brittone2
08-16-2005, 06:15 PM
He was just not eating much in the way of solids? Logan has NEVER been a huge solids fan. The most he ever ate of baby food (homemade or jarred) was a whopping 8 spoons I believe. He went to table foods early...9-10 months. He will pick here and there but doesn't eat much volume.
His iron was okay at his 12 month visit. I haven't taken him for his 18 month well baby as we just moved and he just turned 18 months yesterday.
I don't think he has a textural aversion as he eats a great variety of things, just no big amount. I'm not talking typical toddler stuff either...I mean today he literally ate 2 grape tomatoes all day. Yesterday he ate shredded cheese and some string beans. He will sometimes pick for 2-3 meals, sometimes he only eats a simple snack. I only offer healthy stuff. If I would let him eat crackers he'd eat them all day I'm sure. But I try to do minimally processed foods and I want to stick by that. He eats things like hummus and olives, so it is an interesting variety, but I mean....really small volume!!!
I try feeding him when he's on the go and feeding him when he's distracted. It works a little better once in a while but he's still just not a fan. He's growing fine, he's healthy, he's full of energy. I'm not one to worry and I totally believe in the value of breastmilk. But sometimes I wonder if he doesn't eat because he still nurses so much (he nurses a LOT). He stays latched on for an entire 2 hour nap sometimes and also eats 2-3 times a night while we're cosleeping.
I totally would tell any other mom that her toddler will eat when he's ready. I know that intuitively and believe that. I don't want food to be a battle. We try no to coerce, praise wildly, etc....just try to be neutral on feeding. But...I can't get the child to eat! Even things he likes like grapes, apples, blueberries....it is a few nibbles and he's done. FYI he also hates hates hates the high chair. He'll sit better at a stool at our peninsula but that doesn't usually translate to any more eating.
I feel like he's nursing because he needs the extra calories. He is getting molars in (two broken through and two on the way) so that's exacerbating things, but he's never ever been a big volume eater. At all.
So would you ever recommend reducing nursing intake to see if they would eat more table food? I don't think he'd go for it anyway but I'm not sure what i should do...I guess just hang in there and wait for him to eat on his own when he's ready?
Sigh. I usually am very relaxed about it but now that he's 18 months and still just not eating much volume...I guess I want to make sure he's doing okay. He's hitting all of his milestones and then some (he's mister chatty in terms of vocabulary) and has only been sick 3x in 18 months, one of which was a one day fever w/ no other symptoms.
ETA: I should add that he nurses probably 8x a day total...not just nap and night time.
His iron was okay at his 12 month visit. I haven't taken him for his 18 month well baby as we just moved and he just turned 18 months yesterday.
I don't think he has a textural aversion as he eats a great variety of things, just no big amount. I'm not talking typical toddler stuff either...I mean today he literally ate 2 grape tomatoes all day. Yesterday he ate shredded cheese and some string beans. He will sometimes pick for 2-3 meals, sometimes he only eats a simple snack. I only offer healthy stuff. If I would let him eat crackers he'd eat them all day I'm sure. But I try to do minimally processed foods and I want to stick by that. He eats things like hummus and olives, so it is an interesting variety, but I mean....really small volume!!!
I try feeding him when he's on the go and feeding him when he's distracted. It works a little better once in a while but he's still just not a fan. He's growing fine, he's healthy, he's full of energy. I'm not one to worry and I totally believe in the value of breastmilk. But sometimes I wonder if he doesn't eat because he still nurses so much (he nurses a LOT). He stays latched on for an entire 2 hour nap sometimes and also eats 2-3 times a night while we're cosleeping.
I totally would tell any other mom that her toddler will eat when he's ready. I know that intuitively and believe that. I don't want food to be a battle. We try no to coerce, praise wildly, etc....just try to be neutral on feeding. But...I can't get the child to eat! Even things he likes like grapes, apples, blueberries....it is a few nibbles and he's done. FYI he also hates hates hates the high chair. He'll sit better at a stool at our peninsula but that doesn't usually translate to any more eating.
I feel like he's nursing because he needs the extra calories. He is getting molars in (two broken through and two on the way) so that's exacerbating things, but he's never ever been a big volume eater. At all.
So would you ever recommend reducing nursing intake to see if they would eat more table food? I don't think he'd go for it anyway but I'm not sure what i should do...I guess just hang in there and wait for him to eat on his own when he's ready?
Sigh. I usually am very relaxed about it but now that he's 18 months and still just not eating much volume...I guess I want to make sure he's doing okay. He's hitting all of his milestones and then some (he's mister chatty in terms of vocabulary) and has only been sick 3x in 18 months, one of which was a one day fever w/ no other symptoms.
ETA: I should add that he nurses probably 8x a day total...not just nap and night time.