15mo Not Eating Well & Making himself Gag

My 15mo boy is not eating very much anymore and all the things he liked he now refuses & then he sticks his hands in his mouth to the point it makes him gag & I dont know why or what to do
First time mum & worrying.
He only really eats Weetabix with a mashed banana & potato waffles or potato based items and crisps or biscuits & yogurts. Occasionally eats chicken nuggets too.
he used to eat more happily like blueberries/grapes/kiwi but now won't even pick them up & veggies are the same. He also doesn't drink milk anymore since the switch from formula, he won't touch it.

I don't know why he's making himself gag either.

Help a stressed mumma please 😔

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Is he teething? Don’t worry about the milk, they don’t really need it after a year, as long as he’s getting it elsewhere (so basically you can focus on solids!). X

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Aw this does sound stressful! I would just keep offering him lots of varieties of food anyway, as he is likely just going through a little fussy patch. My son would barely eat food and I would be thinking omg he must be so hungry! But if they are hungry they will eat .. the gagging part I would just keep re-directing him when he does it .. and don’t really react to it. X

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Honestly I'd say don't worry! My little boy if 2.5 now and we have been through sooo many food phases already 😅 the only potato phase, the non of his usual favourites phase, the one mouthful and done phase, the try everything phase and it's still changing. My understanding is continue to offer a variety of food and don't put pressure on to eat. The only thing I'll say is try not to offer alternatives, we did that initially (with like snacky packet items or bananas) as I was worried about how little he was eating and it was clear he cottoned on so quick and it was hard to undo. I find some weeks he barely eats and others he's up for anything, demolishing stuff he wouldn't touch last week 🤷 I've read that this will continue until about five when their food habits will become more fixed. I mindset that helped me was, it's so much more important to develop a healthy relationship with food generally than be worried about the specific foods. Hope this helps!

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