How do you handle food strikes?

lisac1017

DS is 14 months old and while he has never eaten more than 4 or 5 ounces of anything in one sitting, he will usually alternate one good meal with one not-so-great meal throughout the day.  The last good meal he had was Saturday.  He has gone through 3 full days of very poor eating.  We have offered him just about everything in the fridge and he either shakes his head no and tries to escape the high hair just at the sight of the food, or he dutifully waits until it is cut up and on his tray before launching it to the floor.  His mood has been great, he is sleeping well, and he is having bowel movements (although come to think of it - each of the last three days he has had a blow out which hasn't happened in about 6 months).  He does drool alot still, but that is normal for him.  I also noticed his hand in his mouth alot today - not sure if that is indicative of teething possibly?  Thinking he might be teething, I resorted to a jar of baby food and it took him all day and 3 attempts to eat a 6-oz jar.  Besides that he had a couple bites of melon, apple and half a piece of bread and 6 ounces of breast milk all day.  I nurse him morning and night and in addition to that he usually has about 9 ounces of BM throughout the day.  Would you recommend increasing the BM until he comes around to eating again?  Is this a normal phase toddler's go through?  He is in the 75% for weight & height so I'm not worried about him starving or anything.  Just wondering how other mom's deal with eating changes and if you have any tricks you'd like to share.  My only trick is that he usually eats really well for the sitter and he will be with her tomorrow so that will be a moment of truth I guess.  

Thanks for any advice!  

jalaiaa

We give our boys what we are eating and they eat or don't eat. I do very little worrying about how much they eat or trying to find something they like. Today Eli ate all his dinner, James at 2 bites and Micah ate about half. They all went to bed with n

Netty_3

LO is pretty good about being vocal about being hungry, so if he's not eating...he's not hungry. If he doesn't eat dinner, then asks for a snack later...he gets offered his dinner again. I don't want to force feed him, and I figure he knows best if he's h

PsyDr04

Here is what we discovered about DS. Interestingly, at daycare he seems to do fine with eating in the high chair (he also naps better for them, go figure). At home, it's a different story. He will eat some things in the high chair, but we can get him to e

MisN

We've had our ups and downs with appetite/eating as well.  Recently, we went through about 5 days where DD ate very little (even favourites like pasta and furits did not go over well).  She continued to drink her milk duri

FabulousMrs.P

I honestly wouldn't worry about it. My DD goes through phases and it is usually related to teething. When she is teething, she usually doesn't want too much in the way of solid food. If she is hungry enough she will eat. If she chooses not to, then I d

Tink112011

I ignore them.  My DS is a very healthy weight, so I figure he'll eat when he gets hungry. And he's so incredibly unpredictable that I've gotten used to it. 

The hardest part for me is when we're with company and he decides not to

alyss0nl

DS went through this a while ago. For instance, if I gave him veggies, I would give him a little ranch to dip it in. If he was eating chicken, or chicken nuggets, I would give him BBQ sauce or ketchup. If your LO refuses, try dipping the food in a sauc

lisac1017

I swear sometimes all I need to do is to post a concern and it magically gets corrected. DS ate his entire breakfast this morning in addition to about 10 oz of BM before his first nap. Of course it was with th sitter. Go figure. Maybe he's just bored of u