I've been there too, although with us it went on for longer as DS took a long time to eat well. I have to disagree with some of the advice given here. I was told that I was contributing to the problem by giving him the few foods he would eat all the time, as he would fill up on those and not need the ones he wasn't so sure of. And to make it worse when I did offer him the other foods first and he didn't have them, I'd give him the yoghurt or cereal so just I knew he had eaten something. Unfortunately it also taught him he didn't have to eat the other stuff because the favorite food would be offered next. I was advised to give him what we were eating and if he didn't eat it not to give him anything else. Kids won't starve themselves I was told, so if they are hungry and vegies are put in front of them instead of yoghurt, once they know yoghurt isn't coming next they will eat the vegies. If they don't they aren't hungry and don't need the food.

Let me tell you, as a mother this was one of the hardest things I've done. But do you know what, it worked. It REALLY worked. Within two weeks he was eating all sorts of things I would never have believed. Things that had been offered and refused hundreds of times. Just like magic he ate them. And liked them. And ate them again. And now at 2 he is a fantastic eater. He eats everything we do and good quantites too.

So hard as it was, I'm glad I did it. And I'll do the same for Tom if need be. I do recommend this approach. BTW I did give Jack pentavite (vitamin drops for infants) until he started eating well to make up for what he wasn't getting. Apparently this can also stimulate the appetite so might have helped sort the problem out more quickly as well.

Good luck. Believe me one day,out of the blue, you'll sit down and watch your child ask for salad, watch him eat it and then ask for more cucumber and you'll wonder why you were ever worried.