My little 14 month old loves to feed himself. He hates trying new things (even though I continuously offer). It seems he eats the same thing everyday and I want to and try to vary it up for him but new things he just squishes around on his tray or throws it on the floor. I have tried letting him eat off my plate or my husbands but no go. He will eat the items if they are cut up small and fed to him. How can I get him to take more and any other suggestions to try to get him to eat a wider variety of foods esp fruits and veggies?
He currently eats:
bread/toast
rice cakes
mum mum's
nutrios
crackers
apples
bananas
(have tried berries, grapes, blueberries--squishes with finger or on floor or spits out??texture?)
bought gerber graduates dried fruit--hated berry and banana
applesauces--peach, mango, blueberry, apple --all unsweetened loves these
chicken fingers
ham and turkey--only if squished between grilled cheese and doesn't see them
egg (we have one everyday b/c he loves this)
homemade beefstew/chicken pot pie
beef goulasch
meat sauce
baby pasta in cheese sauce
broccoli and carrots--only if I feed him
squash and sweet potato--only if I feed him
baby yoghurt
Any other finger food suggestions and how do I encourage him to self feed veggies/more fruits/meats--again meats the only one he eats is chicken fingers everything else he'll eat if I feed him.
Thanks,
Sabine