ToddlerMe is almost 2 as well and he hates eating (unless it’s crisps or chocolate).Struggling also with my toddlers eating. He’s 2 in March! He had his first lunch at nursery today, he ate the jelly & banana but not the main. He tried it but spat it out! I’m just pleased he tried it tbh.
when he’s at home he doesn’t eat a full meal, he’ll snack throughout the day, but occasionally he’ll surprise me and attempt a meal. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him finish a whole plate though.
when I weaned him he was offered everything, so what we give him now shouldn’t be new to him but it certainly feels like it.
Is it normal for him to spit food out? He willingly opens his mouth when I put the fork in his mouth but then spits it out, almost like it’s a game?
he was born premature so he’s a petite baby already, but I do worry a lot about him being underweight.
And his sleep is so bad. One night he falls asleep nicely & right through with no wake ups. Then the next night he’s fighting sleep and when we finally do get him to sleep he’s awake every couple of hours ! I have to take him out in the car to get him to sleep sometimes & I don’t like doing it too often cause he relies on it!
Anyone else do this? I feel like I’m a failure when I can’t even get my son to sleep or eat!
Have you tried letting him feed himself?
TMe didn’t eat anything but a handful of cheese for dinner, and it was pasta which he normally does like. He quite often eats nothing at all, I honestly don’t know how he survives (breastmilk I guess).
If he put something in his mouth he didn’t like he’d also spit it out, I would ignore that totally.
We just keep offering him normal family food, and nutritious snacks, and try and let him choose what he wants. But it’s hard, and as the girls on the new baby thread know, sometimes I do get really down about it