Baby hates handling food!

[Bellatrix]

Does anyone else have this problem?
I'm desperately trying to encourage my daughter (11 months) to feed herself. However she will only hold dry/hard food - breadsticks, rice cakes, crackers. (If I spread anything on them she doesn't want to know!)
Anything soft or moist like fruit, veg, sandwiches, pasta etc just gets squashed to bits in her hands then tossed on the floor! It's becoming quite frustrating, I feel like I'll be spoon-feeding her til she's a teenager!!

Also she shows no interest in using a spoon, she just waves it around and pulls a face when the contents get on her hands!! (ironically, for a few weeks around the age on 7 months, she was really, really good at using a spoon - then suddenly stopped!)

Does anyone know how long this stage lasts?

 

[OmarsMum]

I dont have much advise hun, Omar is the same. He will only hold dry food. He's still not interested in holding his spoon to feed himself & he screams if his hands gets dirty. He's highly sensitive, he hates to touch sand or grass.

His fine motor skills are advanced for his age, so I'm not worried. He's not into food in general & he's too lazy to try & feed himself xx

 

[Farie]

Nim has been like this, we just keep trying, every meal, every day and shes slowly getting better, but its a gradual process

 

[Bellatrix]

Ah thanks ladies, glad to know my baby's not the only one like this! Perseverance is the key, perhaps!

 

[gumb69]

My lo has only just recently started to feed hard solid foods, anything slippy or mushy nope!!
She is even reluctant to put the hard solid food into her mouth, i have to put it into her hand and then guide it into her mouth. She is quite happy to see there until i spoon feed her. I use to stress about it, then i realised she does some stuff that is advanced for her age and other stuff not, so don't worry you lo will do it soon!! x