HELP - 13 month old refusing anything other than yoghurts and biscuits...

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Used to be a very good eater - was never very keen on fruit but would eat most things I fed him (not BLW'd). He loved cheese, meat, pasta, rice, everything really.

Not he's suddenly refusing anything savoury at all. He'll eat things like rice cakes, or the little organix gingerbread men, moon biscuits etc, and his own bodyweight in yoghurt and rice pudding.

Help please - he's not losing weight yet, but he's just not eating enough (I don't think).

Anybody got any advice on how I can sneak more protein into him, or persuade him to eat savoury again?

Sorry, that was meant to be now he's refusing anything savoury.

Forgot to mention that when his Granny feeds him (MIL) he'll eat anything she gives him. Incredibly frustrating!

bump - any help on this would be very much appreciated.

lots of dcs go through someting like that. i would still put a proper meal in front of him each day but make sure you find an excuse to let him have his yoghurt and biscuits too.it is a phase. hold oyur fire and dont worry or stress and it will pass. v v hard to do but try not to worry. persuading is the worst thing you can do as it makes the food an issue. offer then take it away. i didnt do this with my first and even now she needs distracting. didnt make the same mistake with my scond and she came through the phase and eats fine. really really just let him eat it if he wants but dont offer an alternative. he really will not starve himself. and get Granny to give him a meal whenever you think it has been long enough since he ate some protein!

Does he feed himself happily? Could it be that he doesn't like being spoon fed but makes exceptions for sweet deliciousness such as yoghurt? DS can be a bit like this, makes out he isn't hungry but suddenly finds room for a yoghurt when it appears!

I'd be inclined to dump a selection of finger foods in front of him each mealtime and see what happens (veg sticks - carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery etc, cheese chunks, crackers or toast, and something tasty to dip them in like hummus or creme fraiche can help). And try not to resort to a yoghurt every time or he'll get wise

When my daughter did this I let her. If you try and battle you won't win. It will pass soon enough. Yogurt's not bad for them - why not mix his other food with yogurt? I remember dd eating all sorts of revolting yogurt combinations.

FWIW, most of my friends children went through an only yogurt stage too, and the ones whose parents were chilled about it came through it in the same amount of time as the ones whose parents adopted military strategies and turned summersaults trying to solve it.

thank you all - he's been doing this for about 2 months now, and I've been telling myself it's just a phase, but last week he got even more fussy.

He will eat marmite toast, bagels etc, but won't eat sandwiches. He'll eat cheese sticks but HATES cheese.

I try and feed him savoury food every meal times at the moment, but even offering a spoon of it results in lots of tears - not tantrum tears either, real horror from DS
I've tried giving him a small bowl of food himself as well, but he will not touch it. Weird that he lets ranny feed him, but he knows he can get away with it with me.

Been very chilled about it up til now, but getting stressed now. Been trying him with everything. He will not feed himself veg or fruit now, no meat, cheese, egg etc... just biscuits and rice cakes.

Must chill though. It's not like he'll be eating just yoghurts for the rest of his life.

My dd2 is 2.2 and we're yoghurt and fig rolls, have never known another child to put down choc for a fig roll
Your def not alone

oh, fig rolls, that's a good idea

was cooking sliced up apple for him earlier, topped with cinnamon. not that he#s spoilt or anything