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19 month old fussy eater

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Lazymoo83 · 18/10/2022 19:26

My boy is 19 months old & is such a fussy eater.
He will not try new things, he will just throw it and not even try it if it's finger food.
We thought we had a breakthrough a few months ago as we got him eating chips, but he throws them again now.
He won't eat fruit or veg unless it's part of a meal.
He won't eat anything that is dry, so has all his meals ingredients mixed together.
So won't eat bread or toast. Used to eat breadsticks but won't anymore.
Every lunch is the same munchy fingers with cheese spread and melty snacks.
He won't have a single carrot but will have it as part of a meal when it's all mixed in.
So it's like we are at the 12 month stage still.
I can make him food but it has to be mashed and saucy.
I made him fish fingers, veg and sweet potato mash all mixed together tonight and we had a crying tantrum.
I made him a baby chilli con carne which is was saucy the other night and he ate it all. I work so can't be doing that every night.

He has just started feeding himself with a spoon, so I guess that is something I suppose..

Just not sure what to try next...

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Lazymoo83 · 22/10/2024 06:45

He's nearly 4 now, things have improved but still can be a struggle.
He will eat cheese spread sandwiches now & wouldn't even think of bread at one stage. He will eat pizza if it looks a specific wayWink

I find the Little Dish meals that you can get in the chilled isle of most supermarkets have helped improved what he will eat as they are aimed at 1-5 year olds and he will eat all of them no problem.

We are getting there and he surprises us all the time now wanting to try certain things and then other times he will point blank refuse to eat things, so it's a working progress.

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Lazymoo83 · 22/10/2024 06:50

Personally, I don't think working with the food specialist helped.
I think in our case, it was just working with him and getting him to try things as he got older it was easier to have that conversation with him.
Now he will tell us that he doesn't want it or doesn't like it and sometimes .. why.

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