I have a year old baby. I need some advice on how to encourage self feeding, when to start? My baby still has pureed foods throughout the day, he does eat cheerios by himself. Thank you all for your help. Mom replied. Thank you all for your suggestions!! prao replied. Some children take a little longer than others so don’t worry.. let her take her time.. My daughter started eating a little after she completed one year. Till then she refused to put any food in her mouth on her own.. After one year she started eating some things she liked like biscuits And cheese. Now at 15 months she eats a little fruit, sweets etc.. she still wont eat rice on her own
I feed her all her main meals.. the snacks in between meals I let her eat on her own.. usually she’ll eat a bite or two and then ask me to feed her.. I feed her.. a few bites and then put a piece in her hand see if she’ll eat it on her own.. if not feed her again.. I don’t force her to eat on her own… I learnt very early that I cant force my dd to do anything she dosent want to do

She started eating small pieces of chapatti and biscuit very early.. but everything else had to be pureed. This changed slowly.. now since a week she has started eating her rice and dal also without pureeing.. this was the last item in her diet which had to be pureed though it is actually softer than chapatti and most other items she had started chewing.. these kids :)
If your kid is eating cheerios that means he can chew properly.. so let him take his time to move from pureed food to solids.. introduce other finger food he may enjoy like biscuits & cheese to encourage him to eat solids
gauri replied. my duahgter is 14 motnhs..she too prefers pureed food..if we try to gv her mashed rice or potato she gags..throws out everything...
but if we gv her to eat on her own she eats porperly..she will swallow properly...but she eats very very lil quantity...
n i think they are too young also so no hurry...... gauri replied. gv ur baby normal feed i mean whatever u gv her formula...bf ..or solids ...
but everytime u sit for dinner ...lunch..or breakfast just as the way u serve other s in plate keep the plate in fron tof her gv lil rice ..dal or bhaji...n tell her to eat ..show her how u r eating n she will copy u..atleasat this is how i hv started..my dauhgter has started eating on her own now...but i am not giving her completely ....but the moment she sees us taking food she will come running n ask for food forst...but its not easy...first few days she use to throw everything down on floor then pick up from there n eat...u hv to be really patient now i am planning to buy chair for her...hope she picks up soon...only prob is potty training...