Problems about introducing solid food
pighead
yes, i'm a full time mum. my son refuses to use bottle too. so i'm with him almost 7/24. :) hope your baby will accept solid food very soon.
nikitac
thx for your response. in fact, i've been doing what you suggested, i.e. still breastfeed him after his meal of congee if he wants to, simply because i can't stop his crying.
我曾經接過一個熱線電話,有類似的問題.
後來大家傾耐d,了解多些bb的生活及成長.發現,可能是bb要出牙仔了.
而每當匙羹送入口,碰到了牙肉,使他痛了,就哭起來不再吃了....
大家可以更換一下平常用開的硬膠匙羹,改用軟膠的那種,看看情況有否改善.
小bb好脆弱又好敏感,一有挫敗或不適,第一個想到的當然是照顧得自己無微不致的媽媽啦,一想到妳,自然想要妳那甜甜的奶水啦....媽媽的一哄,一抱,一餵.....簡直是能化千愁的解藥! 
Hi yuengooluk,
你回應BB 需要，做得好好呀。教導BB 進食固體食物的目標並非要將一餐固體食物取代一餐母乳，而是讓BB 學習進食母乳以外的食物嘛，如果食完粥之後想食母乳，我看不出有何問題。
Hi pighead,
唔好客氣！都要有班媽媽的支持我地先成事。
Yuengooluk,
Thanks for your sharing! A feeling of relief flows from my heart after knowing your experience. I think my baby is having the same response towards solid food as your baby.
You are really a patient and caring mum. Are you too a full-time housewife? My baby is a breastfed baby without using bottle once(she refuse to have bottle actually), and she is being taken care mainly by me and my husband. I think that's the main reason she depends on me a lot.
Nikitac,
Thanks for your passage! And thanks for being a volunteer here in this organization. I browse it everyday (usually when I bf my baby)after my baby is born. Your work, and other volunteers too, is really wonderful. You gave me so much support, that I can continue to breastfeed my baby.
我想分享一下我的經驗, 並順道問一個問題.
我兒子近九個月大, 我由他六個月開始餵固體食物. 他在頭一個月十分抗拒, 每次只勉強吃到一兩湯匙的粥, 吃後一定要吃媽媽奶. 到了大約七個月的時候, 他逐漸吃到半碗, 到七個半月, 他已可吃一碗了. 不過, 在這期間, 他有一個”怪”習慣, 那就是常常在吃粥中途哭起來, 我知道他想吃奶, 我無計可施, 只好順他意. 但是很奇怪, 每每在吃奶後, 他就高興起來, 並且肯大口大口地吃掉餘下的粥. 我媽曾怪我餵得”亂晒籠”. 可是, 我總相信這只是過度期, 當他完全接受了固體食物, 自然不會再在餐中途要求吃奶. 果然, 到他大概八個月, 他變得十分愛吃, 無再在吃粥中途哭起來, 或想吃奶了, 我現在餵得稍慢也給他”投訴”呢.
然而, 他可能真是太愛媽媽奶了, 現在他偶然在吃粥後仍想吃幾口媽媽奶. 我知道這是他心理上的需要, 那我應該順他意嗎?
Icedlemonad and Miu, thank you so much for your advices! You two really give me confident!
Don't worry the amount she eat. Before 1 year old, babies get their nutrition mainly from milk. (Afterwards, mainly from solid food.) Now the main target is let her try and practice eating. It's more important that she find that eating is funny and happy and interesting.
Please don't feel "failure". Every baby is unique and has his own characters and favourites. Therefore, you also don't need to compare with the others. I think your attitude is correct as we need to train our babies to a certain extent. Maybe when you are here, she loves you very much as well as your milk. So, she prefers to have your milk more. In this case, can you try to use your breastmilk to mix with cereals or other food? Or, can you ask your family members or helper to feed her and you have to "disappear" a while while she is having lunch?
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My baby is now 6 months and 3 weeks old. I breastfeed her from her first day of life without adding formula. When she was about 6 months, I started giving her "solid" food. She tried rice cereal, spinach, pumpkin, banana, papaya, pear and sweet potato, in form of puree. In the beginning she was quite positive towards having solid food, but recently she just refuse to eat. She struggled on her highchair....and everytime, I held and comforted her, she wanna to be nursed. The situation was not turning good after I nursed her. She just ended up having 2-3 teaspoon food.
I have the following question:
1. Is 2-3 teaspoons food enough for her? I heard many babies eating a whole bowl of food around her age.
2. I don't wanna force her to eat, if she cried or refuse to eat, I just eat all the food by myself...and won't let her to eat the remaining food later..as I hope her to develop a right attitude towards eating. Am I correct?
3. I found grandma or my husband can often feed her more efficiently, this made me feeling failure. Is breastfeeding baby has the similar problem too? How to solve this problem?