It’s really difficult to deal with Op ….
my eldest used to take 1.5 hours per breast feed… wouldn’t eat chewable solids for long time…then veg and fish ( fish is really good option btw for those who don’t want to chew ). And my goodness did he eat slowly… it’d take him 39 mins to eat his dinner . Grain of rice individually, playing with food around his plate
he’s now aged 31. Skinny as a Rake. Still eats extraordinarily slowly . But at aged 20, after years of constant runny noses and blocked nose , he was diagnosed with nasal polyps. He can’t fecking breathe when he is chewing 😮🤦🏼♀️.
If only I’d have known that in first few months when I was convinced I couldn’t breast feed and felt useless, and was exhausted with continuous breastfeeding to point of sobbing uncontrollably as he jerked off breast and screamed 😢
these sort of things are hard to detect in young children…they can’t tell you … the runny nose we put down to hay fever and teething for ages as it was so easy to miss
Hang in there. Don’t make food a battle ground . Let him set the pace. meat is quite difficult for a lot of kids if it’s not mince. Try to eat at same time if you can so they see it’s social activity. Remember kids have to try something multiple times before they will eat it readily so keep offering wide range . I found getting them involved in cooking from even 18 months helps enormously …breaking up mushrooms with their hands, smelling herbs and spices, stirring stuff … get them interested in food. You may end up with a child who is good cooks like we did once they reached around 10-11 who would like to cook family meals fairly often!
if he’s not loosing weight, eating varied veg and protein, some carbs he’ll be ok for this short phase . If he’s not gaining weight with height..or it continues to be very limited range seek medical bc advice again.
good luck