Is my 12 month old eating enough?

[BeckyBoo16]

Hi, my son turned 1 a few weeks ago and he just seems to be really off his food. Food he used to love he just turns his head away or throws it on the floor and I’m worried he’s not eating enough!
Typically his meals look like this:

wake up - 7oz cows milk
breakfast - weetabix with fruit puree mixed in, handful of chopped blueberries/raspberries etc (whatever fruit we have) and a slice of toast if he’s still hungry
AM snack - banana or other fruit
lunch - sandwich, cucumber sticks, small handful of baby crisps, yoghurt
PM snack - cubes of cheese/baby wafer
dinner - toddler meal pot so varies which one, I always do fresh veg with it to offer (he doesn’t eat dinner with us at the moment due to the shifts my husbands on, it would mean cooking 2 meals at 2 different times), homemade ice lolly for pudding and sometimes a biscuit
Bedtime - 5oz cows milk

He always eats all his breakfast and always drinks his milk. He’s just really funny with lunch and dinner at the moment. Struggling to get him to have more than a few bites and end up caving and giving him things I’ll know he eats (baby wafers/crisps etc) just so I know he’s eaten.

Should I ring the HV? I feel like im failing his basic needs because he won’t eat! Thanks x

Struggling to get him to have more than a few bites and end up caving and giving him things I’ll know he eats (baby wafers/crisps etc) just so I know he’s eaten.

It's this. Just stop offering alternatives. Babies are brilliant at self regulating and will eat if they need to but if they throw it in the floor knowing that this would get you in a flap and you'll suddenly produce their favourites, you're not giving him much incentive to eat

Try to keep a log of what he's eaten over a week rather than a single meal or a day. It should help you to stop focussing on each meal.

Also, make sure he has plenty of activity, like swimming, crawling, walking, playgroups etc to help him get an appetite.

Instead of caving, try adding a safe food to each meal, even if it's a bigger portion than the main meal. This gives him and you the best of both worlds!
You could also join Weaning the BLW Way on Facebook as they have lots of helpful tips too. Xx

This guide from the Caroline Walker Trust should be helpful too @BeckyBoo16 as it talks about portion sizes and gives suggested menus

Thank you everyone. @SiouxsieSiouxStiletto i do try and not offer them but I think I just worry he’s not eaten anything and I know he’ll eat these but I will try and avoid giving alternatives and see how it goes! I’ll check out the guide as well because I never know how much to give him and what size portions he needs, Thanks!

@MBJames I’ll check the page out on fb, thank you. I just think he’d just eat the snack and not touch anything else but it’s worth a try. He has a viral infection at the moment as he went to the doctors today so maybe that’s also why he’s been off his food.

He has a viral infection at the moment as he went to the doctors today so maybe that’s also why he’s been off his food.

It's perfectly normal for them to eat less when they're ill and make up for it when they're feeling better. Hope is is feeling better soon