My 2yr old has had alot of issues with eating and has never eaten a large amount. He is fussy and will only eat afew foods, eggs, cheese and yoghurt are his 3 staples. he has branched out will eat a sandwhich or alittle bit of cake sometimes. he will eat meat and chicken but cant swallow and will chew then spit it out, he does the same for most things that are solid. we had alot of issues with choaking when he was little and if he doesnt have water with his meal sometimes it stil is an issue. Has anybody had similar issues? or any ideas? My other child has never had issues with food. I dont think its normal to still have issues at this age?
I think a lot of toddlers are 'funny' with food, so perhaps it's not so unusual. Perhaps, also, he has an aversion to certain textures or something like that? Perhaps a pead/dietician or someone like that could help you with some ideas.
DS does sometimes chew and spit, but it's more of a game for when he's not really hungry. Or, if he just takes too much at once and can't swallow.
Well i was going to start a very similar thread tonight, so I'll reply to your instead.
Similarly my first child will eat anything and everything and we've never had real issues getting her to eat anything.
DS, is well different.
He will only eat frozen peas - and they have to be frozen.
He will take a few mouthfuls of other stuff in, but her either chews and spits, or holds it in his mouth for about 10-30minutes and then spit it out only when he wants a drink of water. He never swallows any.
I'm hanging onto the "it's just a phase" thang, but man, he's already on the 3rd percentile for weight - and he's drinking me dry.
SO I really wish I had some fantasitc ideas for you, but all I have is empathy in frustration
I've seen worse eaters than what you described, but my son is 2.5 and he only started eating ham about 6 months ago, and the same with cheese. one day, he just decided he wanted it.
I also get a more positive repsonce from sauce foods than non sauce, eg chicken pasta bake is more popular than crumbed chicken.
but he hasn't yet worked out that sometimes you need to bite the foods, before you chew & swallow.
my ds is also asthmatic and goes off food if he's really mucousy, and tends to eat less, and on occasion throw up.
we have also had to teach our ds to rest, and chew & swallow, but it's only recently that he started comprehending what we were telling him, so the swallowing may be something he still has to learn, when he reaches an age that he understands.
you said you son likes eggs & cheese, have you tried quiche, zuchini slice?
I just keep trying all foods, every day he gets given what the rest of the family eats and "his food" I think when we will see the ped again and see if they have anything new to add- last time they werent helpful about him but did say she had seen 10 kids that week who wouldnt eat (that was a year ago) maybe we should upgrade and go to the big city and see a ped there. Thanks everybody
My DD1 used to do it all the time especially with meat. She would chew, chew, chew....then spit it out. Would swallow sausages and mince and spit out other meats. She would also do it some other food but my thinking was she got out most of the nutrition just not the fibre which she got other ways. A bit gross at the table but we learnt to live with it. It took quite some time for her to swallow the foods she couldn't but she is now fine and can now eat everything with no problems.
Someone told me it had something to do with the gag reflux..not sure how true this is.
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Spit dont swallow!
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