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hi! i have a 10 month old son. he was born at 3 kgs and is currently 10 kgs. the question i have is about his eating. i began offering him rice cereal when he was 6 months old which he refused to take. i have tried a variety of foods after that which include ragi, fruits, gerber foods etc. but he refuses everything. he loves to eat with his own hands and will eat a little of chappati, dosa, bread if i give it in his hands. however, it is not much. he seems to have no trouble to bite small peices(he has only 1 tooth) and to chew. i am worried that he is not getting enough to eat. please advise. his main source of nourishment now is breastmilk. he is a happy and content baby. momsays replied. Dear Alka,
You should be proud of your baby because at 10 months he wants to do everything by himself.!

Well you should encourage this habit, if he wants to eat by himself then offer him such foods, you can make rice very nicely boiled and put it on his high chair/table for him to eat.
If he is eating dosa, chappati then make sure that its extra soft that willmelt in his mouth.

Confer with your pediatrician on what things he can eat. You may be already knowing that before trying anything new with an infant you have to try for 2 -3 days to make sure he reacts properly without any alergies etc.

Here are some suggestions:
1.Rice nicely boiled, dal super fine boiled. Offer this on his high chair (by making sure tha this high chair table is clean)
2. Fresh peas super fine boiled, very small cut carrots, (you can even pressure cook it , if he likes it)
3. You can offer him bananas, and some other fruits that can melt in his mouth.
4. You can offer him gerber meltaways food, like apple star fish, sweet potatoes etc.
5. Try to change the brand of mashed fruits and veggies, like instead of gerber you can try naturesbest etc.
6. Offer him very small quantities first.
7. Try using the jar cereal, that has fruits in it. This way it will be more sweet and he may like it!
All the best, let me know how it goes