My little one used to really like food then all of a sudden before he turned one stopped eating. He would only sometimes eat a few bites of pasta, rice and brocoli but he hates sitting down to eat. What can I do and when will this end? Please share all the advice you have. I’m desperate 😭
P.S he starts nursery soon and I’m worried they won’t have the patience to make sure he eats
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Babies tend to eat better at nursery because they copy other babies. So hopefully nursery isn’t an issue

My LO was getting like this but after just a few weeks at nursery she’s moving her cutlery to try and use it and has even started walking so don’t worry about that he will watch and learn from the older children.
The eating at home we use to really struggle at lunchtime as she had no interest but as soon as we started eating our lunch with her she would be grabbing biggest handfuls and cramming it in.
I do t know if you eat together but even if you make yourself a snack to join him it may help him eat more.

ah that’s reassuring! Thank you

my friends daughter is at the same nursery and has commented that she likes nursery’s food better than mummy’s food when they make the same meal 🤣

Our boy went through the same thing and I was getting very worried. I started giving him cutlery to use and now he’s back to eating loads. I let him hold a spoon/fork and he does his best, then I have a spare to feed him with. But he’s doing so well!
I also worried about nursery and at first he wasn’t eating a lot. But they really made the effort especially as he’s still settling in. He won’t sit on their chairs so they sit him on their lap to make sure he eats something which I really appreciated

I have to let mine walk around and play to eat, or shes started to sit on me or the floor while i feed her, shes been going through the same phase, shes started to get better again. Just gotta ride through all the phases ! He may eat seeing all the other kids eat!