Refusing to be Fed/Eat

Ben is 13 and a half mths and the last week has refused to be spoon fed anything but yogurts which he makes a small fuss about...

He will feed himself cheese and a few noodles,bread, potatoes, peas etc but this is seriously a mouthful or 2 and then he throws them on the floor , all done.

Surely he needs more than that to survive!!, hes walking around so I though he'd need more food , not less.

He tries to feed me with a spoon ( more like posting I think!) but will not put the spoon in his mouth and not even goodies like chocolate mouse get that jaw unclamped!

Any suggestions.. we've tried moving meal times back but heshe still is done after a mouthful and he doesn't have much milk maybe 150mls a day tops he prefers water...

Hey there - he could be teething, my little man always loses his appetitie when he has teeth coming through - honestly if he is hungry he'll eat, I often panic over this as well.... Fabian will sometimes go to bed and have not eaten anything at dinner and he's almost 19 months, try not to panic, but I would say if it continues for more than a couple of weeks maybe take him to the doc.

I wouldn't worry about it as well. Hannah at 1yo didn't care too much for milk over water either and I've never wanted to make too much fuss over food so if they don't want it, I'll just finish that meal there and then and offer more food at the next meal. Don't get into the trap of only offering treats so they'll eat - they'll eat when they are hungry anyway. And he probably wants to feed himself.