Baby not interested in Solid Food?

Ok, so Thane is ALMOST 9 months old and he is breastfed still some, and also has 2nd and 3rd solid foods (Gerber). He has been on solids (rice cereal to begin with) since he was 5 or 6 months old and when he was 7 months i think, i started him on the gerber foods. He has been sick, so this COULD be it...but for about the past week or so, he NEVER wants to eat his solid food. When I give him some cheerios, he LOVES Them and will eat them over and over but when i try to give him his sweet potatoes or bananas or whatever (which he loves usually!) he shakes his head No and cries and he has even, to my dismay, grabbed the spoon and threw it!! Mommy was NOT happy with that...

Do you think he is sick of solids and just wants to try finger foods or something??? He has 4 teeth - 2 on top and 2 on bottom and he has 2 more on the top coming in i think. i just don't know what to do cuz he is NOT eating well at all. he is nursing OK, not awesome or anything...

Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks!!!

Thanks Nika!!

I don't know what is up with this...I may wind up calling the doc and see what is going on...maybe its just an 8 to 9 month old thing!

Thank you!

Sure Nika! I will call when i go pump here in a bit and i'll let you know

Ry, I don't know...you may be right! Mama said he is chowing down on the cheerios! So, maybe he just really likes the finger foods. I am just so scared of him choking that i have hardly given him ANYTHING! I don't know when he can start eating meat and stuff either. I thought it was 9 months...we will see. i will cal l them in a minute and i'll update you all

Thank you!

Ginny wrote:Thanks Nika!!

I don't know what is up with this...I may wind up calling the doc and see what is going on...maybe its just an 8 to 9 month old thing!

Thank you!

Ginny,I could ALWAYS tell when my son was going to get sick...2-3 days BEFORE he got sick,weather it was a cold or a bug,he was off his food.I would worry and fret and then surely enough a few days later a cold woulf show up.Or teething,that does it too.They do not want to eat when they are sick as we ofen dont.If I would just let him drink and eat what he wants.Keep offering it and maybe call the doc to reassure yourself,but I reckon his appetite will pick back up when he recovers from his little sickness! Teo did it ALL the time and still does it (he is almost 5)

BTW ginny,in regard to your question about not knowing if he can eat meat..I have stickied a topic about solidsby age...Hope it helps! xxx

That was awesome Angel!! Thank you!!!!!!!!! I think he is just going through a phase...That was awesome info though - thank you so very much

OK...just talked to the doc. She said that he can have the cheerios as a treat AFTER his supper, but to not let it take the place of his food. She said, he may just be still a little sick and not hungry, but when he is hungry he needs to eat. She said he only needs one jar of veggies and one jar of fruit per day and the rest is still milk. She did say that i could start on meats this weekend since he'll be 9 months old. She said that if he is wanting to self feed, then Peas that are a little mashed would be a good finger food and much healthier than cheerios. And she said that when he wants the spoon to just wait til he's done and then let him have it and he can play all he wants.

So, basically, just wait it out just like I did colic, and just like I did with him not wanting the bottle, etc etc etc. Oh well!

Thank you everyone for your feedback!!!!