help! total rejection of solids!!

Try not to worry too much b/c they can tell when you are stressed and it stresses them. Some babies just hate baby food and go straight to table food. I agree with the toy idea also b/c distraction is so easy at that age! Good luck!

Toys are great, we have so many at her high chair. Since many of them end up in her lap or on the floor. When she opens her mouth to put a toy in I sneak in a spoonful of food, and she has to swallow before she puts the toy in so it seems to work out fine. Give it a shot.

I would also agree not to worry too much about it at this point. She might just be full from all of the calories that she’s getting in her bottles. If she’s taking 24-30 ounces a day with 1tbsp of cereal per ounce, it like she’s getting the calories of 48-60 ounces of formula a day!! So she’s probably not hungry. There are ways to thicken that don’t add calories to the same extent. There’s a product called simply thick that has worked well for many moms. I’ve never tried it personally b/c we can’t get it in Canada, but I’ve heard that a lot of feeding clinics use it to thicken when there are swallowing problems or when thickened feeds are needed because you don’t need to deal with all the calories and it’s a more uniform texture. They have a website that gives more information. There’s also Enfamil with rice that supposedly thickens in the stomach if the baby isn’t on a PPI or H2 blocker and that has the same number of calories per ounce.

You can wait a bit, and then if you’re still having trouble on your own, you can try to get help from a feeding therapist or a dietician to help you deal with caloric intake. Good luck.