Hi all - I'm new here but feel a slight sense of relief to find a forum where I can express some of my concern. My son is just over a year old and has been exclusively breastfeed. I was very relaxed with introducing solids because I figured he would be our guide and he would eat when he was ready. We started with purees at around 6 months but he had no interest. To make a long story short, in the last 6 months we've tried purees countless times and we've tried pretty much every food under the son that isn't dairy or egg. (He has a dairy sensitivity and an egg allergy) We did try egg and it was one of the few solids he actually ate willingly, but he had a bad reaction and we now have to carry an epi pen. Oye.
Anyway, we are having a crazy difficult time getting him interested in anything other than breast milk and I'm starting to get worried. He has had reflux his whole life and is still on medication for it. He also had torticollis as an infant and had a tongue and lip tie that was clipped around 10 weeks. He's always been slightly 'behind' the average baby in things...I say behind in quotes because I'm a firm believer that every child is different...so I really haven't been too worried and figured that he'd eat when he's ready. Well here we are, over a year and literally the only food he will willingly eat EVER is blueberries or raspberries. That's it. Everything else he will either gag at just the smell or just ignore and throw on the ground. Even if he does get some to his mouth and take a bite...I'll get all excited and then he'll just end up throwing the rest on the ground and won't try any again.
I've discussed my concerns with his pediatrician and he has an appointment in two weeks with an occupational therapist to just do a few evaluations to make sure there isn't something going on physically. I'm just really concerned. I'm also wanting to try him on some goat's milk to try and slowly wean from breast milk but he just has absolutely zero interest. I feel like I have the pickiest eater in the world, and I'm so worried about malnutrition!
We've literally tried everything I can think of...beans, meat, fruits, veggies. I've tried adding flavor and spices, nothing seems to make him interested. Help! Is there anyone else out there that has gone through something similar?
