(I've posted this on the Weaning thread as well, but given his age, wasn't sure that's where it belonged...)
...and I'm not sure what to do about it. For the past fivemonths, he has refused everything at home except:
Cereal
Yogurt
Bread
Hummous
Raisins
At nursery, however, he eats well - meat, veg, fruit purees, you name it - although I'm a bit cross that they are still largely on pureed foods at this age there (except for the occasional bread and cheese/jam). So at least he's getting one good meal per day during the week. But weekends are a nightmare.
His automatic reaction to EVERYTHING we try to give him at home is to clench his mouth shut, turn away and start screaming. It doesn't matter if it's pureed, chunky, finger food, homemade, out of a jar. whatever. It doesn't matter if we're eating it at the same time or not. We've tried bringing leftovers home from the nursery - same thing.
I know kids go through phases, but we love food, love to eat, and it's so disheartening to see him reject everything out of hand.
He took so long to sleep through the night that I think we are terrified he'll revert to night wakings if he eats nothing, so we are usually guilty of capitulating and giving him one of the foods he WILL eat after he refuses everything else.
Do we need to get tough and insist - i.e., let him go hungry until he'll eat what he's offered? If so, how does that work? If he refuses lunch, do we give him nothing until his scheduled snack time a few hours later? And at that snack time, do we give him what was offered previously, or what he would usually have, such as Cheerios or yogurt?
Many thanks for your help!