Is this just a phase too ?

Ana+V

My son is 10 months old. His eating habits are quite bad ... 

He loves to eat, but is too busy exploring or playing ... hence, i need to feed him based on my time-table ( rather than his hunger cues )...

When i offer him food, it must b along with playing ...he will eat it readily but he needs to be distracted by his toys ( and sometimes new ones ) - if he is not hungry he will take out all the food from his mouth..( so I offer only upto this point )..

i still feed him ... if i give him food - he plays with it and not eat...i have tried different consistencies as  well...but no change....

so playing, is very very important for him ( even so if wakes up in the night - he first want to play for a while before asking me for milk / crying )

 so please tell me : 

 

1. either i am cultivating bad habits in him by not making him sit at one place and eating

2. or it's okay, and this will change as he grows ?

 He hates bottles, wont take milk from anywhr else but my breast... so i am 24X7 dedicated to his food needs...

 

vrj0522

Sorry to say but it's probably #1. My LO has started fighting his bottle after a couple of ounces (because he wants to go play) so what I started doing is putting him in his high chair and then he drinks the rest of the bottle.

I think

laurelita42

vaninarosas:

My biggest suggestion is making meal time a regular, more formal activity and he might start eating better.