So fed up of encouraging and cajoling DD to eat, she is lovely and very good at eating plainly cooked veg and fruit and we give her ella's purees mixed with milk and rice to ensure she gets calories, but I'm so bored of doing it and she is teeny so we have to keep an eye on her weight. So I can't just cut meals short, I feel I have to offer alternatives/pudding to make sure she fills up.
I find it so annoying that the things she loves have almost no calories!! Eg salad she'll chew a tiny piece for ages and will not have anything else in her mouth till she spits it out again. All peas, blueberries get chewed a bit and spat out. Purees go down but she's a YEAR OLD she should be able to cope with more than this. Ugh I know I'm whinging but I just can't be bothered. She is now in the habit of spraying food out of her mouth now rather than spitting it out.
SHe doesn't eat any starchy foods except noodles - hates potato, bread, rice. Anyway please encourage me to be a better mum.