We had a lot of trouble getting Flynn to eat in his high chair. What we are doing at the moment (which is still working after a week or 2!!!) is having him sit on a booster seat at the table with us. I agree with the big boy statement. I think that was Flynn's beef! He has a spoon and holds it in one hand while shoveling food with the other. It is quite messy but we have a plastic drop cloth underneath him and a towel on the table for easier clean up!
It may aslo be that he just has a small appetite. Try not to worry too much, if he is happy and active and learning new things etc I wouldn't be too worried. If he seems sickly and is not progressing/developing well then be worried.
Hope this helped
DS really loved forks, trying to stab the food with a fork (mostly failing at first but he got really good at it) but to start with we would have two forks going. Put food on Fork 1, give to DS so he can put food in mouth. Put food on Fork 2 - swap with DS. And so on.
We still kept the spoon around for yoghurt but we didn't really come back to spoons until he was nearly 2. He's excellent with a spoon now...he finally worked out that it was more efficient for some foods. Previously we would have to put the peas and corn on the tines of the fork!
My daughter hated sitting the high chair. So, we got a little chair and table for her, and she sits at it to eat. When she started sitting there, she started eating better. We also try to make sure we all sit down and eat together - if she sees us eating, then usually she wants to eat as well.
Another option is to take soft foods and chop them in to small pieces and just put them in his mouth yourself. That way you could at least work out whether the issue is the food or the spoon! And you can do this with him sitting on your lap (or even sitting on a big towel on the floor) so there isn't the high chair issue.
Thank you for your ideas ladys. He sits where he wants, mostly high chair sometimes on my lap. We all eat at the same time, boys in H/Cs next to each other. Finger foods are given but hes still not really interested, will eat 1/3 of a banana at most (that amout once a day) varing smaller amounts during the day. Will try the fork idea see if that peaks his interest. Its gotta happen soon right?
I also had issues with the finger food thing and the fork helped with this too. Don't know why. Maybe he had observed Mummy and Daddy had a fork? I will never know.
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