Unhealthy bsby

Does anyone else worry their baby is unhealthy? My boy has hardly eaten anything for weeks and when he does it's usually weetabix, toast or yoghurt. He might take a few mouthfuls of something once I've managed to convince him and then just pushes it away. I'm wondering whether to reduce his milk to see if that makes a difference but he doesn't drink much water either so don't want him dehydrated. I'm finding it rather frustrating.
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Typical for them! Especially at this age they are testing our patience lol. It is extremely frustrating and my boy went through a long phase of only eating yoghurt and smooth purées but I kept persevering with offering finger foods of different types and he’s got much better in the past few weeks. I found just leaving something in a bowl on the floor where he’s playing would get him to try new things, so it was no pressure of set meal time and almost like he’s found a hidden treasure lol. Still A LOT of foods he doesn’t like but slowly adding new ones he does. As long as they are putting on weight I wouldn’t worry, they are good at knowing what they need. How many oz is your baby drinking?

@Lottie he's having 3 bottles. A few weeks ago he was only having about 30-60ml out of each but now it's approx 90-120ml of each but it can vary quite a lot.

My boys fussy sometimes so I’ll make us both the same thing for lunch and he usually just eats of my plate: even though it’s exactly the same thing mums food always tastes better 🤣

Something I've found with my little girl, is if I try to give her breakfast in the morning she doesn't want it. She just wants milk. But if I try her with breakfast after her first nap 9/10 she'll have a full weetabix. So maybe play around with when you give him the food? If he's hungry he may be more likely to eat? X

Does he show interest if you’re sat on the sofa say having a snack? I found if my little girl was going through a fussy stage refusing food when in her high chair I sit on the sofa with something she can eat and if she comes to me I just feed her that way 😅 x

@Shannon yes that might be worth trying x

My little girl would rather just stand up at the sofa and eat off my plate then sit her chair sometimes 😅 give it a go and see how you get on x

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