My baby hates fruit and vegetables 😭

When we started weaning at 6 months my little boy loved all food, didn’t matter what it was he’d eat it. Then he started teething and then he started nursery and got one illness after another. Now he is sooooo fussy it’s unbelievable. The only thing he’ll eat is pasta dishes, omelettes and toast (and baby snacks) fruit and vegetables are absolutely not accepted, he literally cries his eyes out when I try to give them to him. I’ve tried them in different shapes, left some big so he can just suck on them and cut them into skinny wafer slices, tried a skin on, skin off, mangos to pears to carrot sticks he won’t touch any of it? 😭 He does like smoothies and fruit purées though and he’ll take sweetcorn in his pasta dishes. How worried should I be and does anyone have any advice?
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I found it my wee girl that if you don't fuss over her, she's more likely to eat it. So I'll put food on her try, then walk away to clean the kitchen, she happily eats its all. She will interact with me when she wants to and then goes back to concentrating on her food and I go back to doing what I was doing. Then towards the end of her meal. I'll sit and have mine with her, and interact. She loves it, sometimes she will eat things off my plate rather than her own. Sometimes she likes to feed herself, other times she likes me to feed her with a fork instead because we are eating with utensils. You'll get there with him, don't be worrying to much 😊 as long as he's eating something, that's good. If you are worried about his veg intake. Maybe blend it in sauces so you know he is getting nutritional food. And the rest will come eventually

@Emer wow she sounds like a great eater! I tried putting it on his tray and he picked up each piece and threw it on the floor one by one 🙃 he’s also too stubborn to let me feed him he wants to do everything himself! Good idea with the sauces though, I need this buy a blender asap! X

maybe try finger foods, my lo loves pancakes put fruit in them with veg il texture blend it into food. fruit and Greek yoghurt is good one to try

We had this a month ago and it's much better now. Birthday 2nd October. Hopefully it will pass for you soon! He had a bit of lentil today that he rejected 12 times before for months and months! At the worst stage I mixed yoghurt with everything and offered blended versions of veg. Cauliflower has a very mild taste I'm sure you can mix some blended boiled cauliflower with some orzo pasta and cheese. If he cries on your lap I would put it down to bad mood and try later after some teething gel. And having music in the background helps

Thank you ladies you’re amazing i’ll try all of this x

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