Help!
I am at my whits end now! I've posted before about this and followed the advice given, but it's not working.
My DS is almost 28 months. He's always been a fussy eater but just lately he's been terrible so I posted for advice. He would just eat the same meals - no seperate veg, so I've been making pies with veg in (cottage pie, shepherds pie, fish pie) He just won't try anything new. He is now having only a few spoonfuls of his favourite and that's it. I've started putting a bit of his fave on a plate with a few new other things like veg. He won't even try them.
Here's a list of things he will eat sometimes - some breakfast cereal, mashed potato (he loves), spaghetti hoops, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, a little bit of bread and butter, sausages, sausage rolls, apples, raisins, a little bit of toast. I've tried mixing some corned beef in with potato to make a corned beef hash and that's succesful sometimes. He loves yoghurt and ice cream and biscuits oh and cakes, he sometimes eat bananas. That's about it. It drives me mad! I read everywhere that they should be eating the same as us......how do I manage that! It's really affecting me, I know it sounds silly, but it is. I absolutely dread mealtimes. I try not to get upset in front of him.
He's had a few nasty nappies this week and I think a big back tooth is going to pop up soon, so I think this is why he is only eating a few spoonfuls of each meal this week, but how do I deal with it after that?
He refuses sandwiches, he used to eat crackers, but doesn't now, won't even try cheese
His routine is:
7.00-7.30 wake and small drink
8.00-8.30 breakfast (sometimes successful with a whole bowl of cereal and a cup of milk)
12.00 lunch
12.30-1.00 nap
2.00-2.30 wake
3.00 either the refused lunch or a snack
5.30-6.00 dinner
6.30 bath
7.00 bottle of milk and biscuit
7.30 bed
Please can somebody help. I just really don't know what to do.