2 year old wont eat meals

[SLR1994]

Hi just hoping someone could give me some advice I have a 2 year old son he used to eat anything you gave him, now he wont eat any proper meals, I feel like he is not getting any proper nutrition & even not giving alternatives does not help him to eat, he isn't able to communicate yet & is awaiting speech and language, any tips on getting him to eat meals please he just looks at them and gets up and walks away.

Is it every meal?

My two year old is like this...but she’s my third and I am way more relaxed. Relaxed enough to trust she’ll eat when she’s hungry. I just made scrambled eggs and beans on toast for dinner, and she’s chatting to her brother in the bathroom instead. The more you try to get them to eat, the more it becomes a battle.

What else has he eaten over the course of the day, and the week? What’s his pattern of eating like - has it suddenly changed?

It is almost every meal, it has been for around the last 6 months , he would eat beans but not with other foods , simply on their own. There is a lot of food he used to eat but now he just wont, he prefers picky foods like cheese, crackers, raisins etc but feel like that's all he really eats

My son was like this (still is) - he ate everything you gave him when weaning-18 months and then he hit 2 and decided he had a choice, so we've had an uphill battle ever since.

Things that seem to work here is putting a variety of things on a plate and letting him pick what he wants.

If the picky foods are nutritious then I wouldn’t be too concerned. DS went through a phase of not liking any sauces touching other food and everything had to be separate so everything ended up being a pic nic.

Sounds like my daughter at 2! He'll grow out of it. Just offer him food little but often.

Our daughter is going through the same right now (she's just shy of two years) so watching with interest. Today she's only eaten a couple of bits of fruit, some bagel and some cereal, which she chose herself. She loved beans, potato and garlic bread up until a week ago, now she won't touch them

I wouldn’t panic but maybe make snacks as nutritious as possible. So carrot muffins etc

Thank you all for your advice, I feel abit more at ease now thank you

My 2 year old is generally ok with breakfast and lunch (as long as it’s sandwiches / fruit / cucumbers that sort of thing but will not eat normal dinners. I make him plain pasta, plain omelette, scrambled egg, or mini pizza and potato smileys. Not ideal obviously but he would go to bed hungry if I served him our dinner. He’s a happy and healthy little boy and I’d rather keep doing this and gradually try to introduce other food slowly than take the ‘a child won’t starve themselves’ approach.