Hi everyone,
I really need some advice and reassurance because I’m feeling completely drained and defeated over my little boy’s eating. He just turned one, and I honestly find myself in tears some days because he refuses to eat most solids. He throws everything—food, spoons, even his water—on the floor, and I feel so frustrated. Not only is he barely eating, but I’m also left with a huge mess to clean up after every meal.
What makes it even harder is that he actually started off really well when we first began weaning. For the first few months, he was trying different foods and seemed to enjoy them. But in the last three months, it’s like he’s completely lost interest. At first, I thought it was due to teething, but even when his teething symptoms eased, his eating didn’t improve.
We’ve mainly done baby-led weaning, but I’ve also tried offering purees and mashed foods to see if that would help, and it doesn’t make a difference. He chews food but then spits it out, especially anything with a tougher texture like chicken, meat, or fish. I don’t know if he physically struggles to swallow some foods or if he’s just refusing.
He will eat a few things, like spaghetti bolognese and certain fruits, and he loves bananas. He’s dairy-free, so his options are already a bit limited, but he will sometimes eat plant-based yogurt.
On top of all this, he’s extremely clingy, making it so hard to cook for him or even do basic household chores. I feel like I never get a break, and then when I finally sit down to feed him, he barely eats and just throws everything on the floor. I always make sure to space out his milk feeds (he’s breastfed) so he’s hungry for solids, and I even tried a whole day without offering milk to see if he’d eat more, but it didn’t make any difference.
I just don’t know what else to do. It’s so exhausting, and I feel like I’m failing. Has anyone else been through this? Does it get better? Any advice or even just reassurance would mean so much right now.
Thank you ❤️