Postby BeaG » Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:42 am
I know this all too well, my little boy has just turned 1 and he has never been an eater, many mealtimes would end with me in tears. He dropped from 75th to 25th percentile in weight which was terrifying but then steadily tracked at 25th so perhaps this is just where he was supposed to be as neither my husband or I are particularly big.
However, at the time I never allowed myself to accept that he will get there in the end and wanted every mealtime to be the one where he would change. He also knew how to make himself sick and I would often spend an hour at or more per meal trying to feed him while entertaining him with toys, singing etc. etc. to have him just throw up everything I'd managed to get down him.
However, he started nursery 4 weeks ago, and after a couple of bad weeks with illnesses, he has now completely turned a corner. I don't know if this is where he would have naturally changed regardless of nursery or whether he was just playing up to his parents for the last 6 months, but he now hoovers down his breakfast in particular. Lunch can still be a tricky one, but we don't push it now as we know he will eat when he's hungry. He will not take a spoon at lunch or sometimes at dinner so those meals are generally a small amount of finger food, but he does accept his breakfast porridge from a spoon!?
Babies are bizarre, but try not to beat yourself up like I did, it was so hard to cope with and your little one will get there in the end and will not starve him/herself.
I was told "food is fun until you're 1", so let him play, squeeze, throw and spit out food and try not to worry about how much they actually swallow (and keep down!), they will make up for it with milk at this age.
Good luck!
