My 18 month old son is eating very little. This has been going on for the last 4 days. I haven’t had a chance to talk to his Dr, she has been on vacation as well as the Holidays too.
He used to eat a good sized meal 3 times a day, with a snack after lunch and dinner, with 2 sippys of juice a day, milk for meals and lots of water too. But now I cant get him to eat hardly anything. Hes just been throwing his food on the floor or at me (cleaning spaghetti sauce out of hair isn’t fun either i might add). he throws a fit when i try to make him eat. Ive tried all kinds of new things, nothing works. I can get him to eat some gold fish and some Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches, but thats it. I offer his regular meal first and he will sit in his chair for an hour not eating. He also wont eat meat, no hamburger, chicken, fish, hotdogs, turkey, bologna (which he used to eat all the time). His activity level is the same. He sleeps the same too, 9pm to 9am, nap time is 2pm to 430pm. He drinks lots of water and milk. He diapers have remained the same. (i cant understand how much comes out with as little as he eats! babies are amazing!)
Wondering if I should be concerned or not. Thanks. Im gonna try his dr again tomorrow too.
i only give him his sippy after his meals. otherwise he doesn’t get it , cuz i dont wanna play “pick it up, throw it down” lol 
You say he drinks lots of milk, is it possible he is drinking too much? Milk does fill up the tummy leaving little room for food. Be sure to only offer milk after a meal, not before or during.
Other than that I don’t have much advice for you, my twelve month old is going through the same thing. All I can get her to eat is bananas. It may be worth looking into getting a liquid multivitamin to put into his milk.
Oh goodness don’t make him sit in his chair for an hour! Toddlers and young children regularly go through these phases….you will see it often as he gets bigger. One month he will eat all the time…the next he will eat nothing. As long as he does not lose weight and he drinks plenty you should stop stressing.
If he senses you stress about it then he may begin to use not eating as attention getting behaviour. Just offer his food…if he isn;t eating it, let him sit for no more than 15 or 20 minutes. Then clear up.
Don’t worry about it. Do not try to force him to eat and do not making eating times unpleasant for him. If he’s not hungry just get him down from the table/highchair and let that be that. Tons of kids go through phases of little to no appetite and if it’s only been going on for 4 days then I wouldn’t worry at all, especially if he’s still drinking(this will help to avoid dehydration).
My son is also getting his two year molars in which is causing him to not eat as he normally does, have you checked to see if that’s what it is? He also just recently started eating more meats, so keep offering them(don’t push them) and you’ll probably find in the next couple of months he’ll take interest in them.
hhhmmm….i trying to think…..ya know, my toddlers did the same thing sometimes…..kids will let you know what they need for the most part
continue to offer him food, and he’ll eat when he’s ready mama
offer him some sweet fruit and lay off the meat…he might like that
My son went through the same stage right at 18months old too. I checked with his dr. and she said that he is just getting too caught up in his play time that all he wants is snacks. She told me to make sure I keep a lot of finger foods on hand and when meal time comes around make sure we all sit at the table, and he eats his food with us, if not wrap it up and when he tells you he is hungry try him on that first, if he refuses it again then try the snack foods, by the way as you pro. know make sure the snack foods are not just junk foods, my son loves all fruits, so I just run around chasing him with fruit snacks until it is meal time, he has now finally started to calm down and sit and eat with us again, so it is just a fase, but just to make sure keep in contact with your dr. every one has different opinions. She might have the right one just for your child because every child is different.
children go thru growth spurts and tend to eat more at some times and not at others, if he has no temp, doing all the right body functions, not dehydrated? , dont be to forceful in trying to get him to eat you may cause other problems, he may have teeth cuming and one of those children who dont complain, earache? sore throat?. doesnt sound like at the moment anything to worry to much about.but your doc will check those.goodluck
Toddlers go through phases where they seem to live on air. First remember that a toddler serving size is 1/4 of an adult serving (a food guide serving, not the amount people usually eat). So 1-2 ritz cracker sandwiches is a serving (I can’t remember how big they are). 12.5g of gold fish crackers, etc.
Also remember to average it out over a week, as toddlers have days they eat less and days they make up for it.
Also is it possible he’s snacking a bite here, a bite there, on things out for the holidays/that people are giving him and you just aren’t aware of it?
If he has lots of energy he is getting calories from somewhere, don’t worry too much. Do try to limit the milk to 20oz as more than that can cause anemia.