Should I just stop giving snacks so one year old DD will eat her meals?

[Tapster]

DD is one next week and she loves eating on the go and snacking - she now gets most of the calories that way. At 11 months she had two serious viruses in a row and since then she will eat a very limited variety of food and has a severe case of neophobia (aversion to new foods). She is still BF and I've cut that down alot recently but still has 4 feeds a day.

Should I stop all snacks and just eat main meals and put up with the resulting screaming and biting (for BFs)? She has been a very "fussy" (I hate that word) eater from the beginning its just got extreme. Yes I have done BLW after purees a disaster and eating meals with her.

I'm at the end of my tether. She was allergy tested yesterday (confirmed she is allergic to eggs)and the nurse wanted me to see a dietician there and then when I explain the limited range of foods she will eat. I will see dietician in December if no improvement.

Should I starve her of snacks and/or BFs? She is not underweight and is very tall for her age.

Maybve only give fruit as snacks. Not as filling

My girls have three meals a day and a snack mis-afternoon of fruit. The baby (10 months) still has her milk on top of that.

If I fed them any more than that they would not eat their meals.

Just try different variations and see what happens.

All that matters is that she's getting a healthy diet. If that's in snack form rather than three meals a day I wouldn't worry at her age.

my 2 year odl eats his emals well most of the time

he have has more than 1 very small snack at any time throughout the day i can pretty much garentee he wont eat his dinner at 4.30, so i dont give him any regular snacks. (The only exception is a mini box of raisens after swimming while i get changed)

he also drinks a lot... every day 2 large size avent magic cups of milk (1 with breakfast and 1 after bath) and at least 3 same size cups of water.... the same happens even he gets extreamly weak squash or diluted juice.... he just seems to keep drinking and never stop, so i also only let him have water cause if he drink loads and loads he seems too full to eat as well!

I will try only fruit for snacks - bloody HVs kept on at me to give two or three snacks a day and I did with the resulting disaster. Other problem is that DD has always disliked spending more than 15mins in her pushchair she gets very bored and so to get round the supermarket I go at snacktime and give her a babybel. I need to avoid such situations for a while.

I can rarely get DD to drink water never gone down the juice road. Feels like the only thing I've done right...

Dont be too hard on yourself tapster...

there are far worse things you can do than give you child a babybel to get a few minutes peace while shopping ...

so she obviously likes cheese... you could progress to pasta with cheesey sauce.... and slowly add extra stuff into the sauce...

or jacket potatoe with cheese

cheese sandwiches (normal or toasted)

homemade pizzas with lots of cheese and less topping and gradually add other toppings in

at this age there is absolutely no need to worry about "meals" which are just a social construct anyway. much healthier to eat "little and often" - olrder children unfortunately do need to fit in with the patterns of society in terms of eating if they go to school.
but snacks are not inherently "unhealthy" - in fact tbh I think the whole obsession with eating your meals encourages you to eat not when you're hungry but when it's "time" and to eat more than you need because it is a long time to the next meal. some people work well within a routine like that, and some don't
just my personal view. anyway I would encourage your dd to eat when she's hungry and focus on the quality rather than the quantity or the timings
and def don't cut down on the bf imo.

thanks harpsicord for your kind words she BF until 7 months very much like a snacker so thats how she is with solids - I know one day she will eat. She lives off babybels, bread and cheese biscuits.

nanny L - up to a month a go anything in cheese sauce worked, now she refuses it plus has always hated potatoes god knows why because I love them.

Good news this week is that she can have peanut butter and she actually likes it. I'm actually writing down what she will eat. Its a very short list except for fruits she will eat figs, mangoes, pineapple has never refused any fruit.