18m old won't eat!

[MumToBe2015R]

I'm so stressed right now, ds used to eat his 3 meals a day really well but it's been a couple of weeks it's getting abit tricky.... past week it's just been impossible!!

He doesn't want to eat anything he eats his breakfast just about but lunch and dinner it's a NoNo! Tried to force feed as well but he just spits it out... all he snacks on here and there is quavers & maybe 1 Heinz chocolate biscuit through the day

Any tips?

Would be so grateful! X

[GoesDownLikeACupOfColdSick]

phase phase phase! try to look at what he eats over a week, rather than over a day, and keep offering him different things, like little cubes of cheese, fruit etc.

it's tiring and frustrating, but it won't last forever :)

[MumToBe2015R]

Thanks GoesDown

[OpenYourEyesAndSee]

My DD went through this. She got better eventually but her diet is still fairly limited.

I kept serving up food I knew she liked, as well as trying to introduce bits of new things every so often. Just keep at it and try not to show any frustration!

[OpenYourEyesAndSee]

At one stage all she ate was toast and chips. (though she'd eat biscuits, crisps and chocolate all day if I let her).

[OpenYourEyesAndSee]

If you're really worried, there's a book called My Child Won't Eat by Carlos Gonzalez. It was highly recommended to me by lots of others, and it's really, really reassuring.

[skankingpiglet]

Don't give in to the Quavers and biscotti. Keep offering the normal food and don't make a fuss if none/very little has gone at the end of the meal, just clear it away. IME it's either an attempt to get treats as a regular main meal, or a control thing which burns itself out if not given oxygen.
I found a good way to get them to eat things was/is to serve it up for yourself and settle down to tuck in. A bit random, but a technique we've used (sometimes unintentionally) very successfully to get DD1 to try new foods.

[NoCapes]

My 15 month old ate nothing but grapes for 3 whole days last week
They go through these phases, just stay calm they'll get over it
I'd stop offering quavers though