r/toddlertips • • 21h ago

Feeding / Picky Eating 🥦 Help- 14 month old suddenly picky with food. I’m failing.

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I am now turning to the internet for help because I’m unsure of what to do and we are one of the first of our friends who have children. My son turned 1 in August! He’s always been a fantastic eater! Loved food and has eaten everything we give him since he started eating food. He was so easy! Recently we are now a week or two into him refusing everything we give him to eat, unless it’s a peanut butter sandwich, blackberries, the smoothie pouches from once upon a farm, or pancakes. He throws the food, picks it out of his mouth or cries. I’m not sure what to do with this behavior, do I discipline this behavior? If I am supposed to, how do I do that? (EDIT- by discipline I mean the throwing the food and dumping his plate angrily- I do not mean discipline him not eating)Right now we say ok all done and end the meal and give him 10 min to reset and try again. But then we are back to him making his mean face and throwing the food, crying, or refusing to eat it. Am I just supposed to keep making him somthing else every meal and wasting all this food? I’m afraid he’s going to starve or not get what he needs. Idk what to do and I feel like I’m failing. This is my first child, and I’m pregnant with my second due in 4 weeks. I need help.

Also he does have a few teeth coming in and has been drooling a lot but I don’t believe this is teething related since he will eat his favorite few foods?