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The yuck faces are totally normal and inevitable. They do that for a while. I think they have to try something like 10-15 times before they actually like or don't like it. Doesn't mean she doesn't like solids.

The yuck faces are sure cute and funny though.

we haven't started solids yet with LO (he's 4.5 months), but i was just talking to my friend who said that if she had to do it again she wouldn't have pushed the solids when her first LO (who is now 5) resisted so much at the beginning. with her second, she waited until much later and started purees only when daycare "mandated" it because he was leaving the infant room--he took purees for 2 weeks before moving to solids, and she said the whole process was much easier.

so while i don't have personal experience, i think if it's that stressful for you both, i think it's okay to wait and revisit later. just letting her play with the food might be enough for now, so she can get used to it.

Aw, poor J. Have you tried adding breast milk to her purees? We always have most luck with that, A isn't a fan of pureed pear for example, but blend it with breastmilk and it's the best :). I agree you want meal times to be fun, though, and if she is crying then personally I would give her a break for a bit. How old is she? I feel like she's about 6 months?? If so, you have time on your side so can easily try agsin in a bit.

we started at 6 months, but she really had no interest in it at all. she'd spit it out, gag, make faces. so we took it easy, just fed her as much as she would eat (which was almost nothing). then a few weeks later, she was much more interested and would stare at us intently when we were eating. she seemed more interested when we would let her suck on normal foods (i.e. not purees). at 7.5 months, she loves eating now. we do mostly purees as she hasn't mastered the pincer grasp yet and hasn't really made the connection between food in hand to mouth.

We are almost eight months and I posted something very similar two months ago! I kept offering solids, almost most days, and she's finally starting to like SOME things. But no purées or cereal -- she still hates those! She doesnt let anyone feed her. I just sit her in her high chair and put some soft food out and she eats if she wants. Out of the many many things I have offered, she has liked shredded chicken, nectarine, apricot and fig. And I made a tapioca- banana thing and she sort of likes that too.

My son ate everything happily so this girl's 'tude was a big shock to me LOL.

Refusing solids can be a sign of food allergies so I decided not to force things. But so far no bad reactions!

It definitely took a few weeks of trying before my lo was interested at all. I tried to make it as fun as possible and made sure she wasn't tired. I noticed a big correlation at the beginning between her interest in the food and how tired she was. Hope it gets better soon!