Where did it all go wrong? Refusing Puree, refusing lumps, hopeless at BLW

[RaspberryGoose]

I desperately need help. My gorgeous boy is now a year old, and although he's healthy, he's quite lean compared to his peers. He started purees at 4 months and was a brilliant eater until recently when he suddenly refused to eat anymore puree. So I then thought we'd do some BLW, which really didn't work as absolutely nothing was going in and he was just getting hungry and frustrated. So, then I thought, how about lumpy food? He hates it, and spits it out. So, now my LO's diet comprises solely of Philadelphia sandwiches and Petit Filous (the only thing he'll let me spoon feed him). I've started going back to BLW but it really is terrible as the poor thing doesn't know how to chew and just spits everything out (even really soft foods), and now I'm getting so worried as at a year milk is not enough to sustain him and I cannot afford for him to drop his weight. We all sit at the table to eat and I try to make it as fun and pleasant as possible, but am secretly obsessing over every mouthful. Please help!

Hi - I saw this in unanswered threads so this is a bump and also just to say our ds1 was exactly like this at aged 1. He gave up milk and yoghurts as well so was a complete night and a skinny thing for ages. Philadephia sandwiches and petit filous doesn't sound so bad if he's having milk as well. Will he eat any fruit or bananas?

I'd just say keep going, try not to get stressed (something we failed at miserably) and it'll pass, even though it seems like it never will. ds1 is 10 now and to be honest has only started eating in a non-fussy way in the last couple of years. He's even gone back to drinking milk, now gaining weight and muscle seems to be becoming very important to him!

good luck and hopefully others will post with more advice.

why are you hopeless art blw?

you don't do it - he does. :)

don't panic.

the easiest way with blw is to put him in his highchair with big chunks of whatever you're having.
he will explore it with his hands, and maybe suck, and maybe bite at it.

he will learn to chew and swallow, but he needs to practise first :)

just don't panic, and givehim his food when you eat yours.

i think also, one thing my book said, was to give him a couple of pieces/chunks of each thing, but not too much on his tray at any one point.

eg:
you're eating stew, so give him 2 lumps of potato and of carrot, then after a little while, give him the onion or meat or cabbage (whatever's in your stew)