Baby refusing solids and purées

Started a combo of BLW and purees and it’s week 2 and LO who is 6.5 mo has become really negative about everything - his high chair, the food, his bib. During week 1 he made a good start and even grabbed the spoon off me and was putting it in his mouth and ate the boiled potatoe sticks happily. Today it was so bad that he showed no interest in the food, even before trying it and when I tried to feed him he would push his head back. It’s been negative for the past 4 days so thinking of stopping for now. I’m worried that the issue is his clinginess. He just wants to be out of the chair and in my arms breastfeeding (he’s EBF). He also only sleeps through feeding to sleep so his nap before dinner includes a feed. Should I pause the weaning? What about the sitting at the dinner table routine? Should I give up on that too? His weight centile has been slowly but steadily dropping so I was really keen to up his calorie intake to increase his weight.

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Foods before 1 year old are just for exploring and grasping the concept of eating so I wouldn’t worry too much as he’s still so young. Have you tried to feed him whilst he’s sat on your knee? What about eating at the same time as him so he understands when it’s meal time? X

Haven’t tried on the knee but have been eating at the same time so I’ll give that a go. Foods are needed after 6 months according to the NHS and unicef though. Unicef says: At 6 months of age, breastmilk continues to be a vital source of nutrition; but it’s not enough by itself. https://www.unicef.org/parenting/food-nutrition/feeding-your-baby-6-12-months#:~:text=Begin%20with%20two%20to%20three,day%2C%20plus%20a%20healthy%20snack.

Babies still get all the nutrition they need from just bm or formula, I’m in a group called “weaning the BLW way” which is really sourceful and that’s where I got all my logic from, definitely recommend adding the group on fb x

Just honestly keep trying and being persistent! My LO took maybe a whole month before he understood opening his mouth and swallowing and now he’s on 3 meals a day x

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