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Oh, I offer everything, but as any mother of a 2 year old knows...no means no. I can't force him to eat without a full-force tantrum. He prefers to eat small portions instead of full meals. Breakfast is the best...he will eat a handful of Cheerios, a package of flavoured oatmeal, 1 slice of apple or orange, and a cup of yogurt. Sometimes I offer him scrambled egg instead of the oatmeal, but then some days he will eat it and others not a bite. He also likes french toast with syrup. Lunch is a hit and miss...he may have a package of flavoured tofu, a few pieces of cheese, some crackers or 1/3 a piece of toast. Dinner is the worst...he often eats nothing at all. We serve him what the rest of the family is eating...it is always a combo of meat/starch & veggies. If he does eat he only takes 2-3 bites. He is never eager about food. We usually have to distract him to get food into his mouth. He very rarely self-feeds. He refuses to do it. If we don't spoon-feed/fork-feed him the meal will go untouched. This has been going on ever since he was about 15 months old. I am waiting for things to start getting better. The only advice my doc had was to keep him on homo milk and to offer him a variety of snacks all day long. As fo snacks...he will snack on mid-morning but won't take anything mid-afternoon.

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