10.5 MO still uninterested in solids - Page 2

[Dov'sMom]

Originally Posted by Terrilein

Jumping in late, but wanted to say that my dd didn't touch solids until she got her first tooth at 10 months. Coincidence???

Yes, unless you consciously withheld food until her first tooth

None of my kids has had teeth before 8 months and all three were gung-ho for solids at least two months earlier. My six month old hasn't even started teething and he eats three-four good meals of solid food a day -- meal defined as 2/3 banana + cheerios/half avocado/chicken thigh/1 whole cooked carrot/etc. For the most part, we only offer when he makes hungry noises and rejects the breast (or bottle when I'm at work), though we've learned by now that he needs a meal first thing in the morning.

[spmamma]

Originally Posted by Dov'sMom

Don't know about 1000 years ago, but Jewish texts from 2000 years ago discuss pureeing food for babies, which would not have been necessary at two years.

Well not pureeing exactly -- Jewish law mandates that a person wait several hours after eating meat to eat dairy. The question addressed is the status of a woman who chews up meat to get pieces small and soft enough for her baby to eat but does not swallow any of the meat -- does she have to wait for dairy?

So according to the Talmud, babies were given solids before they could chew them themselves -- presumably in the first year of life. The Talmud also advises trying to wait two years after giving birth to get pregnant so as not to interfere with milk production for the baby, so obviously babies also got breastmilk for at least 2 years.

Wow! Very interesting!

Originally Posted by Terrilein

Jumping in late, but wanted to say that my dd didn't touch solids until she got her first tooth at 10 months. Coincidence???

I wonder if for your babe it was a sign of readiness. In DS's case, teeth don't seem to play a role. He has four teeth and still won't touch a morsel of food.

I've been thinking about this a lot these past few days... interestingly enough, he doesn't put tiny crumbs off the floor in his mouth the way DD did. I swear, she could find and eat the tiniest little crumb - even though I vacuum most every other day! DS only puts paper in his mouth (if he can get his hands on it and it's a large piece). Tiny stuff, not so much.

[mamazee]

My older dd didn't have any interest in solids until more like 12 months, and even then it was a slow process. And as it turns out she does have some sensory issues, but not so serious as to cause her real problems.

[Terrilein]

Well, ok, having teeth does is definitely not a pre-requisite to starting solids. I should know as I didn't get my first tooth until I was 16 months old. Until then I was very capable of eating without teeth and did so apparently with glee. But I'm wondering if my dd (and maybe OP's kiddo) was just disinterested until the first tooth showed up. Can't really explain it.

[lellian]

Whoa, good thread, so I'm jumping in too! DD was so interested in food until she tasted it, and ever since she is more along the lines of wanting to be EBF. She watched me eat an apple on Saturday and crawled over to get a better look. She decided she wanted to taste it, so I let her suck on it and crunch down with her one tooth. That worked just fine until she actually got off a little piece. A piece not even the size of my pinky nail, but she gagged until she threw up.