He’s probably just not ready
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He’s not ready yet then. Don’t stress it.
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Try baby led weaning. Some babies just hate purées.
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Solids? Hopefully you mean Purées. Start with vegetables before fruits, and keep trying. My niece was feisty about anything other then her bottle, mine eat anything and everything. It definitely takes time.
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Try rice cereal, my little one is 5 months and loves it
Too young, too much, way too fast…
My daughter & 9 month old grandson live with me & we just started trying baby foods & soft foods like mashed potatoes last month. Our boy loves to eat, but it by no means is his “meal” even at 9 months. He takes his boob or bottle as his main food source & he eats for fun. Nothing more.
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Don’t stress about it, sounds like he just isn’t ready. My LO really didn’t care about solids until around 8 months. Just take a break and try again in a few weeks and repeat. Eventually he’ll eat solids.
“Food before one is just for fun” don’t stress. My kids all hated the purées. Went straight to table food for all of them (4 btw). look into “baby lead weaning” or “blw” on a lot of parenting pages. Don’t stress. As long as their eating their breast milk/formula you’re fine.
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The tounge thrusts indicate that he’s not ready. Try again when he starts opening his mouth wide when you’re eating.
My daughter was a bit picky too and took her awhile to catch onto eating solids but my 3 month old son is rearing to go and eats like he’s been doing it forever. Babies take everything at their own pace they’ll be ready before ya know it!
They make food pouches (Organic) so they child can just suck up the food and not even notice. Try those and see how it works.
Its okay if he isn’t ready yet. His main source of nutrition needs to be formula or breast milk anyway. Just go at his pace😊
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Try asking him to choice in a color recipe book what he would like to taste or next time at the market see what he would like to taste plus are you making it bland or to healthy try one add spice or not good luck child are picky hang in there u sound lovely stay safe and sweet
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Solids? You mean cereals or puree baby food?
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He’s not ready and that’s okay! Relax try every 2 weeks dont force it! He’ll eat eventually. Before 12 months is for practive anyways 
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He just is not ready yet. Give it more time…there is no hard and fast schedule you have to follow.
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It’s a reflex that they eventually grow out of. My daughter did this for the longest time. Solids are only to practice at this age anyway, and he will get all the nutrients he needs from formula/breastmilk until he’s ready.
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Well my kids are grown but I don’t remember starting them on solids that early, but every time you turn around they are changing things. So I guess your best bet is listen to your dr
He’s really young it’s really ok. I know you probably hear a lot of babies eating, but they don’t NEED anything but breastmilk or formula right now. Some babies just don’t want it til they’re a little older. It’s really fine, food is for fun before one.
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i would try something he can feed to himself instead of u feeding him maybe a soft food. my kids didnt like purees or cereals. they wanted to eat table foods and they wanted to try to feed themselves. i would try cutting up soft bits of foods for him to try on his own. if he still doesnt want them maybe try again in a week or 2
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He might not be ready yet. Give him time. Every baby is different. This is normal. Dont stress momma.
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One of my twins was like this. I fed them both the same thing at the same times. Started around 5 months very gradual, just a little once a day at first. One of them loved it the other was like yours and hated it. He didn’t start eating solids well until 7 months. I was the same as you. I would be very frustrated. It felt hopeless. It took 4-6 weeks before he finally started eating solids without pulling away, spitting it out, and trying avoid the spoon. I just kept trying. Try rotating with your partner (if possible) as much as possible to help with the frustration. It made meal time miserable for a while.
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I tried at that age and my baby wouldn’t either. She really didnt start wanting it u till 8 months (I think) but still her main source was milk still mostly is at 12 months but now she loves to try anything. So now she eats more then the milk … it just takes time eventually he will want to eat. Hes just not ready and that’s ok
Try a half and half thing. Dont go straight for baby food such as veggies and fruit. I imagine it’s a very very big shock to his taste buds so his automatic reaction is to get it out of his mouth. The only thing hes tasted so far in his very young life is baby formula/breast milk whichever you use so imagine only knowing and being used to the taste of only 1 thing ever then having somebody shoving something that is SO FREAKING DIFFERENT into your mouth lol. You would panic and spit it out too. Try getting the regular baby cereal I think it’s called rice cereal or something and mix it with his formula/breast milk and make it very watery the first couple times and let him get used to the SLIGHT change and consistency in it. Then gradually and slowly progress from there, so try that mix once or twice every 3 days for about 2 weeks then when both you and baby are comfortable then you can make it thicker. Try that for the same amount of time then you can start mixing 1/3 of one of the different flavored baby cereal, then do half and half, etc etc. Once he is eating the different flavored cereal without having to dilute it out, then you can take go back and mix the regular rice baby cereal with a stage 1 baby food such as the veggies or fruits. Let him get used to the different flavors. His flavor palette is not developed yet so all your doing is shocking his taste buds and he will spit it out every single time. Plus doing it the way your doing it has shown that baby has a higher chance of food allergy development .
