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Freeze dried fruit!

No advice, but my LO was the exact same way...except she also hated puffs! She basically disliked all foods until after 1...she would make horrible faces and only eat about half a tiny container of puree or one bite of finger food, ever.

@Mae: I get mine at target. They probably have less sugar than puffs

You could crumble up the puffs and coat fruits/veggies with it? I've seen that as a suggestion to help babies pick up slippery foods. Maybe it would give her enough of the taste/texture of puffs?

J makes the sour face with the first bite of everything! Even if the next bite he is totally happy. But he doesn't eat more than a few bites of anything either so mealtime is pretty short here too. We give him a self-feeding spoon and he doesn't get mad or anything, just gives the spoon a quick toss over his shoulder when he's done. Sigh. What I've been doing this week is squeezing some of a pouch into a silicone self-feeder, freezing it, and offering it that way. He goes to town on the frozen stuff! (After sour face of course.) If I refill it he'll eat it but doesn't like it as much as frozen puree. So this isn't the same thing as puffs, but do you think she might eat frozen food because the taste isn't as intense?

You could substitute cheerios for the puffs if she likes the texture. I think they have less sugar (and are much cheaper!)

Sounds like my older ds. He always liked crunchy foods and some pouches/purees and hated everything else (still does). Have you tried french toast or regular toast? Crackers dipped in hummus, veggie burgers? And I agree with the freeze dried fruits and veggies from Target. He goes crazy for the peas.

Eta: dealing with these feeding issues is hard! I hope you figure something out.

I second cheerios for slightly more calories and less sugar. Club crackers and graham crackers are also good meltable solids. You could also try veggie booty or the Gerber arrowroot cookies.

Plum Organics makes fruit snacks that are a huge hit with pretty much all the babies in my mom group! And the Sprout brand makes something called Fruit & Veggie crispy chews.

And while this might not change things, I used to roast bananas and pears for L and he was totally obsessed with them once I had done that! Might be worth a shot since it does change the texture a bit?

@Mae: just curious what puffs she's eating. At that age my son was MSPI and I was alway intimated by puffs. Side note, and 15 months he's only allergic to milk.

@catlady: where do you buy those?

@Mae: I think I was able to find mspi friendly bread at Trader Joe's. Also homemade veggie burgers are really easy if you have a food processor. We hardly ever buy them.

@Mae: It's been so long since I did it! But I think I just put them on a baking sheet (either sprayed or covered in foil) for about 25 minutes? I think it was at 400 degrees. Sorry, I'm having trouble remembering the exact details!

@Mae: H had gas from them maybe once, and that was because she ate a huge amount. Other than that, she's been fine. She loves black beans and the pinto beans from Qdoba the best. Have you tried seasoned meat? I make my own taco seasoning and H LOVED taco hash (taco meat, sweet potato, and shredded white potatoes).