Baby disinterested in solids...

I don't know if this post is asking for advice or just a vent.

I am very frustrated with my 11 month old! I am having a real problem getting him eating solids. He rejects most things.

We had an awesome start and he was really into it until about 8 months when he got really sick and didn't eat for about a month. He slowly bounced back but now he is super, super fussy. Even when he is starving he refuses to try most things. He cries and throws it off the highchair.

He will eat TONS of yoghurt if I let him, but it makes him constipated so I have to limit it. He also loves peas and cheese. Will nibble crackers. Will nibble apples. And that's about it. He absolutely refuses to eat bread/toast even though he used to love it. Yoghurt is the only thing he will accept from a spoon.

It's totally doing my head in. I had all sorts of problems with my first boy, but where that was a medical issue this seems more like a willingness issue. I don't really know what to do! I am going back to work in a couple of months and am worried he won't eat.

He's breastfed at the moment, won't take a cup or bottle (a whole other story) and he will hold out for the breast. I would have thought when he was *really* hungry he would give food a go.

Am super sensitive due to my first boy and his eating issues and feeling so defeated over this.

Try not to worry (easier said than done I know). My son didn't start actually having solids till about 9/10months, but never more than the odd bite of something, then suddenly around 18months had a huge appetite, although he still has periods where he is completely disinterested in food.
Your boy is still having milk, which is still the most important thing and will be meeting his nutritional needs.
You can't force them to eat, just offer something at each meal you know he'll try and introduce the odd new food.
Good luck, I'm sure he will be eating in know time

Do you think he's associating being sick with foods he ate?

So maybe you could try and show him it's ok to eat? Ie eat some yourself & then get him to have a bite?

Maybe start with something like canned pears, rinse & cut into chunks so he can feed himself & it's nice & soft to eat.

Oh and I have noticed that bubs is much better about eating things if they are around the size of a pea. I have been cutting all foods into tiny pieces for him.
Anything about the size of a bean has been tossed over the side, but the cut up small bits of bean go in his mouth

I'm going to say try not to worry too
My DS1 was a huge happy eater at 12mths. Got sick, got better again but had lost his interest in food. This was also about the time he discovered walking.
He lost his chub
Then all of a sudden at about 15mths we were out at a cafe, he started eating wedges - to our surprise he ate and ate and ate. That was it, he was back into eating again - go figure.

Now he'll have hungry days, and not so hungry days and I just try to go with the flow.

Oh, yeah and he would not eat pizza - at all. Then we had friends over with 2 other kids, had pizza (just this week). He watched them eating pizza for about 5min then joined in. I asked their mum if I could borrow them for brocolli training - lol.