https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:52:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062678 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:31:54 +0000 mdf106 2062678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started solids at 5.5 months, and LO was not interested until 9 months. It was a sudden change, LO went from barely eating anything to eating a whole banana. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062426 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:40:08 +0000 CakeLady 2062426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been doing solids since 5 months and it has been really hit or miss. Some meals he'll eat a lot but mostly he will only eat a few bites or won't eat anything. I'm not too worried because he is healthy and big for his age, but the pediatrician said we need to start increasing his solids...not sure how I'm supposed to do that if he won't eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062411 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:28:31 +0000 jhd 2062411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 9 months he is now really excited about food. We started purées at 5 months and he got tastes of things in a mesh feeder, but something just clicked recently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062391 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:23:05 +0000 Alivoo01 2062391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with oatmeal and purees around 6 months and it was hit and miss with DS. When we tried BLW, it went much better. He ate more that way. He hated bananas till he was much older though, like 9+ months? I thought all babies love bananas?? What the heck. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062252 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:26:43 +0000 nana87 2062252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started a little after 6 months and she was into it pretty much right away. Actually, she started trying to get our food before we tried giving it-- if we are in front of her she'd try to reach it and she was making chewing motions with her mouth. Now at 10 months she's gotten a little pickier, she prefers food she can feed herself than purees in pouches or using a spoon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062243 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:22:00 +0000 lawbee11 2062243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until 8 or 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062240 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:19:51 +0000 autumnlove 2062240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 6 months but she wasn't really interested until 9.5-10 months. We kept offering. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-started-liking-solids#post-2062232 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:17:36 +0000 MK0180 2062232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our DS is 7 months and still doesn't really like to eat food. We started around 5.5 months. Sometimes he'll take a few spoonfuls but for the most part, he closes his lips and maybe will take a little bit. When he does eat he'll like sweet potatoes or pears but that's only sometimes...If we're having some soft foods like mashed potatoes I'll give him some but he just ends up playing with it and not really tasting it. I give him a bottle maybe an hour before he eats or sometimes after, depending on the timing of things. He looked interested in food when we first started but now I'm not so sure. He likes to grab the spoon with a death grip and shoves it in his mouth but usually there's no food on it b/c he flung it!<br /> I figure he'll eventually get the hang of it soon (I hope). Did your LO not take to solids at first? When did they start liking them? Is there anything that I can do to make it more enticing? Or are there any tricks I can use? :) </p>