One year old wont eat dinner.

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DS has just turned one.
He was doing well with weaning, eating a variety of things, beginning to self feed etc etc but for the last week has refused dinner. Eats well at breakfast and lunch and still has milk morning and evening (and sometimes early afternoon).
At the moment I'm offering dinner and then taking it away if when it's been thrown on the floor.
Is this just a phase? Does anyone have any top tips?

I see your food throwing on the floor, and I raise you banging the table.

Might he be a bit too tired? We see this behaviour if dd (21months) hasn't had a good nap.

At least he's eating well at other times.

But throwing dinner around is such fun
I'd try an earlier dinner time and see if that works. I notice you said dc is having a afternoon bottle so don't worry too much as they may not be too hungry.

DD has just turned 3, and only very recently has eaten 3 full meals a day, rather than eating 2 and picking at 1!

I wouldn't worry too much.

How does he eat this last meal - is it with everyone at the table, in his highchair being (relatively) ignored, in his highchair being watched? That could possibly affect his reaction. 14mo eats better when she thinks she's not being watched, so for example she's in her high chair and I'm doing the washing up.

If he is still sleeping well and not wanting milk in the night, and is also eating the other meals well, I'd just leave the food there for 20 mins or so and then take it away - no fuss, no reaction, no offer of anything else.

If he is teething they can often hurt more come evening time, worth checking.

Offer less snacks/milk feeds between lunch and dinner so he will be hungry.

Thanks everyone.
The CM and I have been experimenting with giving him his main meal at lunch and something lighter for tea. So far so good...