Feeding/Eating Issues with 1-Year-old.

I think this is normal as most of my 2 year old boy's friends of the same age went through exactly what you are talking about at the same time. Their parents decided not to worry about it and just fed them whatever they would eat. They are developed normally.
I fed my son only food that I made. If he wouldn't eat it, then I would try to change the flavor with spices or something. For example, to make oatmeal with milk, to add cinnamon or not, to add raisins or not, to add prunes or apricots or berries. Finally he would finally like one of them. Then I would stick to that, and slowly introduce new flavors. I used Fage yogurt and added my own fruits and wheat germ. I fould out he LOVES avocados, so I can mix just about anything with an avocado and he would eat it. He also loves apples, so I would mix beets with apples, and chicken with apples. In this way, I slowly expanded his diet. He ate a well rounded diet with a huge variety, and is very healthy. he is not a picky eater - at the age of two he happily eats sushi, most fish, turkey burgers, all sorts of things. it wasn't easy, I just kept trying. I didn't think of it as work - I thought of it as a fun experiement to win him over. When I found something he liked, I would make a batch and freeze it in cubes and have it to go to in case I couldn't get him to eat something one day. He wasn't big on chunks either, so I pureed everything for a very long time. He eats pizza on his own now though, he doesn't want it cut.
It's hard not to stress over food when they are so young and so small. Work on your cooking,a nd experiment with flavors. There are several guides on "pairing" foods that go well together - I used those a lot.
Here are a couple books I have on that subject (that's how I learned the apples and beets combo for example):
The Flavor Bible
http://www.amazon.com/Flavor-Bible-Essential-Creativity-I...

I can't remember the name of the other book that lives on my counter top and I use all the time, but they are similar.

Good Luck!

Are you offering finger foods now? My daughter refused all spoon food at 10 months--ALL! Freaked me out! She had been such a good eater! She just wanted finger foods--small, tender pieces of meat, soft cooked veggies, soft fruit pieces, pieces of bread, cracker etc. The chunky food strike could be because of this. If he'll eat the stage 3, keep with it and keep offering finger foods with no pressure. Even at this age, he can sense your tension and anxiety when he won't do what you want him to do. If you relax and act like you don't care, he will become more compliant. RELAX--he won't starve himself:)

Well I don't think he's being stubborn in the traditional sense of the word. He's learning and he's just not sure what to think of it all. My son was very slow to warm up to "regular" food and his sippy cup. My daughter was not at all and didn't eat baby food after 8 months old, so you just never know what you're going to get! I wouldn't force him. I would continue to offer him finger foods every time you put him in his high chair, as well as the sippy cup. Let him figure it out, it will be okay. Keep giving him baby foods if that's what he wants, but just offer the other stuff, eventually he will move on! I think boys are slower. I know people say that, but I've known more boys to be slow on the finger food issue than girls. It's within normal range for your baby to be eating purees until 18 months. I know you'd like it to be sooner, I sure don't blame you, but he might just be slow to warm up to it!

Hi honey,

He's one whole year old....but really, he's still a baby. My little guy is 14 months old, and wants to try everything I eat. I just give him mushed or soft bites of anything appropriate off my plate. If it's a meal with nothing that's baby-friendly, I get out something that is and feed him at the same time. They are hardwired to watch mama and imitate, so that works pretty good. He's also still nursing, and it's important to remember that milk is still very important. I also give him organic baby yogurt at breakfast.

Babies will explore as they are ready. If he's still wanting milk and yogurt, then why push him? Personally, I won't feed my kids anything I haven't tasted. I don't buy much babyfood, but when I do it's organic and I taste it. If it's repulsive, I don't give it to the babies. That means a few expensive jars have hit the trash can full.

Don't worry so much! He's still a baby, enjoy it while it lasts!

Best wishes and blessings

DON'T battle with him over food! It sets a bad precedence for future power struggles. In parenting you have to pick your battles, and you have to realize that there are 3 things you can never force a child to do, eat, sleep, and poop. Fighting only makes things worse. Continue to offer you son a variety of foods, including the purees that he likes and the foods that he so far does not like. Encourage him gently to try the foods, eat some yourself to show how good it tastes. Then don't make a big deal out of it if he doesn't eat everything. He will come around, I have never met a Kindergartener who will only eat pureed food!

I have 5 children, and if i can give you any advise at all.. it is we cant choose what they like and dislike, my daughter at the age of 1 would always want beefaronies for every meal, she is now 21 and healthy.. they may not always eat what we want them to eat, just make sure you get vitamines into them everyday and he will be just fine. As for the sippy cup, maybe try a new cup, they have them with a soft staw that sometimes children like a little better.. good luck

Stop fighting with him over food. Offer him healthy stuff at mealtimes and snacktimes, close the kitchen at other times. If you want him to drink his sippy cup sitting up then only offer it to him at the table/in his high chair. When he is hungry he will eat. My guess is that he's not in a growth spurt right now like he was a couple of months ago. For my kids, when they aren't in a growth spurt it seems like they aren't eating anything at all, but then I have to remember that a serving size for kids is 1 tablespoon for each year of age. 1 tablespoon of adult food doesn't look like very much on a plate. And offer new foods to kids when they are really hungry. Mine are much more likely to eat something new or different when they are really hungry.
Good luck!

Oh, I hope you will be relieved...

A baby who is one actually has less of an appetite and less need for food, because they are done with the "super rapid" growth period. I know that seems a little bizarre, but believe me, it's true.

As far as only eating what he loves...I think that's everyone. I would eat nothing but french toast, cheesecakes, coffee and Haribo Raspberries if I didn't have sensibility...and a one year old doesn't! If he knows that if he refuses, you will offer his "tried and true," of course he will refuse...he's very smart, and they figure out how to play mommies very quickly...I've been there! We're so afraid they're going to starve that we give in. I am currently doing it with my 9 month old who is on a toast jag...but as she is stuffing little toast cubes in, I am there stuffing in the peas right behind every bite. It's working. :)

Don't give him a cup on the floor. Only give him a cup when he's in the high chair.

I promise, he won't starve or dehydrate himself...he will catch on that he needs to eat what you serve, and drink sitting up. No reason to be a Nazi...give him a little bit of what he likes with a nice serving of what he won't eat, and just keep doing it.

HI--
I wouldn't worry too much. Children eat "big people food" when they are ready--not on our time table, but their own. I wonder--does he have many teeth yet? It could just be that his body isn't ready for chunkier food because he doesn't have the teeth to chew it up properly. My youngest son didn't eat solid foods AT ALL until he was 13 month old. He's three now and eats just fine. He might not be stubborn--it just may be that he inherently knows what his body needs. Trust him and follow his lead. As long as he isn't losing weight then I don't think you need to worry.
J.

At this age it can be difficult to feed. My daughter, usually not a picky eater AT ALL, there for a couple of months she refused to eat most regular food. As long as they are getting the nutrition they need he should be fine. It's probably just a stage like my daughter had. After that stage she ate anything and everything. If he it lasts for more than a couple of months I would say something to his pediatriciation at the next check up :)