My 2 years old doesn't eat anything.

[Xaini]

Hi everyone

I am so worried about my son eating habits. He doesn't like the smell of the food he start puking if I offer him any food ....

He just want milk. He's ok with breakfast someday but for lunch and dinner he doesn't eat anything (Rice, vegetables, pulses, chicken,bread) NOTHING

I just stop give him milk so he might eat but it doesn't work.

Please can anyone please meeee :(

Have you taken him to the GP to see what they say?

at age 2 he can still see a health visitor who can give lots of advice.

is he losing weight?

what does he eat for breakfast? would he eat the same at dinner time?

how is his development in other areas?

Definitely call the GP and your Health Visiting team. They can help or do an urgent referral to a dietician or another specialist to help you.

They just said try again and again... they didn't give me a proper advice

So he had sometimes weetabix and sometimes porridge...and sometimes just only fruit.

I ring them once they the health visitor said you just stop giving him milk

If i stop giving him milk he doesn't have any energy all day and he cries aloot.

I would say keep giving him milk, but always offer other foods alongside.

He's still very young.

Also don't make a big deal of it in front of him.

Make sure he sits with you at meal times so he sees you enjoying food.

Does he have siblings ? Could you invite other children around for lunch so he sees them eating ?

My son is exactly the same. He's two next month and hardly eats when I cook for him. At nursery he eats fine but I really struggle on the weekends. I make him something called milk pasta, a recipe I got from a friend. Buy some tiny pasta (you can usually get these from European shops) and boil it in milk, I sometimes add a bit of honey. It doesn't take long to cook but my son loves it and will easily eat two bowls in one sitting.

If you're worried about his weight or him being tired/lethargic from not eating though, I would take him to the GP.

Good luck!

Put a couple of choices in front of him and just silently leave the room

If when you come back he hasn't eaten any just silently remove it

Make sure however he can access fruit when ever he wants from a fruit bowl in a table for when he does get hungry and cave in

So long as you are providing food he won't starve

He doesn't have any siblings. He doesn't care if anybody eats ... if he look someone eating he's start puking...

one day my husband just give him little bit egg he vomit stay away. 😑

My mother in law said same just give him Milk.. he will eat one day when he understand.

Thank you I will do that. I will buy that pasta

This is absolutely not true as it depends on the food. If you've ever had a child with ARFID you would know that.
Some children will literally starve themselves rather than eat food which repulses them - and that can be a lot of foods! It needs professional help, obviously.

OP keep giving him milk. He needs the calories above everything. Fruit and rice are quite low in calories. Anything with fat will help. Children need the concentrated calories that fat provides - they have small stomachs.

I would be asking your HV and/or GP for a referral with the knowledge that seeing someone will take time.

The fact that he vomits observing other people eat seems to signify he has some sort or serious food aversion.

The milk pasta sounds worth a try.

I would work on being able to eat in front of him, exposing him to seeing small bits of food on a plate near him. I suppose some sort of exposure therapy rather than on him eating any. No pressure, no expectation just that food is something seen around the room and isn't a threat.

You definitely need to ring your GP and get an appointment to get support with this.

Short term, will he drink fortified milk drinks?

Ask for referral to specialist feeding therapist working with the community dietician
First keep a detailed food diary for a week every input and output wee poo recorded

Well obviously @Lifeinlists the OP knows what her DC likes and doesn't like so far so would use her common sense like any other non nasty passive aggressive DM and put out a reasonable selection