Getting your feeding times right

[Solitaire]

I've been trying to wean my son for the past 6weeks and I'm still struggling with it!
I started doing blw but he either wouldn't pick anything up or if he did and he got a piece on his tongue he would kick off until he managed to get it out of his mouth and then he wouldn't pick anything else up.
So I thought I'd try spoon feeding but he just won't open his mouth and turns away etc.
it's taken me 6 weeks to get him to take porridge in the morning but that is the only time he'll have anything.
I keep sitting him in his chair and trying good at dinner and tea and I'm eating too but he won't touch anything.
I'm struggling with times, what times are best to try food. Everytime I'm trying he's either tired or Hungry or not interested. When he's Hungry he only wants his bottle. I've even tried giving him abit of bottle but he wants it all.
I'm just struggling trying to get him interested in food.
He's 7 and half months now.

 

[MindUtopia]

What I did was only do one or two meals a day until about 8 months just to let my daughter get the hang of it. The trick at least initially is always to make sure they've had a milk feed before a meal. It really takes until 9+ months for them to realise that solid food fills them up. Before that it's just something to play with and they don't know it's food. So feed him when you normally would give him a bottle and then an hour or so after that, offer a solid meal. And it doesn't matter if he eats any or doesn't pick it up or whatever. Give him time. He'll get the hang of it. I think when we get to hung up on quantities, it can mean we end up trying to force them to eat and that just causes meltdowns. Give him some food to play with. Sit back and have your lunch or a coffee and let him get on with it until he gets bored. Our day often looked something like this (give or take an hour):

8am milk
9am breakfast
11am milk
12pm lunch
4pm milk
5:30pm dinner
7pm milk and bed

The feeding before a meal thing is really key though. A hungry baby often won't eat solid food initially. It just ends in tears because they can't understand why you aren't feeding them, even when you feel like you are.

 

[Solitaire]

Thanks I'll try that. I think I'm getting myself stressed out with it and I just need to relax.