Do some research on baby led weaning.
You telling me this kid won’t put a cheerio in his mouth? Kids put everything in their mouths. Dip his fingers in the applesauce.
My son had something similar…he was never interested in solids. He was 12 months and still did not want any solids and I tried to feed him solids everyday. Every case is different but in his case he was sent to a speech therapist to help with feeding. He had issues with texture and had a tongue tie and many allergies and was anemic as well. The therapies helped a lot. He is about to be two and he is now eating solids but is still very picky. He never has liked purees. He was.never underweight and was thriving and doctor and everyone else said he will eat eventually. It is very stressful and we wasted a lot of food just trying different things everyday. This was just my experience but it can be something else in your case.
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Try toast, my middle didn’t have “baby food” till she was 10 months but loved to chew on a bit toast and weet bix and my youngest was ebf till a week before her first birthday when she stole my spoon and ate all my yoghurt
Try just sliceing up bannanas and putting him in hos high chair amd put it on the tray. Hopefully he will pick it up and instincts are to put in the mouth. And just keep trying diffrent stuff… But also, texture is a big thing for alot of kids. Try things with diffrent textures and see what he likes and what he dont. Dont do it so much you both cry tho. If he dont want it, he dont want it. He wont want alot of things in his life. Let him knkw thats ok.
He’s prob just not ready. No need to worry. As long as he’s getting formula or breastmilk, he’ll be ok
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And sometimes if it’s from your plate not baby foods but small amounts of soft food they may take it…
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One my children would not eat baby food .I tryied.Then I gave rice crispy small amounts fruit …then food from my plate when he stared to fuss when I was eating .
What brand did you try? Beechnut is the best next to homemade. The rest are super bland.
Introduce one solid at a time and when I cooked mine I mixed it with the milk he was drinking till he adapted to solids.
It takes time. My youngest just got the hang of more chunky foods and she is almost 10 months
Food before 1 is just for fun. He is getting all the nutrition he actually needs from breastmilk or formula. Don’t worry about it and just keep trying. He will get a taste for actual food eventually, he probably just is put off by the texture difference.
Don’t spoon feed him let him do it he is working on fine motor skills just put it on the table or just as a snack.
You should only be doing baby food, pureed or mashed potatoes until 8-10 months until he gets more teeth and used to eating different things.
Start with baby food, the give him little things he can grab like slices of bread, pasta, soft veggies or fruit, finger foods. Let him pick it up and play with it he’ll eventually eat it.
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Try feeding therapy I had to do it for my oldest
Have an autistic grandson that eats only a very limited diet it’s a texture thing for him , try yogurt, pudding etc ours is 3 yrs old and eats very little solid food scrambled eggs worth a try
He doesn’t know how. Try a smaller spoon a little bit further into his mouth. Not enough to choke him, but enough that his tongue can push it back instead of out. He’ll get it.
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You can take baby food and add to there milk. They well take it better. Warm milk is best for them when they are that young. Mix a jar of baby food with the milk or formula. If u are using a 4 Oz’s bottle. 2 Oz’s of formula and 2 Oz’s of baby food. Shake it well. Baby we’ll be happy. Good luck.
I’d buy one of those cheap bullet type blenders and blend whatever your having as far as vegetables go. Introduce things one at a time. That way if there’s an allergy, you know what he’s allergic to. All my kids were started on solids by three months. That was 19 plus years ago tho.
My second child hated baby food he just drank his formula until solids. The pediatrician was okay with it
It sounds like he isn’t ready. It sounds like he hasnt lost his tongue reflex. Look into BLW and try again when he loses that reflex.
Be patient and never force baby to eat.
