Hi mel,

I had written on this board earlier askin when shld i stop purreeing my baby' s food. She is 10 months now. Mel u replied that i could give her mashed rice, fruits and other tings. I am tryin to do that with her but she just throws it up she eats purreed food well.I am really worried will she have solid food like other babies if yes when..? She has 5 teeth in the front two bottom and three on top. She eats biscuits and all well but when it comes to food she wants it to be completely purreed not even mashed. Plzzz let me know what shld i do. Thanx. a lot for ur reply earlier. Also if u could post the ids for food ideas and menu plan for 10 month old it wil be grt. Thanx Mel replied. What Mandeep says is true, although there are kids who will KEEP ON eating pureed food till they are 4 or 5 years old. My friends son does this. Even if she eats less, let her eat a bit less, but let her slowly start getting used to normal food.

What you can do is puree the food a little less fine on one week. Make it slightly less fine that you usually give her. Then after a week, make it slightly more coarse, and so on. Eventually, she will eat mashed food, and gradually transition to normal food.

All the best. m replied. Take this in to account that she might be teething n her gums must be sore that' s why she like puree food as then they dont have to chew anything. Mandeep replied. there is no need to worry if your daughter like puree food then give her, at least she is eating it. dont push her to eat chunks or mashed , whenever she will be ready she will start eating it herself. My son was on puree food till he was 16 or 17 months old n trust me it did not bother me as i was satisfied that at least he is eating n now at 25 months old give him anything to eat ( pizza n pasta r his fav. so i make sure they r full of vege)u know wot, i make parantha for him n put egg over it. he came runing to me wot i brought for him to eat n when he saw roti (I was surprized wot came out of his mouth) He said O NO, NO ROTI MUM (Standing there i was laughing that my lil boy dont want to eat roti so i ask him wot he want n he says pata lol can' t even say pasta properly but he love to eat that. n he is the same boy who last year this time use to eat puree food. if i ever give any chunked or mashed he use to gag n vomit. with this give your dd little to eat every 2.30 hours to 3 hours n go or quality then quantity