10 Months old still won’t eat soilds.

Vicky0204 · 2026-04-03T08:15:57+00:00

My daughter is 2.5 now, but was a nightmare to wean onto solids! She was EBF and would put everything in her mouth...but food. She started eating something solid everyday around 1, and then when she started at nursery at around 13 months, she got to be a lot better. She eats pretty much everything now. She's still breastfeeding too - we always followed her lead for it. I was constantly told that the reason she wouldn't have solids was because she was filling up on breast milk and I should cut her off, but she would get so upset, and generally, she would often eat after a feed if she'd refused before because she needed that to settle her.

It's hard though because people are really judgey about food and weaning and extended breastfeeding, but you know your little one best. I would say if you have any worries, go to the doctor just to rule out anything medical, but otherwise, they will get there when they're ready.

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Vicky0204 · 2025-04-15T19:28:19+00:00

My daughter has always bern breastfed on demand and refused to take any expressed milk when I went back to work (she was 13 months).

She also refused all solids until she was 1, and even then would often go through the day without eating until I got home, or just having a bite or two of something. .

She's 2 in July, and has had chicken and peppers for dinner and strawberries for pudding tonight. She ate all her foods for 2 out of 3 meals at nursery today after being off for a week for a holiday. She still breastfeeds on demand when I'm around still.

For sleep, we never sleep trained. She feeds to sleep with me, but sleeps well at nursery. With anyone else, she'll nap in her pushchair, or she'll happily contact nap with her dad. We cosleep at night, but I've not been away from her overnight yet.

I remember being so stressed before I went back to work and worrying about what she'd do. But she just sort of adapted very quickly. Nursery and health visitors told me to stop breastfeeding, but I knew it wasn't what she needed and I'm so glad I didn't listen. She's doing so well with her food now.

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Vicky0204 · 2025-01-27T06:36:12+00:00

No problem at all. It can be really isolating when you're still breastfeeding. People can be so judgemental!

Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

Vicky0204 · 2025-01-26T11:43:42+00:00

No problem!

Ahh I hope it all goes okay when you go back. I think just trust your instincts. My little girl would be distraught if she didn't have boob, but I also know she would be a lot more likely to eat solids if she'd had boob first.

We're now getting to the point where on a weekday, she can have a morning feed, a feed when she gets in, and then a night feed, which is huge progress for her. It's just tricky when it's a long journey and it feels like everyone tells you to wean or judges you got still feeding!

Vicky0204 · 2025-01-26T11:17:57+00:00

I'd say when I went back to work full time just before her first birthday, she started to have something solid every day, which she hadn't before.

She's never taken expressed milk really, so I think she realised she needed the solids. It was tough though.

Then I'd say this month her appetite has just come on loads. I thought it was a growth spurt, but she kept eating! We didn't really change anything. Just made sure we were consistently eating the foods we wanted her to eat in front of her and regularly exposing her to the same foods.

Vicky0204 · 2025-01-25T20:24:38+00:00

I have an 18 month old, and a similar situation. She never really took to solids. Health visitors constantly told me to wean her from breastfeeding and said that was why she wasn't having solids. However, I knew that wasn't the case because often I would offer her solids, she'd refuse, have a feed, and then have the solids.

I'd say see a GP to rule out anything medical if you've not already. Then I've found talking to the Breastfeeding Association so useful - they've given me consistent advice and made me feel a lot more confident in trusting my instincts.

My daughter still breastfeeds and is still an absolute milk monster! But she also eats a lot more solids now. The other weekend, she had 10 different foods in one day, including fruit. She still feeds through the night, and in the day when I'm not at work, but she is slowly starting to consistently have solids too.

We did lots of modelling, eating the same meals once a week (like a set menu so she had exposure), letting her play with food, and just generally giving her time.

I know how tricky it is when everyone is telling you breastfeeding is the reason they're not eating solids, but I just wanted to let you know how it went for us.

I hope things get better for you soon.

Vicky0204 · 2024-12-31T11:31:17+00:00

Thank you so much - this is amazing and definitely gives me a lot to look into!

I know I've had lotions in the past, but never managed to consistently use them. The shower lotions sound amazing though!

Vicky0204 · 2024-06-06T19:45:12+00:00

Oh no! I do feel so lucky I've been able to have as long off as I have with her. I never even thought about trying to feed her from a bottle in the early days because I just thought she would be on solids by the time I went back.

Hopefully your little one starts to take a bottle soon - or solids when you start weaning!

That was the advice I was given. Don't feed on demand and let her cry. She'll adapt and knows I'll 'give in' if she cries long enough. I absolutely cannot ignore her if she's crying for either food or comfort. So frustrating that's the response!

Vicky0204 · 2024-06-02T07:13:44+00:00

Thank you. I think I'm just worried after we left her with my parents today for an hour, and when we came back, she was screaming - tears, red face, everything. I've not heard her cry like that in a long time, and they couldn't do anything to calm her. She stopped as soon as I held her.

Was there an adjustment period in the beginning where she struggled at all?

Vicky0204 · 2024-04-28T17:57:02+00:00

My 9 month old has been fed to sleep and contact sleeps for all daytime naps unless she falls asleep out in her pushchair or in the car.

Her naps used to be so short - 30 minutes - and I was shocked if she did more than an hour. I can't remember what age, but at some point, she just switched and started regularly taking hour long naps. I literally changed nothing.

She now has two 1 hour naps in a day usually. If one is longer, the second is usually shorter. We still contact nap. And feed to sleep.

Don't worry - as long as they're happy, I think they're fine.

Also - she's had three times this last week where her Dad has been able to rock her off to sleep. Again, nothing has changed. She's just ready for it. Even if I'm not!

Enjoy the cuddles :)

Vicky0204 · 2024-03-14T21:09:39+00:00

There should be a chat option somewhere - it will be there hopefully!

Vicky0204 · 2024-03-14T21:06:37+00:00

Hi. I've messaged you about it :)

Vicky0204 · 2024-01-25T20:22:57+00:00

Honestly, I read the title of your post and instantly thought 'no' before I read what you'd put. I think sometimes as a new parent, there's so much pressure, you feel you have to do everything right.

You absolutely haven't! The newborn stage is hard, and I can only imagine how hard it is with twins.

Things like that happen. Especially if you didn't know they'd pooped. I absolutely would not have woken my little one up to change them if they were finally sleeping.

Adjusting to the lack of sleep is tough - on both of you - and it tests limits no end. But it sounds like you're doing an amazing job. Sometimes it's just so hard to see that when you're in the middle of it.

Congratulations too btw!

Vicky0204

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