Hi,
My name is Saral Kapoor.I have been visting this page since the time I was pregnant.I was blessed with handsome son Aaroh on 8 july 05.He has been darling baby.He can crawl,stand by support and now trying to walk with support.But am waiting for his first tooth to come.He was totally breastfed till six months.Also went to India, Dubai, Bahrain (only me n him).He took all flights very well.
After starting solids till last week he ate nearly every thing(mainly banana,avocado,kidhchi,weet bix,parathas(ya!was delighted to eat that))But now he has started fussing saying no to stuff, after one or two bites.
I am trying to give him every thing possible but he has firm no for every thing.He never took bottled food or formula(which I tried after six months, guess that was a mistake)He happily takes his breast feeds but since for last one month I was feeding him 3 times a day it is gone down fair bit.I am really worried.Hope it is passing phase and he will increase his intake again.BTW his weight is 10 kg from seven and half months.so weight wise he is still ok.I am seeing nurse on Thursday.
More later
All suggestions welcome.
Love to all lil ones
Saral

PS:Hi to Hetal n all in july Yahoo Grp
Great to see u guys here
Hetal Nagaraj replied. hi saral, how are you.
congratulations to you.
Lots of love to aaroh.
good to know about his growth.
WOW,you travelled alot with him :)..please please send me tips to travel by air..we are planning for a vacation,,need tons of tips ! m still reading all forums to get some good ideas...
pls advice.

and continue bf as long as you can strech..i am losing my patience now, as she bites badly.

about solids, try all combinations.like in one meal, give all things differently instead of combining togther.
one bite (spoon) of ne vegie and then some other vegie or paratha piece,,and so on,,with the varieties he will b interested in eating. try if it works.
also, add herbs like parsley, coriander, a sprinkle of cinamon,cardamom,salt, and i recently gave her khichadi with 1 curry leaf in it, and she gulped all of it.all these are absolutely ok to give, and are good for health too..today i gave her apricots with fruits with some cardamom,,and it was delicious,i njoyed it too :))..just a sprinkle is a alot of flavour for them.
salt is ok, sugar is a big NO NO.though in india, everyone gives kheer,sheera.

give him little pieces of foods to master \";self eating\";..after 7 months, babies are on their way to do that...and they njoy that, and let us feed them :)

and like chaitra said, untie him while eating..
whnever nirja fusses with eating, i make her sit on the floor on her mat she njoys playing on floor with her bits and pieces of boiled vegies, and in that i make her finish rest of her spoons.
so try these, hope it helps.
and there are times, when they just dont want to eat ne more than 4-5 spoons,,, but play and drink all the time,so we have to go by their way :)))

do send some pics of aaroh.

love to aaroh.Good Luck.

Hetal.
hetalnagaraj at yahoo dot com chaitra replied. Hi,,
ditto here.In the intial stages after starting solids,the babies just like trying out new flavors.Now that they r used to it & that they are more mobile ,they just like to explore other things & doesn't like to be tied down.This is just what I think.
I dont give her anything else to eat or drink atleast 1 hr prior to feeding time.I just show her different toys for every bite.Yeah & as priya said,i also give her 1 or 2 spoons of water first.Hope this helps. Priya replied. Hi Saral
Hope Aroh is well? dont worry my son is doing the same thing he statrs to nod his head as sson as he sees the spoon :) we give him some water first maybe thinking his throat is dry then we give him food.... but we have to kep giving water with the food for him to eat...or simply they may just not be hungary still i havent figured it out.
Priya