Picky eater

Hi my 19m old has gotten pickier since he turned 1. He mainly functions off of breakfast sausage, occasional oatmeal, chicken nuggets, ground beef mixed with something no noodles unless spaghetti, occasional quesadilla, pizza but only meat eater with no ham, and pouches that’s the only way I’m able to get veggies down him, chips, nutter butters, red weenies, belvita breakfast cookies. I try my hardest to get him to try new things but he refuses, I offer him what we’re eating and he’ll just throw it to the floor. I need help please.

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Hiii! My son is now 2 and he went through that phase as well. I could only hide veggies in food he likes.. Most infants at that age don't eat alot. I wouldn't stress it. Just try to make eating fun and interesting. At one point we would have to make him smoothies to get him to get his vitamins. He eventually grew out of it and now eats everything. Its totally normal!

Every baby is different! Don't stress it. They dont need alot at that age!

My daughter (almost 8 now) has been a picky eater her whole life. She lives off hard salami, hot dogs, and chicken nuggets as her proteins. She does not eat pasta of any sort. She will eat some fruits and vegetables, now though. We kept her on pouches for a long while, well into her twos, just to get her fruits and vegetables as a little one.

You are an AMAZING mom!!! Never feel like you’re failing your kids…. It’s so common to have picky eaters. As long as they’re fed, that’s what matters. You are doing a GREAT job. Keep it up.

My 16 month old is getting selective too. I ripped off a piece of his bean and cheese taco because it would have gooed all over him. And he got so sad. We had to walk away and come back 30 minutes later to try again. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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What should i do?

A long story short,
Me and my bf have a 2 year old. Throughout my pregnancy my bf wasn’t super supportive, once i had our son he was so good for a couple weeks, and since then he has basically left most of it to me. Night feeds, cleaning, food shop, I pay the bills because he is in debt, he does his hobby on either a Saturday or Sunday and an evening or two during the week.. which involves alcohol and drugs.
I do the cooking, washing up, wash his clothes, obviously look after our son.
He will sometimes do the bedtime routine and cook maybe 2/4 times a month.

Anyway, my family think i’d be best without him but somehow i cannot seem to let go. I’m scared I’ll regret it.

Would you stay or leave? And any advice would be appreciated, thank you

Hi Can i see your 7 months old baby’s plate please ???

Mama is out of ideas

Meal times!

How are we coping with meal times?! 😩 Especially those that do it single handedly (my partner is a chef so spends evenings at work) I'm really struggling to juggle trying to keep my 12.5 month old out of trouble/happy whilst I'm cooking dinner and it just all ends up in shambles, i don't like cooking at the best of times but even less when I've either got my little boy tugging at my legs or if i put him in his high chair with toys, he just ends up screaming after 5 mins🤦‍♀️ i don't even know what I'm looking for to be honest just need to know I'm not the only one thats struggling with this part of parenting 😮‍💨 pic of how dinner went tonight for fun 😭🤣

Is my husband being unhelpful or am I hormonal?

I’m 40 weeks tomorrow. My husband wanted to get some beer yesterday but decided not to in case we needed to go to the hospital. Today I was meant to have sweep but they couldn’t do it because my cervix wasn’t open. So he said he was going to get some beer because baby isn’t definitely coming today. He got himself a pizza for dinner and nothing for me and didn’t greet me when he came home, just went straight to bed.
My issue is 1. How do you know that? 2. He’s pampering himself, meanwhile I’m now having bad cramps and miserable! And 3. The midwife said for me to relax and for him to help with oxytocin and he’s being super unhelpful! I now don’t want to be around him because he’s bad vibes and I’m not feeling very oxytocin-full at all!

If you’re at a close friend / relative’s house do you ask if you can eat their foods or snacks or do you just help yourself ?

I’m trying to be better at eating nutritious
meals so I meal prep my meals and snacks. Went to get my snack to see it’s all gone 😒 I’m always the type of person to ask if it’s okay to eat something first if it does not belong to me (even my husband). Like I know Greek yogurt and nuts are his go to snack at night. I’m not gonna eat them all/ the last of it because I know he won’t have anymore - especially without asking!! I’ll add that he probably wouldn’t make a big fuss about this if I did but I still would not.

Pincer food ideas please

I will admit I haven’t been the best with finger foods, in the early days she was very enthusiastic and would literally bite a bit and then ram the rest in her mouth. We did a first aid course, I spoke to health visitors, brought a life vac but nothing could settle the feeling of uncomfortableness so we stopped and focused on textured purées and she eats lots of different flavours and meals.

However her pincer grip has come on so much and she will pick up small bits from her tray. What sort of foods do you serve them for the pincer grip? Like rice? Is there any good apps or books for meal ideas to serve pincer food?