I know it can be normal to go through a bit of a fussy stage around this age and I expected new foods to be refused but my 14mo has started refusing once favourite foods. He used to love pasta and pear but won’t even try them now. I never stopped serving them apart from when he was poorly and only tolerating bread & yoghurt.
His range of accepted foods gets smaller and smaller every week. The only things I can trust that he’ll eat is porridge, bread, baked beans, strawberries, grapes and blueberries. When he ate pasta, I could at least pack it veg etc but I’m really struggling to make sure he gets a varied diet now. He has had weight concerns in the past too, which continues to worry me. I still offer family foods and normally try to serve something safe alongside. I also try to pack extra calories in where I can. I always offer yoghurt for dessert in the evening as well, regardless of whether he eats dinner. Sometimes I will offer an alternative 30 mins-1 hour after as well as I hate the thought of him going to bed hungry - plus he’s already a horrendous sleeper so I don’t want to add hunger into the mix!
He’s never been spoon fed - massive spoon refuser from 6 months! So has been fully BLW’d. He’s always been particular and never loved food but it’s just getting worse by the day.
I’m not sure what I’m looking for. Maybe advice, maybe solitary. Finding this stage very hard and frustrating!