Fussy eating going out of mind!

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Up until about September DD now 18 months was a good eater. Since then we have had a couple of illnesses and teething and she now barely eats anything.
She basically eats pieces of chicken/ fish, flat bread, crumpets, fruit and occasionally abit of broccolis, yogurt, crackers.

She used to love things like sweet potatoes now I can't even get her to eat a chip. I'm trying to stay calm esp in front of her but I'm going out of my mind. I have tried all ways to get her to eat she used to have a varied diet. I did worry it was my food in particular she doesn't like that it was too bland/boring but she won't even try new things I make her.

I suppose I'm just asking for tips but also more reassurance that it's just a phrase and will get better? Also if anything similar happen to your DC how long did it last?

I hated the weaning stage at the start but by 12 months felt proud that she had a good healthy varied diet. Now I feel I have gone backwards.

I think this is really common around that age, all of my friends with babies the same age were going through this at the same time as my son, and that was around 18m. Not stressing (at least in front of them!) is the main thing and continuing to present a good variety of food, even if it goes untouched. Don't offer alternatives immediately after they've rejected a meal. Be neutral when they say they don't want it. My son is still going though this a year later I'm afraid to say, although he goes through good and bad stages with it. On a good day he can really surprise me and eat loads of new things and on another day he'll only eat beige. He's a very determined/ stubborn toddler and doesn't care if he goes hungry so that doesn't work for me! I definitely think it's all part of finding their voice and learning that they can take some control. Offer as much choice as possible and just ride it out. It stresses me out too but i know it won't last forever. Take comfort in small victories. Most toddlers i know only actually a handful of different fruit/veg and one or two meats. It can look like other children eat a really balanced and varied diet but in reality you might be seeing them eating a dinner that they've eaten 5 times that week. As long as you can reliably get some fruit and veg in them, they are getting a form of protein etc (and are topping up with vitamins) then I'd say try not to worry, even if it means they only eat the same items of fruit and veg every day, and just keep trying things over and over.

Thank you both so much for your advice it's reassuring to hear it is fairly common. I don't have a lot of mum friends and the ones I do aren't at the same age. I do often feel like everyone else's child are eating better than my DD. But like you said this is probably an illusion.
Will just keep going and try to be as relaxed as possible .