My 17 month old toddler has been a decent eater since we started weaning at 6 months. He’s definitely not as good as he was when he was 12/13 months say, but he still would finish at least 2 out of 3 meals a day, all a good variety of foods (including meat, fish, fruit and veg).
On Monday he had a big bowl of porridge before we drove literally 2 hours for a haven holiday and he hasn’t really eaten properly since. He has refused almost everything we offer him. In 6 days he has probably had the same amount of food he would eat in about a day, maybe a day and a half at a push.
He has been a bit poorly with a cold or virus and cough, but it just seems such a long time for him to still be like this. When he’s been poorly before he might be off his food for a day or 2 but then he’s back to normal (he also has never refused everything). He is drinking normally.
It’s not like we were abroad (I say this because we went abroad last month and he didn’t eat that well but the minute we were back he went back to normal).
It also wasn’t really a change of routine as it was a self catering place and we stuck to usual meal times. We always eat with him and try not to pressure him to eat, but he is just not eating even simple things like yogurts, fruit, eggs, pasta, crisps or porridge (all things that were a dead cert he would he eat before this).
We came home from holiday a day early as it was getting stressful and thought maybe being back home would help but nearly 2 days later it’s the same situation. He is still not 100% but he’s pretty happy in himself and normal in all other aspects. He’s still having a poo every day (before he would have like 3 though!)
This is so long but I am just looking for reassurance this is temporary and a 17 month old can’t just develop something like ARFID overnight? It’s making me feel so worried and stressed and I’m currently 30 +3 weeks pregnant with our second and just want minimal stress!!