I don't know what to do....

[Conorsmammy]

Hi Ladies,

I am still somewhat new to this board but I was hoping you could give me some advice or opinions please.

My little boy Conor has just turned 1 year old and he will not eat alot of the things I put down for him, he will just eat the same old things like Stew's and casseroles and only if the are blended down a good bit..

He won't eat potatoes much for me, or pasta, or rice or alot of fruits.. he won't eat bread but will eat toast.. I have tried him with all sorts of foods and he just keeps refusing them, I feel so fed up as I feel a failure.

What should I do? surely by this age he should be eating alot more varied diet?

Thanks in advance.

[dmbell]

You are not a failure. If he is eating things like stews and casseroles then you sound like you are giving him a good start.

I would maybe continue to give him the things you know he likes but on the same plate/bowl put on one new thing for him to try. Just leave him to it, if he tries it great and if not then do not make a scene and do not let him know that its an issue. Try and make things fun with no pressure and hopefully he will come to try new things in his own time.

If he wants things blended down then maybe blend it only a tiny bit so that each time its offered its got more lumps/chunks in it.

Good luck

[iwantone]

I agree with dmbell. Sounds like you are doing a fab job. I think all lo's go through a fussy stage at one time or another. I would just keep doing what you are doing by offering him things he is not presently eating but then make sure he has something on his plate that you know he will eat and just keep offering different foods. One day he'll try them. Can you try mash half of his meal with a fork and leave the other half chunky so that there aren't too many lumps in and see where you go from there. My friends lo who has just turned 1 will not really tolerate lumps just yet either. Good luck. x

[Daisy-Amelia]

Hi, i'm new to this forum but just thought i would join as i'm having a big struggle with my 1 year old girl.

She turned one recently and has never really been a big fan of food, she doesnt like milk and only recently tolerates lumps. She eats finger food fairly well but after a couple of bites she seems bored.
If she even see's a spoon she screams..i'm beginning to dread meal times!

She is a very tall and skinny baby, weighed 10lb 3oz at birth but is only just over 19lb and is a very slow weight gainer.

The only thing she seems to enjoy at the minute is yoghurt, i'm just so worried i don't want her to lose more weight but don't want her to live on yoghurt either.

Would be grateful for ANY advice, it's nice to see that my daughter is not the only bad eater in the world and other people are going through the same thing. It's just so frustrating. I would love to see her eat a big meal but it never happens any more

[Conorsmammy]

Hi, I'm sorry to hear your going through the same as me... it is progressively getting worse in my house.. beginning to lose the will to live!

[scampbeast]

Grant still didn't have many teeth at 1 year old so he was only eating stews and things like that too. It's only in the last couple of months now that some of his back teeth have come through that he is eating finger food and other things.

[torontogirl]

ive got the same thing with my DS, he was a great eater until about 8 weeks ago, seems like he got to 17 months and decided thats it.. he now wont eat potatos, any meat at all no matter how well hidden or anything like shepherd pies, casseroles etc, which he used to woof down.

he seems to take one look at his plate and if it is not something he wants just shoves it out the way and wont touch it. I have worked out that he will eat things he can pick up, (apart from meat) he was using a spoon and fork well, but again that went out the window at about 17 months.

I am not worried about the amount he eats as he will eat fruit, veg, cheese and bread, but it is just getting me down that I cook all these meals for him and he just pushes them away without even trying. if it is lunch time I just give him his yogurt and leave it, so he realises that he wont get anything else, but in the evenings I dont want him to go to bed hungry as then its only us that suffer when he wakes in the night, so I give in and give him toast or cheese and crackers etc..

so frustrating, I just hope it is a phase, but it has been 2 months now :-(

TG

[matilda s mum]

Tilly was a nightmare at that age - a really fussy eater - she too would not eat potatoes or bread, though would eat toast. And her fruits were limited too. It is just a phase and she came out of it in her own time.

All you can do is encourage them as much as possible to try new things and not get cross (even though it is tempting to do so) when they won't eat something.

You can try hiding things in their food - e.g. hidden vegetable sauces to go on pasta, or chicken or fish. fruit purees stirrd into cereals (like weetabix or porridge) or spread on toast. Tilly loved apple and bleberry puree, though would not touch either at that age in regular fruit form.

I'll try to remember other tips and will come back to you.

Keep smiling though - promise you it won't last!
xxx

[matilda s mum]

Found these links to previous threads for you, hope they help:


Won’t eat Potatoes (carbs):

carbs


Won’t eat Fruit:

wont eat fruit

also, use the search section and type in fussy eater, or just fussy, and see what it comes up with.

xx

[Iaidomma]

Hi Daisy-Amelia, sometimes my eldest goes off food utterly, but she will always eat yoghurt of all varieties. One thing I did try was pureeing thicker fruits like bananas, pears and melons and sometimes blueberries and mixing it in natural or strawberry greek yogurt. It's now my fail safe meal for both of them. My sister tried this too and got her son eating petit pois and baby carrots via natural yogurt. Might be worth a try if she's guaranteed to eat the yog!