1 year old DS will not eat fruit!

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I cannot get my DS to eat fruit at all, I offer it all the time and he just throws it on the floor (he does the same at nursery too). I took him to Stay and Play today and the snacks were strawberries, grapes, banana and cucumber, it was depressing to watch all the other babies happily munching whilst mine threw it on the floor.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can get him to a. Eat fruit and b. Stop him from always throwing food on the floor?
TIA

my third baby was really not keen on fruit. in fact, he didn't really like anything that was smooth/slippery and firm.
he'd munch on a whole banana SOMETIMES, but wouldn't eat sliced banana

I just kept offering very small amounts now and then and at almost 2 he eats most fruit and veg I give him. So I'd say persist with offering, but don't worry if he doesn't want it at the moment

Thank you, I shall persevere but at the moment I feel like I am losing the battle.

My DD (23 months) won't eat pieces of fruit either. She will however devour those Ella's Kitchen fruit puree packs, or similar - perhaps something like that might be worth a try

DD is ten next week, she will not eat fruit except mango, rambutan, banana and raspberries. Imagine trying to find the first two in Belgium.
She does drink juice, which, while I know isn't ideal it is better than nothing.

My dd was a fussy eater. Just keep offering it and don't try to force her. Don't show her you care in any way as they pick up on it and it becomes a battle. Ignore the throwing.

I thought my DD would never eat a balanced diet. She was three before she would eat most things. She even went through a stage of only eating yoghurt and blueberries. She came through this phase a healthy happy little girl.

I tried everything and got really stressed. Just go with the flow, there really is nothing else you can do.

agree with the others. ds2 (age 3) and dd (16 months) won't eat fruit, other than the ella's kitchen fruit pouches which they may as well have as an IV drip given how many of them we get through, but both eat lots of veg. ds1 never ate any fruit OR veg til he was about 4, is now nearly 10 and eats both.

I wouldn't worry too much about it, his vegetable intake it more important. Ds2 (aged 7) rarely touches fruit, perhaps some pear or watermelon now and again, but hates all other fruit, or so he claims. However he will eat all vegetables with gusto so I don't worry.

He won't touch any fruit juices at all, so drinks only water and has milk at mealtimes. Which is all goodn news for his teeth!

So ime concentrate on makng sure what he DOES eat is good stuff. You can still try different fruits now and again but don't stress.

Just keep offering as varied a choice of fruit as you can, but don't try to pressure him into eating any. Hae you tried blueberries? A lot of babies like them. Or try humzingers, or any other type of sugar free dried fruit bar/stick. Will he eat cooked fruit? You could try him with purees, crumbles, pies etc, or homemade low sugar blueberry muffins etc.

Also, try offering the fruit in different shapes/sizes - some chopped small, some whole, some in chunks (obviously being careful about choking hazards...). My DD loved bananas whole of ages. then wouldn't have them like that. Now she will only have them sliced. They're infuriating little creatures sometimes areb't they?

Rambutan?!?!

my DS was like that too, hes been through phases and sometimes you find they will just try it. for months he wouldn't eat grapes however only recently has been enjoying them (possibly as they seem to be a lot sweeter than they were a few months ago). still has problems with banana (ate some but now has reverted back to not having any). I have found juicing fresh fruit in a fruit juicer has really helped ease him into getting used to the flavours and if the juice tastes a little sharp then adding carrot really helps. (he likes celery, apple and carrot!)

I think just offering a variety to him and letting him choose and using it like a game may help. i've found with mine that sometimes even when he keeps his mouth shut, if you manage to get the first piece in sometimes he will have a try and then think 'hmmm, this is actually quite nice' and have more... obviously sometimes they will just spit it out!

what about yoghurt with fruit in, maybe he would eat that?
my 16 months doesnt really eat sliced fruit and things either, except bananas. whereas my 2 yr old loves it, but then the 2 yr old is fussy in other things eg wont eat meat and the baby atleast will eat that.. sometimes they just have their own preferences i think, just keep offering it and maybe they will find some fruits they like eventually
mine would eat the ellas pouches kind of fruit so they are worth a try if you just want to get some fruit into them