HELP! Toddler won't eat, I can see his hip and rib bones!!!

[ElleJay]

DS is like this too, but has only just gotten better. He's still picky, but will actually try other things now (not a full meal, but will nibble and graze as well)
I found that once he saw that mummy and daddy were eating it, it must be ok so he'd start eating it.

Like helle, my DS lives off vegemite bread (breakfast and lunch) but still loves his apples, chippies, chicken nuggets and cheese - a vast improvement on a couple months ago when all he would eat were hot chips (and that's literally it!)

Just wanted to put my experience out there for you xx


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[Miss.B]

Thanks for sharing your DS's eating habits DarkDreamer! Wow, hot chips only! I guess if he was eating one veggie only, potato is a good one Veggie bread sounds alright, at least he's getting his B vitamins into him! Hopefully my wee man will improve with his eating soon...FX crossed!

[BhoysGirl]

The food thing can be so frustrating! Having said that, I think that we tend to put our adult expectations onto what/when/how much they should be eating. If he's teething, it's possible that his mouth is sore, so that might be contributing to the lack of interest. I'm a big believer in offering healthy foods whenever they want, and trusting their bodies to control what/when they put things in their mouths, because for most kids, they're not going to starve themselves. My DS2 (19m) seems to go for days where he eats virtually nothing, then he'll have a couple of meals where he eats a huge amount, then back to virtually nothing. I'm lucky with the nutrition thing because he's still BFing multiple times a day, but that's often as much about comfort as well, as he's a big "separation anxiety" kid as well. My DS1 didn't like cows milk or bananas before he was about 2.5yrs, but he would gulp up a banana smoothie nearly everytime, so that might be a way to mix things up, rather than forking out for toddler formula.

It does pass, eventually!