Homemade Baby Food

So I just started cereal about three weeks ago when she was 6 months. She hated it took about 3 Gerber spoon fulls and the wanted nothing to do with it. So I let it go for a little over a week and tried again... same thing. So about 5 days later I tried Avocado thinking maybe it was the cereal, she hated that even more then the cereal! So I tried mixing Avocado and Cereal mixed with BM (all previously mentions foods were also mixed with BM as well), she liked it a little better but not much. So I went back to just cereal and made it very runny and she liked it, but wasn't crazy about it. So I tried Banana last Friday and she hated that too! I tried it again this morning made it with cereal and made it very runny again and she thought it was okay but really wanted nothing to do with it. Do you think she might just not be ready? Should I just hold off? Her Dr. told me that she should be on (and he wants me to build her up to 3 meals a day with):
Fruit 2 oz and 2tbs of cereal for breakfast
Meat 2 oz and a veggie 2 oz for lunch
Fruit 2 oz and 2 tbs of cereal for dinner!

That just sounds like too much to me! I think my DS was closer to 9 months when he was on 3 meals a day (but I don't think that was totally consistent). I also started him on solids around 4.5 months.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Don't give up! I know it's frustrating, but she will eventually learn to like certain foods. I would try and be more consistent with the type of food you offer her. Instead of trying one thing for one day and then a different food the next day, I would offer her the same food for several days in a row. It can take about 10 times for a baby to start to like a different food (sounds weird but true).

We skipped cereal pretty much. I don't think it's necessary, it's just a filler. And we never really had a "consistent" schedule for the amount of food that Harrison was on, we just followed his hunger cues. He was always a big eater though so we never had to worry about his intake.

Good luck and I hope she starts to develop a taste for certain foods soon!

Kirsten

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She might like sweet potato, peas, carrots. You could just keep offering at your regular meal times and see what happens. Lots of kids don't want solids until they are closer to 12 months. I wouldn't start stressing until after the first birthday.

I wouldn't expect three meals per day until at least 9-12 months.