Struggling with my 9 month old not wanting to eat

My 9 month old baby just doesn’t seem interested in eating proper meals. I’ve been offering her different purees like pumpkin, broccoli, carrot, and potato, but she only takes 2-3 bites before shutting her lips tight. I’ve also tried offering her porridge, she doesn’t seem interested too.. Interestingly, when I offer her biscuits, she eats them without a problem. Because of this, I’ve stopped offering her meals recently since it feels like such a waste of time with all the prep and cleanup. Is it okay that I’ve stopped offering her meals for now? Has anyone else experienced this?

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My LO was like this too until she went to school (2.5yo). Maybe due to peer pressure, she starts to eat better now (3yo) and can even finish more rice than me. Before she entered school, almost every meal prepared for her ends up in the bin, I offer her a variety of foods with different textures etc, even explored different cuisines, get pretty cutlery and bring her to people’s house to eat with other kids, no means no. She would rather drink her milk. But yes, her own baby snacks no reject. So I gave up, I’ll just cook our adult meals then seperate a portion for her, if she wants to try she can take it from her own bowl else the bowl sits there untouched then offer milk afterwards. I’m not a good cook (but not hell cook) so having to rack my brains to whip different foods to get a hit is damn exhausting for me.

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