heart! We are also moving out of the puree stages and into more table food, so it is messy in a different way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267284 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:07:12 +0000 chopsuey 267284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you giving her small spoonfuls? Hahah<br /> Solids are a pain in the booty, but it gets easier eventually.<br /> If your Lo keeps spitting it out and it gets all over the place, I wouldnt force it.<br /> Breastmilk/formula is nutrition enough until your lo turns 1! </p> <p>In the early days of solids my Lo didn't eat much at all.. A good meal was if she ate one ounce of food!<br /> She's a great eater now .. Finally! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solids-are-exhausting#post-267277 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:40:07 +0000 pinkcupcake 267277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is six-months-old and we're doing at least one solid "meal" a day. Up until about a week ago, I've been giving her a few tastes here and there of rice cereal and fruit/veggie purees, but now I'm feeding her solids daily and it's exhausting! First of all, LO gets SO messy. It doesn't matter what it is -- cereal, fruits, veggies (peas are the worst) -- she is an absolute mess afterwards. At first I thought it was adorable but now I'm dreading the clean-up! Second, it takes sooo long to get her to eat even 1/2 an ounce. Tonight it took an hour for her to finish 4 TB of oatmeal and 3/4 oz of strained peas. It kinda reminded me of the early newborn days and how I would spend hours and hours nursing her...</p> <p>I don't get how this works. If I feed her in the AM, she gets so messy that she needs a bath, so I've been trying to feed her closer to the evening. Any tips to keep her cleaner? I use a bib, but somehow food ends up everywhere, even on her toes! Amazing. Also, will it start taking less time to feed her? Since it takes so long now, I feel like all she does all night is sit in the high chair :T </p>