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FAIf your child had bottle aversion, the transition to solids is a high-risk window. Full stop.
Here’s what I see all the time 👇
🍼 Bottles improve
📈 Weight stabilizes (hopefully🤞🏼)
😮💨 Everyone breathes again
⚠️ Then solids get pushed too fast, too hard, or too emotionally
And suddenly:
😬 Meals become tense
📉 Intake drops
🙅♂️ Your child starts resisting again
💭 And you think, “Not this again. I can’t do this again.”
Here’s the truth most parents aren’t told 👇
Bottle aversion doesn’t magically disappear.
It teaches the nervous system to protect itself.
So when solids are introduced without a plan:
🧠 Pressure sneaks back in (even unintentionally)
🍽️ Hunger cues get overridden
🔒 Trust gets fragile again
🚫 And the brain says, “Nope. We’re not doing this.”
This is why transitioning to solids after aversion has to be strategic, not milestone-based.
That means:
⏰ Timing matters
🥄 Volume matters
🗣️ How you respond to refusal matters
📊 And growth absolutely matters
You are not dramatic for being scared to mess this up.
You’re perceptive.
And just to be clear, this isn’t meant to scare you or make you second-guess yourself. Most parents navigating this are doing their absolute best with the information they have.
This is simply about awareness. Some kids need a more thoughtful transition because of their history and that doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you or your child.
If you’re thinking, “Oh sh!t… this is us” and you don’t want to live in aversion land again, comment GROWTH and I’ll send you the link to schedule a consult so we can do this the right way.
Support now is easier than repairing trust later.
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