Let baby follow you and let baby do their own thing.
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Baby led weaning!!! No purees no cereal. Food is just for fun before 1. My daughters first faves were scrambled eggs, cottage and cantaloupe.
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It’s not that he hated it, it’s that he had to learn how to eat it it’s normal for their tongue to push the food back out that’s why you just keep scooping it back in with the spoon. He is used to drinking from a nipple which requires a different motion from the tongue and really good is not necessary at this age cause he still needs that bottle for all his nutritional needs. Don’t get stressed, it’s a learning process
Sweet potato pear veggies
try making it in a smooth liquid form so he adjusts to the new tastes and texture then every da or 2nd day make the consistency a little thicker until he learns how to break it down and swallow it
There’s a reflex with the baby’s tongue that makes them push things out of their mouth (or so I’ve heard). Perhaps your son still hasn’t outgrown this. If he doesn’t seem more hungry than usual then I would wait a couple days and try again. Honestly it’s normal at this stage for some babies to hate solids just keep trying even if just a spoonful each night. This is something all so new to him. Try different things. Both of my kids liked baby oatmeal mixed with breastmilk/formula starting out more than anything else. Maybe try that and make it more watery at first.
Be careful not to introduce solids too early if your baby is still pushing food out with his tongue. Developmentally lactation expert’s usually want to make sure your baby is going through the motions of swallowing. Also, if you have a mom feel like there is an underlying issue make sure you ask for a referral to a Gastroenterologist, an ear nose and throat doctor, or an allergist. I ended up having three kids with three separate issues and they all had to have referrals to specialists. Finally, last but not least you could recommend a swallow study be done if in a few months there is no improvement. As a mom you really have to trust your instincts.
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That’s his tongue reflex. He’s not ready. Try again in a couple of weeks.
FEEDING Therapy get referral from your physician to Speech evaluation. It doesn’t mean he is Autistic can’t get Autism diagnoses until they are older usually of 12 + months. It is a texture or oral mouth thing with tongue will help with Speech later. Don’t let anyone scare you. Just get him to Feeding therapy.
We used to originally think our son was rejecting everything. We were then told that most kids push out on their tongue because they’re tasting it on their lips. And it’s the texture. Maybe try baby led weaning. Bit of a toast that he gums on.
They also say you need to let them try 7 spoons of something to fathom whether or not they like it. Try not to panic hon x
Just wait a couple of weeks and try again
He might not be ready… wait a little longer
Sounds like he isn’t ready wouldn’t force it wait a little bit longer
Very soon to be at your wits end. Try having a 21 month old thats not very interested in solids
My mother had a hard time switching me to solids due to what turned out to be severe food sensitivities to a common filler they used in the baby food when I was little.
Dont force him if he isnt ready. My son still hardly eats table food and hes almost 2. Lol besides food under 1 isnt for nutrition, its purely for learning.
Maybe try actual foods and not nasty puree and baby cereals.
Try again when hes closer to a year old. Also was he breastfed? It takes time for their body to adjust to the different foods. Digestion. Sounds like hes just not ready. Dont give up just try again later. Nothing wrong with sticking to milk for now if thats what he likes and eats. Happy baby happy life.
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Some babies don’t like processed food in the jars try to give your child table food. Try tasting his food and see if you like it.
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Just keep trying momma! They’ll go through a couple stages where they refuse to eat things just keep offering him what you eat maybe try putting him someplace different to eat? Like right up to the table without a tray and see if he eats that’s way? Also I would highly recommend adding Baby Led Weaning for Beginners & Beyond (BLWBB) its an amazing page with many many questions like yours and they’ve been given awesome advice! Good luck mom you’re doing an amazing job! Don’t let anyone tell you what you’re doing is harmful or bad either. It’s a newish method and people are scared of new. BLW was the BEST thing I ever decided to do and I plan on doing the same for any future children I have!
Let him pick up the food himself…he might eat it that way…
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Stay in the. Formula. Introducing as. Often as you. Desire do. Not. Give. Up. . Fruit yogurt. What ever. Works. Keep up. With. Ruckus risk. Stay with. It. Keep. Cool.
Does he swallow baby food ok if not you might want to look into him not swallowing
Go to a different dr if your worried by it. Make your own baby food if you dont already i did for my little one but stupidly forgot to take some out with me so had to buy a pre made jar and she spat every bit of it out but i tasted it to see why and it was disgusting.
