DS is almost 18mo and over the past few days has refused all meals except breakfast (porridge, and eats usual amount). He's only had a couple of bites of his snacks.
The meals have been stuff that he normally wolfs down - pasta, shepherds pie, beans on toast - and he's either refused to even get into his highchair at all, or just shakes his head when I put his bowl on the tray. He'll eat his yogurt or fruit. I've always offered him yogurt and/or fruit regardless of how much/little he eats of his main meal, but I don't offer alternatives if he refuses his main.
I know this is normal and I'm not concerned really (I suspect it's teeth related and if he's hungry enough he'll eat). My question is, should I try offering lots of new foods? Could he be bored? I don't tend to offer much meat or fish, simply because we don't eat much, nor does he eat eggs really (expect as carbonara on pasta). Am wondering if I should try new stuff like these things now or will he just refuse it all as its just a phase?
I'd rather have the stuff he normally eats get refused than new stuff I've gone to the trouble of making....!