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1 year old eating bare minimum - please help!

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NewChoos · 02/04/2012 16:12

My already poor appetite baby has decided that purees are well for babies and so now refusing them.
He takes after my DH and is very fussy (I will pretty much eat anything!)

He likes homemade potato wedges oven chips peas, fish, blueberries, strawberries chocolate buttons & bread and pretty much refuses everything else ie used to like cheese, cottage pie, cheesy mash but now mainly refuses. He now likes to hold his food, so have tried homemade pizza, crackers, toast, muffins etc he takes a little but not much. He also used to like Ella's pouches and I always would give one of those if all else failed but he won't take those now either. Trying hard to give him more savoury but will generally offer pudding as weight is real concern due to a health concern.

So far today, he's had
0600 breast feed
0730 refused breakfast
0930 80mls formula then nap
1130 1/3 cheese sandwich, custard and peach
1400 70mls formula and bf then nap
1530 oat cookie, 15 blueberries

He has poor weight gain and I am getting increasingly stressed....
Any idea's welcome/tactics welcome.

OP posts:
NewChoos · 02/04/2012 18:28

Update.
He's had wedges and some cheese and a cherry tomato for tea, followed by grapes.

To clarify, by puree I mean mashed food.

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DomesticGoddess31 · 02/04/2012 21:30

My DD loves feeding herself so we do mainly finger food. Not sure if this will help but if I want to spoon feed her something I have a couple of tactics, let her have her own spoon, let her 'help' and spoon feed herself (and prepare for wipe down of walls), sometimes after a bit of this she'll let me spoon the rest in. I usually give her some finger food to play with at the same time which sometimes works. If those fail I dump the food on her tray and let her at it. She can scoop up mash and get a surprising amount in her gob these days.

LivinginFrance · 03/04/2012 09:10

Really feeling your worry because DD is refusing all of my homemade puréed and the stress at mealtimes is unbelievable!Sad
I have tried structuring mealtimes for my 10 month old and that had really helped because she comes to the table hungry.

Typical day:
6AM - 240ml bottle with added baby cereal inside
7AM - nibbles finger food like banana and toast
Noon- Ella's kitchen pouch and yogurt (won't eat any of my delicious home made stuff)
4pm - fruit purée, biscuit, tiny bit of juice from cup
6Pm - 240ml bottle with added vegetable mix

I hope this helps. My mother tells me never to let her snack outside hear mealtimes and not to worry about her not eating much solids as milk is most important.
I still worry though. Good luck

LivinginFrance · 03/04/2012 09:13

Btw I do the same as DomesticGoddess if she's being fussy at lunchtime and usually one of the tactics works.

angelpuss · 04/04/2012 10:18

A tip for the Ella's pouches - try letting him feed himself with it.

My 17 month old has decided he won't eat anything unless he's feeding himself, but won't eat it unless he likes the texture when he squeezes it!!! However, if I give him a pouch, he'll have the lot gone in about 5 minutes - I just help him towards the end to squeeze the last bits out! I know it's not ideal, but at least I know he's getting something to eat if he won't have anything else except milk and biscuits Smile

TruthSweet · 10/04/2012 10:42

TBH that sounds like a good amount of complementary foods - a toddler serving of banana is 1/3rd for example. I'd up the milk though - either offer more bfs or more formula (depending if you are stopping bfing soon as to which you go for).

Also, offering more calorie dense foods is a way of getting more cals without more volume - so things like avocado, bananas, cheese on toast, eggy bread (soliders of bread dipped in beaten egg [then sprinkled with cheese] and fried in olive oil - for a sweet you can add cream and vanilla essence to the beaten egg but then fry in a neutral tasting oil), roast potatoes, quiche, omelette, etc.

If your DS has a specific health concern esp. surrounding sufficient weight gain/maintenance could you ask his paed. for a referral to a dietician for extra support?

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