Wait until about 10 months
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Sounds like hes choosing baby led weaning for himself. Just give him his formula and/or breastmilk and offer him different solids. He’ll eat it if he wants it.
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Eating solids before a year old is “for fun” and learning. Just sit him in his high chair and give him soft finger foods and let him explore them. If he eats, awesome. If he doesn’t, that’s ok too. As long as he’s getting enough breast milk/formula he is just fine.
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Maybe it’s a texture thing, steam veggies and put them in the mesh feeder, and fresh fruits he can gum on them and get used to the flavors
Table food. He will eat what you are eating.
Most babies push the food back out initially because they have to learn to reverse their tongue from a sucking position to moving food into their mouth to swallow. My daughter started her son on avacado, and he loved it. No gluten, no dairy, so he mostly gets veggies, and a few meats which were introduced later. I know this is frustrating, and you don’t want to make eating a war. I guess I would try regularly, and try using a blender to purée foods so they taste better than processed baby foods. Nurse or formula feed AFTER trying to spoon feed him. Hunger might help some. -?- Also, if he comes to the table and sees you eating, he just might get fascinated with the idea - I know my grandson wanted EVERYTHING his daddy was ingesting, even when he was only 4 months old. So he sucked on corn on the cob, the outside of Dad’s water glass, etc, but waited for his own solids until the pediatrician gave the go-ahead.
We used to give our kids Cheerios to pick up and eat, but now they recommend no gluten until 1 yr. otherwise that is a fun food (especially if you have a dog who will lick up the many that land in the floor !!)
I honestly never had this problem with both of my kids, nor did my friends with theirs. And we started way earlier than this (48 yrs ago) We always started with apple sauce & then worked our way with what ever was allowed at that time.
I’ve always heard that food (solids) before one is just for fun. If he’s not into it yet, then wait a month or so and try again. He may just not be ready yet and that’s perfectly fine. As long as he is drinking plenty of formula/breast milk, he’ll be okay, mama. Try not to get frustrated when you feed him. They feel your emotions and it will make him upset.
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My youngest daughter was the same. Actually still is … but she’s eating more and more.
She would gag on anything pureed …
She still has texture issues…
We started with whole foods (baby led weaning) softened carrot sticks broccoli cauliflower softened without mashing or pureeing.
My daughter was BF until 4 months old and FF still going strong on bottles at 1 and a half. 
3 bottles per day.
We continue to offer her everything we eat and her own foods too (she’s also Lactose intolerant) at one point Drs thought she was Gluten intolerant as she threw up alot. She eats white bread and gluten free pasta:woman_shrugging: I have no idea but the Drs explained that she could be Gluten sensitive so give her small amounts to build her up…
Eat with the baby they prefer to copy and have company.
Good luck mumma take a breath and try not to get frustrated baby will eat when baby is ready.
We ended up with alot of meals on the ground or just refused it’s hard but you both will get there.
The hardest part for my daughter is the fact that she won’t drink anything but formula or water… so when she was sick with Rota virus the Drs kept trying to make her drink Powerade/ hidrolite/cordial/zooper doopers/ juice and she flat out refused every one of them you should have seen the locum Dr get angry and he couldn’t believe that she wouldn’t drink it until he tried to get her to drink. He was pushing her to drink it because she had such low sugar.
It’s not that he hates solids, it’s that he still has that tongue reflex. Stop for about a month and then try again but don’t force anything until the tongue reflex has gone or he keeps the food in his mouth (he may still have it partially). At this age he still gets his nutrition from breast milk/formula.
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He probably isn’t ready just yet. My youngest was breastfed and refused solids until she was 13 months old. She never ate baby food. Went straight to table food that she could handle. Some kids just don’t eat the baby foods and they go at their own pace
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When a baby first starts eating, their tongue pushes the food back out. You have to create a routine, so that instead of pushing it out of his mouth, he will start swallowing it. It takes a baby trying something 27 times before they know whether they hate something or not. Also if your child is formula fed… the amount of formula they drink is supposed to go down which is why they need to start eating solids. Plus babies need to get used to textures, children who aren’t introduced to textured foods at an early age can reject them and then need to go to a specialist to have that reversed later on
It is a texture thing. Keep trying he will luv it in time
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When you say solids, are you referring to puree baby food or tiny pieces of food?
