Not sure if son is a toddler but he wont eat

[wannabeloved4320]

hello  am not sure if my son is a toddler he will be one years old on DEC 1st but see my problem is he wont eat hardly anything he wont eat from a spoon at all so he wont let me feed him at all cause he wants to do it all by himself he likes to do everything on his own so what do i do if he will not let me feed him and he wont eat much of what i think is a good figure food which is not much. so do anyone have any suggestions on what to do about him not letting me feed him and any suggestions and recipes on figure food? please i need help he is not eating much at all.

[em_here]

Have you looked at the baby led weaning thread, its on the solid foods board?  Its so so good, with loads of ideas!

Hugs, must be tough xxxx

[wannabeloved4320]

ok thank you

[Mum to cool dude]

You may have to concentrate on fingers foods until this phase passes.

A couple of ideas:

- cheese sticks
- fresh fruit pieces
- cheerios
- boiled veggies like carrot slices
- hard boiled egg pieces
- small pieces of toast with whatever takes his fancy on top
- small pieces of baby potatoes
- crackers with cheese or houmous

I know you said he refuses the spoon but I remember at that age my DS absolutely adored yoghurt. Could you tempt him with yoghurt with fruit pieces ?

Would he be more comfortable with baby plastic forks rather than a spoon ?

Could you offer him a spoon (or two, or three  to play/practice with whilst you feed him with a third spoon ?