thanks for that info, it's helpful. I think i will try your method about no processed foods at all! I feel that offering him so much is a waste of food and money when he's not eating it, as there is so much waste already! Also too many choices can also be a problem, sometimes one or two is the most they can handle at this age. Yesterday at lunch i asked him what he would like to eat, to see if he agreed to one over another. He shock his head at soup, so i pulled a container of homemade soup from the freezer and warmed it up. Then once he sat down he refused to eat it saying " done", so i asked him what he would like for lunch ( thinking giving him the choice might help), he pointed to the bread, so i said" a sandwich". He nodded his head yes. So then i showed him peanut better or nutella, he pointed to nutella. So i thought, great! I made him a 1/4 sandwich, gave it to him and he took 2 small bites and that was it! So i then told him that this was lunch, you have soup and a sandwich, eat one please, if not then you will go for nap with a empty tummy, your choice. He choose to go to bed with out lunch! I made no big deal about it at all. just said " okay your choice".
So at dinner i told hubby since he loves fruit so much that maybe we could use it more as a reward food too for dinner time. We will offer him a veggie and a meat item of somesort and if he eats, or even just tries it he will then get some fruit! So at dinner i made him 2 fish fingers and mixed viggies. As soon as we put his tray in front of him he looked at us and said " done"! I said no we're not done, it supper time and mommy and daddy are still eating. (We try to keep him for a few min's with us at the table at least even if he's not eating). So he poked his veggies over and over with his fork, i then took his fork and poked his fish finger with it. he looked at it and took a bite! SO we gave him lots of praise!!! He ended up eating a whole one and then preceeded to say " done" so i asked him (since he ate a fish finger)" would you like some fruit". He shook his head yes and started saying " yummy". SO i cut up a bunch of cheeries and he ate them all. SO maybe the fruit thing may work too, who knows...... tonight i am going to try chicken
( no nuggets!)
and a veggie and see what happens.
I just don't get why he used to love veggies up till 14.5 months and then nothing! He loved cooked arrots till no end! I even try now with honey on them and still won't eat them, raw mini carrots or cooked mini carrots, thin slices still nothing.
boy do they keep you guessing!