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He hates solids or he hates baby food? Look into “baby led weaning”.
I started with my son at 3months feeding him. Baby food… Maybe it’s the brand or something… Does your baby eat the Rice Cereal with his milk. Maybe try mixing some baby food in with it,m and see if they’ll take it… I did thst with my son on some stuff he didnt like and he ended up liking it after getting him into it… Also you can tske the cereal and baby food and make pancakes too.
Just try him again later on. With my 4th kid i just started feeding him when he demanded to take things from my plate! Out of all the kids- he is by far the best eater. Dont stress, just offer at times and no big deal. Food before 1 is just for fun anyway
I started my babies as soon as they were intrested in food 4-1/2mths old, cereals btw every brand has different consistency try different ones till you find the one, I find the smoother the better make it very liquidy as possible to start, I added apple and pear purée after to the cereals, do not “CRY” when feeding the babies it supposed to be a fun experience and never force them to eat it all about smiles and laughing eating should not be associated with a bad thing at all, I find giving my babies a toy in there hand to keep them busy while eating works wonders keeps them not focusing solely on the food they are eating, and babies can only eat probably a few tablespoons at a time, remember to experiment adding breast milk, or formula or warm sterile water to the cereals, my babies hated formula in the cereals but they liked water mixture, also temperature, warm fruit sauces can be gross, try it cool, or room temp, peas taste better warm for example know your food, how would you eat it they are a Mini you, if you didn’t like something during pregnancy or do not eat it try something you enjoyed while you were pregnant or your partner likes … for example my husband loves cherries- once the babies tried it it was an instant hit, where I craved tropical fruit example mango when I was pregnant naturally babies were wild over it, something to think about hope this helps, good luck make it fun, control your emotions, play cartoons for them in the background it’s experimenting and babies naturally enjoy the experience
He’s probably not ready. It’s just for fun before a year so have fun get him to try all sorts or fruits and veggies so you know what he will like when he is ready. Babies dont know what solids/purees are that’s why they spit them out, if your angry and upset your baby will think meal time is an upsetting/angry time. Dont force him give him a bit everyday just to try and remember making mess is normal.
Yes sounds like LO isn’t showing all signs of readiness and you should wait a bit longer. He is still showing a younger reflex to push it all out. Not ready at all. Also I would recomend doing BLW. Not the nasty Jar pureed food. Try bananas and avocado slices. That babe can pick up. Food before 1 is just for fun remember that and relax. All the LO needs at this age is Breastmilk or formula.
Food before one is just for fun. My daughter occasionally got to taste some things but I never really fed her solids until almost one
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He’s learning how to eat, hell get it give him a few days!
Make it more watery and very slowly, as the days go on, thicken it up. He will get there.
Search Baby led weaning. I did it with my son and will do it with my daughter also. It gives them the ability to feed themselves which usually causes more interest. Babies, 6+ months can have anything except nuts and honey. He just might enjoy it more if he could feed himself the foods. Or he could just not like the textures
They tend to look like they are spitting it out but just don’t know how to use the tongue yet. It’s normal… don’t give up I know it looks like him rejecting it but it’s not
The first thing I tried my son on when he was 6m was rusk melted down with some formula milk till it was a thick paste. I would give it to him about an hour after his morning bottle, again at an hour after his afternoon feed and I would give him one after his bath of the evening and his night time bottle. He loved it also I discovered rusk mixed with formula milk and some stewed apple tastes just like apple pie 
Hes not ready his tongue is reacting to the food. Try waking his mouth up with a nubby and dipped in some unsweetened koolaid mix. Rub it around in his mouth.
Try rice cereal first. My baby did the same thing at first so I just mixed the baby food in with his bottle until he got used to the rice cereal
My daughter had/has, she’s 18 now, sensory disorders. Certain food textures she rejected even though I tried every trick you could think of. Unfortunately she’s also like that with clothes.
I hope this isn’t the problem, just food for thought. Keep trying and don’t stress, remember babies can feel your stress.
Good Luck!
Avocados mashed up with some breast milk is my girls favorite because theyre already mushy and the milk makes them sweet
Babies don’t NEED solid foods until after a year anyways so just wait till he’s a year and try again