Siya's food troubles

by Tuhina Misra
(Adelaide,  Australia)

Siya is 14 months old.

She is an absolute angel... I love to be around her and play with her, but the only trouble is she just doesn't want to eat or drink anything after two bites!

I started her on solid food when she was five months old by pureeing fruits and veggies... (she's a vegetarian) and made it tasty too, by adding cheese and cream or milk.

When she turned one I started on finger food... a little late, I guess, but she prefers the old pureed form over the solid food. And she doesn't even drink her milk with the bottle, she only wants mother feed.

Please help and advise me on how to start her to have her food on her own and also how to get her to dislike mothers feed and go on to other substitutes instead...