Mealtime struggles

MagickalNarwhal

My son has always been a great eater. Mealtimes were always fun and pleasant, he enjoyed eating a great variety if food and was clear with me when he was done.

The last few weeks it's become increasingly frustrating. He won't eat in his high chair so we typically sit on the floor and eat together. These days he's not eating hardly anything though. He won't feed himself anymore, but he hardly let's me feed him. He grabs at the spoon or fork but if I give it to him he just uses it as a lever to fling food all over the kitchen. If I give him his own spoon and bowl he cries for mine. He cries and reaches for the spoon or plate of food but if I get it near him he has a meltdown.

He is eating so little that I think it's possible he's having meltdowns because he's actually hungry. He barely drinks a bottle any more, maybe 8 or 10 oz in the day? But his bottles have almond milk with some coco milk per his dr due to issues with dairy.

I guess it's a phase, but any suggestions on how to move it along quickly?

AZ123

It is a stage. They also start to not require as many calories so their hunger has changed. You sort of can't look at what was and look at what is. I agree with the other poster and keep him in his high chair for meals. For snacks, he can eat more on t

FabulousMrs.P

DD's eating seems to go in spurts. One week we can't eat enough...another week we want to eat nothing.A lot of it has to do with growth spurts and teeth. Some days we're just having an "independent attitude" kind of day. I don't worry about it. If she

silvie25mar

I feel your pain. I'm in the same boat

melissa0726

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Filly78

We are having the same problem right now.  DS is a year and 2 weeks old and recently has decided he doesn't want to eat anything.  He just throws it all over the floor.  The girls at daycare had to feed him yogurt yesterday because he refus

Unknown

I notice my son doesn't want to eat baby food but he doesn't want to eat toddler food. For awhile I thought he wanted to eat what I was eating so I started to put his food on a normal spoon and he still wont eat it. (He gives the I wasn't born yesterday l

blu-eyedwife

I'm not even kidding, I read the first 2 paragraphs and thought 13 months?  Then scrolled down to check out your siggy.

It's a totally normal part of toddlerhood. Their appetite definitely ebbs and flows, as well as what they like.  I t