Fussy Feeder

[JD1981]

my 1year old has started to refuse food i have tryed lots of diffrent food but too mouthfulls of any thing and she turns her head and pushes it away or throws it on the floor she is a bit under waight for her age
any tips would be great

Have you tried leaving the bowl in front of her, with a spoon and wandering away and leaving her to it? Ds (12months) does this sometimes and it seem sto be him reminding me that he can feed himself now (well, he likes to think he can!).

Ill give this a try at tea time, see how it goes. She can be a little madam so maybe this will work. Thanks, I'll post later and let you know... thanks!

Fingers crossed for you...!
It's great when you can stop 'feeding' and move to 'supervising feeding' instead...because you can supervise with a cup of tea in your hand, or get the washing up done while 'supervising'! Ds ate his whole dinner himself yesterday - with his hands, but that's fine!

thanks jessajam good advice i tryed the supervised feeding at tea time and she did eat some food a little more than normal so mabe this will work she was having alot of fun getting really messy but the extra baths wont hurt cheers jd

. Sometimes she may want to be all independent and feed herself totally( and the floor, and the highchair etc) and other times she may prefer to be 'helped' for a bit too (often at the start and the end of the meal)..other times she may decide it is all too much hassle and sit there with her mouth open waiting for you to feed her!