My one year old son.... not yet eating solid foods?!

are you still feeding your son? That could be thr problem. When my babies wanted to feed them selves they would refuse to eat any hing that I offered them. He is at that age of wanting todo thins for himself. As already suggeste prepare the food so he can pick it up and feed him self. I'll bet he will be trying a lot of different foods if he is allowed to feed himself.

If he is not eating a lot of solid food but drinking a lot of milk then i would suspect that his reluctance to eat is more about not being hungry. I found that with my daughter if she had her milk before lunch she wouldn't eat a lot as the milk had filled her up. I would suggest cutting down on the milk to make him feel hungry and try offering a different food cut into small pieces. Eat YOUR meals with him and include him at meal times even if he doesn't want to eat anything. Show him how much YOU are enjoying your food and perhaps try to offer him a little bit to try. Serve him small portions as children of his age have little stomachs and really don't need to eat as much as you think. Praise him if he only takes a mouthful and don't expect him to clear his plate. Remember that children changes their minds often so just because he refuses a food today does not mean he will refuse again tomorrow.

Try introducing only one new food at a time. Serve it with other foods that your child likes and at a time when your child is hungry and in good spirits. Let your child examine the food by smelling and touching it. Encourage one bite to taste but don’t force the issue if your child won’t try it. Don’t be discouraged if your child refuses it; try again another time.

My daughter wasn't too keen on solid foods when she turned 1 and it was because she was getting full on milk (she drank 36 oz. a day). Our doctor told us to cut back on the milk so that she would be hungry enough to try solid foods. It wasn't easy and for the 1st two weeks, she was awfully cranky. But we did get her to eat more eventually. We were told that eating less solids made her lacking in some nutrients, like iron for instance. Ask your doctor if you could supplement with vitamins to make sure he gets all the nutrients he needs. As for liking only bananas and mangoes, try to incorporate these into other food (maybe peanut butter & banana sandwich or mangoes in braised beef or something like that). If he seems to like fruit, sweet and sour recipes could be appealing to him too.

Hi, well i would suggest that for sometime, just dont try or force him with anything, as maybe just the sight of you trying any solids on him, or seeign you with anything else beside milk, puts him off, so no matter what you may try, he has already blocked his mind presently, so will revolt and not like anything that you offer him right now, so stop everything for a few days. There after start with just one dish, salty or sweet, whatever his taste buds would prefer. I wold suggest to keep it more milky based in nature, as hes still fond of milk, as an introduction to his solids. You have to start gradually. Lessen his milk intake a little, so that he is hungry for and ready for any food that yo offer. Keep some time gap between the two meal times, dont keep trying to feed him often in between, as even spoonfulls of trying, will fill him up. Dont stop his fruits that he likes, those are healthy and good too. I think these things should help and if by two also hes not shifted to his solids, then you shouldl try a pediatrician, as they may suggest something that works, but you have time till then, and i think all will be well.

my baby is the same way and you know what if your baby is in good health then dont sweet over it to badly your baby will try new thing 4 me whan she sees me eating something she wonts it thats what i have been doing to get her to try new things

First, i would ease off of the milk a bit, and see if it's not as simple as not being hungry? If that's not the case, I would talk to the doc about it a bit, make sure it's not a developmental delay. I had a friend, who's daughter didn't really eat solids until she was about 18 months. She would eat some here and there, but not consistently and she wouldn't feed herself. They discovered she was behind on other areas as well, and they took her to a specialists. Turned out she had a sensory disorder, it just took her awhile to get used to different feelings and textures. She's been in therapy once a week for awhile now, and she's pretty much caught up to others around her, she went from not eating, to feeding herself, and from not walking well or talking well, to being able to run talk and play like other kids. SO, you never know, it could be something like that, that's easier to catch and deal with at this early age. I didn't mean to scare you though, so please don't be worried. It really could be something much more simple. But I would try more diligently for the next couple of months, and if I still didn't see more improvement, I might consider seeing a specialist. Good Luck!

I would be a little concerned, he should have been on solid foods from 6 months old so he should have eaten a bit of everything since then, a child cant survive on milk alone they need foods - meat, vegetables, fats etc. At 1, he should be having 3 full meals a day (he really should have been on them before the age of1) - you need to give him less milk & stop feeding him yourself, make him finger foods that he can feed himself, he's well past the stage of finger foods but i would try them - he needs to have a little independence. For breakfast, try giving him toast with butter on it cut in to fingers/strips - let him feed himself, or try a fruit salad type thing, you can also try yoghurt, cereal or porridge etc. You can try other things like cheese sticks, fruit sticks, cocktail frankfurts/weenies (i'm not sure what you call them) - they're mini hotdog sausages - you just peel the skin off, anything he can pick up & shove in his mouth. My daughter is 14 months now & she LOVES being able to eat herself, she eats everything - today she had vegemite on toast for breakfast, fish fingers for lunch & for dinner she had cocktail frankfurts with a pasta side dish & vegetables (beans, carrot slices & brocoli heads). Your son is more capable of doing things than you're allowing him to be. Try less milk & drinks, then only put food in front of him, if he's hungry, he'll eat but if you keep allowing him to fill up on milk, then he just wont be hungry. Good luck!

I had a very difficult time getting my youngest son, who is now 18 months, to eat solid foods. He really did not start eating solids until he was 11 months old, and he is quite a picky eater. I nursed him until 12 months, but I started weaning him at 11 months, and I really think that his milk consumption had a lot to do with his resistance to solids. What finally helped in our case, was simply that I began to let him eat by himself. One of his favorite foods at around 12 months were rye bread with creem cheese or liver pate that was cut into small squares.

Well, you said your son is not yet eating solid foods, banana is considred solid foods. Since he he love to eat fruits how about cashed potato, put some butter and serve it to hi. I can sense your son loves sweet foods, banana and mango are sweet fruits.........just go on expose him to other fruits and mind you banana is very good it has a lot of potasuim.....no problem if your son loves that. Milk is also good so does it mean are you worried for the too much expensive foods? I know fruits are not too much expensive as well as milk. It's good your son still eating unlike other child don't, even fruits or milk. Nothing to worry about it.........all you have to do is to expose him to other solid foods......pumkins is also good..........you peel off a slice of pumkins then slice thinly put it in a caserole until it is softened then add sugar it depends on how sweet would you wish and a 1 cuo of cooking evaporated milk and try to cool it down then serve it to him. DO YOU THINK W NEED FRUITS EVERYDAY FOR WHAT REASON?

My son too loved fruits to begin with and it was only when he was close to a year, did he start eating stuff like boiled chicken, or lentils or eggs. Until then he was mostly on liquified stuff like stews and soups and juices. As long as his appetite seems okay, that is, he's taking his milk and the occasional fruit, I don't think there's much cause to worry. You've not mentioned what kind of solid food have you tried offering? Why don't you offer him stewed apples or desserts like pudding or rice cakes? Have you tried varying his diet? You can consult your paediatrician perhaps.

my baby is the same way and you know what if your baby is in good health then dont sweet over it to badly your baby will try new thing 4 me whan she sees me eating something she wonts it thats what i have been doing to get her to try new things