Hi
My LO has been a pretty good eater, up until about a couple of weeks ago. He's never eaten huge amounts (I read some of the routine diets posted on here on another thread and he eats about a 10th as much as them!), but he has always at least eaten most of what I've given him but about a fortnight ago he began to refuse his purees and now barely eats anything. I don't know if he's developed a sweet tooth as about teh only thing he will eat off a spoon is mashed banana or rusk mashed up with breast milk. he will eat bread and sometimes cheese, which he seems to like me to break off and put in his mouth in small chunks (LAZY!). I've not been doing BWL but he can eat bits of bread and cheese, rice cake etc if he wants to. I'm also still BF, although he's only been having a feed in the morning and one before bed.
I don't really know what I should be doing. If he doesn't have much at meal time, should I offer a BF afterwards, or will this only discourage him from eating more at the next meal? Also, if he doesn't eat what I have offered him at mealtime, should I resort to offering him rusk/banana, just to get him to eat something, or again, will this make him think he can always just have these? i'm worried he's not getting enough nutrients and calories, although i guess he can't be hungry as most nights he doesn't wake needing to be fed from between about 7.30pm to 7.30 am.
Any suggestions?
THanks
Sarah