15 month and meal times. At my wits end!!

[YellowEllis]

Used to be a brilliant eater but it's gotten worse and worse. He's become so fussy, won't eat things that we're his favourites just weeks ago (sweetcorn, bagels etc) he's refusing more and more of his meals. He's throwing everything on the floor and then crying. Used to just offer him fruit instead if he had a big melt down but then worried that was the problem, have just been giving him toast instead now but sometimes that just gets launched as well. What do I do? Do I offer him something else? How do I make him bloody stop throwing every meal I make him on the floor.

We are entering a similar phase with our 14 month old. I'm pretty sure she would eat if she was hungry so I'm trying to stay relaxed about it. We just put bits of food on her tray and carry on eating our own meal without making much of a fuss.

Last night she had eaten very little of her tea so I took half a banana upstairs at bedtime and she ate it before stories and milk.

I know it's a worry when they don't eat, but a toddler won't starve themselves (I hope!). Maybe just offer a bit of toast or porridge before bed if he hasn't eaten much during the day?

Hopefully people who have been there and come out the other side will be along soon to offer words of wisdom.

I think a fussy stage is pretty common - DD went from eating everything to not very much at that age. She will try things now but it's still a pretty limited menu.

In terms of throwing, I wouldn't have that at all. Throwing means finished in my world so the meal would be removed. We had decent success with moving out of the highchair to either a booster seat at the dining table or using her little table and chairs, and using little bowls to present new, unfamiliar or disliked food so she could choose if she wanted to try it or not but it wasn't near the food she did like.

Totally normal phase - I tend to just ignore it. I'll put the food back on his tray for a bit but if he just keeps throwing, I'll just take the food away. No drama. Don't tend to offer anything else. DS normally does it because he's bored and doesn't want to eat or because he wants some attention. Either way, that's fine!