15mo suddenly throwing all food on the floor

[sunnyfields25]

Hi

My DS is 15 mo and up until recently did fairly well with food. There were things he would refuse to eat, but in general would eat enough variety to have a balanced diet.

For the past few weeks he's been getting fussier, and the past few days it's got so bad that all he's really eating, other than a good breakfast, is fruit. Everything else gets chucked on the floor, even the foods that he previously loved.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is it just a phase?

I think he's got a bit of an upset tummy as he was sick yesterday and has slightly runny poo, but personality wise he's his usual cheery self. It also looks like his final front molar is coming through.

Does anyone have any tips? I am probably handling it badly because I get quite stressed when he doesn't eat, and I realise he probably picks up on that.

Thanks

Watching with interest as DS 13 months is exactly the same, except the funny tummy.

He has never been a great eater but we were getting there slowly and there was quite a list of things I knew he would eat. He still loves his Ready Brek in the mornings and will eat any snack type foods and most fruits, but anything I try to give him for lunch or tea are rejected - even Ella's Kitchen pouches now which he used to love and were my fall back.

He used to eat toast, cheese spread sandwiches, pasta with homemade sauce, roast chicken, some vegetables, fish fingers, casseroles etc, all made by me. Now it's point black refusal of spoon feeding and windscreen wiping food I put on his tray onto the floor. Gaahhhhhh!!!

My son was doing this until I let him switch to self feeding everything

And I mean everything

If I try to even touch the spoon he throws the bowl. Tonight his favourite bowl broke as a result.

I let him get full on messy with "wet" food at least once a day and otherwise he lives off finger foods like mini sandwiches and biscuits, crisps, sausages, the odd vegetable, bananas.

I do try and spoon feed him still when he's very tired, Like Weetabix for supper but this is being rejected 50:50 now depending on how much he's eaten through the day.

He refuses the pre-made baby dinners he used to love, they get launched or smushed everywhere.

I think he would live off sausages and milk if I let him.