Please say in not the only one!

[rubesxx]

Feeling like such a failure .. my 10 month old refuses EVERYTHING I give him at mealtimes. Well maybe not everything.. he will happily eat Cucumber sticks, sausages, tomatoes and baby biscuits and melty puffs (Ella's kitchen) .. anything else is a NO!

He's never been the best at eating but this last week I can probably say he hasn't eaten one full meal. He gets so upset in his high chair and has recently started rocking violently back and forth in it too. I just can't seek to make mealtimes a happy place for him despite trying my best to.

Just tried breakfast - weetabix with mashed banana and apple slices and there has been a meltdown - my son, my husband and me all included! I feel like such a failure.

I'm just hoping to hear that I am not alone. My little boy is otherwise a happy and thriving.

Help 😭

What about baby breakfasts? As in museli or porridge? If he eats Ella’s kitchen crisps, have you tried their meals? Trouble is, children can pick up on peoples emotions etc so try and stay calm and don’t fret or panic or get upset coz he will pick up on it. If he does try something give him a lot of praise. Don’t force anything on him What about you trying it first and making a big deal about how nice it is? I did that with watermelon with my youngest coz he wouldn’t even look at it and now he absolutely loves it x

I've tried it all! For a while it seemed to be only savoury foods he would refuse so I just had to keep trying but was content knowing he at least would eat something sweet like fruit, Yogurts and custard. Now nothing. It is really hard not to show my emotions but for the most part I've held it together (until this morning!) I've tried me trying too and also I've let him play around with his cutlery independently without food. I've tried different spoons. I've tried baby lead weaning. It's exhausting.

It is exhausting but as long as he’s getting enough he won’t starve. Is he drinking enough fluids? What finger foods have you tried? Have you given him toast? Have you tried Aldi’s own make meals? They have a really good selection. Have you tried waffles? Sweet or savoury? It is really hard not to show emotion but sometimes it gets too much but try as much as you can to keep smiling and doing all the oohs and ahhs to encourage your son xx

How much milk is he drinking @rubesxx?

At this age the recommended amount is 400 mls a day.

It sounds like he's full from milk to me so if he's having over the 400 ml, I'd drop a bottle, maybe the one before breakfast?