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1 year old eats for his gran but not his mum - advice please!

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firststeps · 09/01/2007 11:02

He will eat ANYTHING for my mum when she looks after him 3 days a week whilst I'm at work. At home with me he will have his milk in the morning and evening fine, and usually his breakfast (weetabix and fruit followed by a slice of toast). However lunch and tea are a different matter, he either takes a couple of mouthfulls and pushs the spoon away or (in the last couple of days) starts shaking his head when he sees the spoon coming. I usually put some finger foods on his tray (veg etc) which used to distract him so I could get the spoon in! but even that doesn't work - he has starting splatting the foods on his highchair tray. I even gave him a spoon loaded up in case he wanted to try and feed himself but he wasn't interested. He isn't fussy and will try new things - my mum thinks he is just playing me up - could he really be this crafty. I am starting to get stressed by it, could he be picking up on this. Also, if he refuses main meal he will usually eat dessert (yeo valley natural yoghurt) so I know he is hungry! sorry for the long post any ideas or tips will be gratefully received!

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DetentionGrrrl · 09/01/2007 11:29

perhaps a gran mask, you could wear it while you feed him, and trick him into eating?

Sorry, not very helpful.

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DetentionGrrrl · 10/01/2007 12:47

I felt a bit bad about my unhelpful joke

Is your mother feeding him in a different way? Is he in a different chair with her?
Perhaps he just like the attention from you- if you put out finger foods you know he likes, and he's hungry enough, i'd have thought he'd eat what he needs then chuck the rest.

MrsBadger · 10/01/2007 13:05

What exactly does your mum do differently? Does she mostly give him finger food? Use a different type of spoon? Not give him yoghurt if he doesn't eat the main meal?

I'd suggest a bit of 'benign neglect' - leave him with a variety of finger foods you know he likes on the tray of the highchair and get on with eating your own meal. Hopefully he'll realise that the spoon isn't iminent and hence there's no need to make a fuss, so he might as well eat the tasty cheese sandwich in front of him...

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