My 2yr old son won't eat home cooked meals, ie casseroles, stews, spag bol, mac & cheese.
Saturday refused heinz 12+ spag bol
Sunday refused pork casserole (stewed for 2hrs) and mashed pots and veg
Monday refused homemade spag bol, even though i added cornflour and made it bland just like the heinz one.
He has had a heavy cold and granted his eating is not 100%, yet, but he's starting to control mealtimes has been for over a year now, and we're so where i didn't want to be. I weaned him all wrong i think! Last time he had broccoli he was 9mths old, he started to refuse to eat veggies then.
He only ate half his breakfast this morning. We're trying to only give him his snacks and meals at specific times and if he refuses to eat one meal he doesn't get anything else until the next snack time, but it's so hard.
His granny (husbands mum) looks after him and gives into his demands for food out with snack times often and it annoys me. She says he's too little too understand that he has to wait until the next snack time if he refuses what we give him, but he's not it's an ideal time to start, or else he'll just get junk and rubbish when he wants (just like his cousins, who's eating habits are non existant, she gives into them all the time and they play on this all the time too!)
She can't bear to hear him cry, well I can't either, but he has to learn to try foods, if he doesn't like them fine, but he has to at least try, often he doesn't like it just by looking at it.
I have tried to explain why i don't want her to give into him, but it's not been direct as I feel uncomfortable, and my husband has tried but just gets into arguments with his family. We do rely on her for childcare, but i want her to help me with him.
What do I do, please help?