Needs Food Ideas to Give to Picky 15 Month Old Son

At this age my oldest son was a picky eater. The foods he'd eat (other than what you mentioned) pretty much revolved around meatloaf, nutrigrain bars or they also have these breakfast cookies and muffins in that same aisle, dry or cereal soaked in milk such as cheerios or Quaker Oatmeal Squares, toast with spreadable fruit or butter, cheese, english muffin pizzas ( I made these for him because the bread is soft and easy for him to chew at this age). That was pretty much it I believe, he also liked yogurt, peas and avacado as your son does. My son ate the baby food fruits until he was 2. He liked it and I didn't see any reason why not it was getting him to eat fruit in some form.

Since my son was a picky eater I fed my son the baby food fruit at the same time I offered him the small pieces of table food. I'd place a few pieces on his tray at a time and give him the fruit in between. He is now 3 and his eating habits have gotten better each year.

Good luck! I know its tough because sometimes you feel like they aren't eating enough variety but it sounds like your son has all his food groups covered and thats what's important.

There is a wonderful cook book I use called "Deceptively Delicious." It was written by Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld's wife) and it has lots of recipes for breakfst, lunch, dinner and desert, that "hide" the vegetables. My kids are picky eaters too. They hate veggies, but love pizza and chicken nuggets and such. Basically, the book instructs you to puree veggies and tells you how to add them to the meal. Last night we had sloppy joes and mac and cheese. Little did the kids know there was cauliflower in the mac and cheese, and sweet potatoes in the sloppy joes! You mentioned that your son likes tofu, and there is a recipe for tofu nuggets in there. Anyway, if you are looking for variety without having to sacrifice healthy foods, try that cook book. =)

At that age my kids loved mangoes, cantaulope, watermelon, cut up grapes, blueberries, strawberries, mandarin oranges and peaches or nectarines. If you dice them up really small and they are really ripe it shouldn't be a problem. Also, neither of my kids would eat bananas if they were cut up, but if you gave them a whole or half of one, they would gobble it right down. For veggies early on green beans and carrots (cooked well so they are nice and soft) were always a hit as were peas, cauliflower, and beans like black beans or kidney beans. My kids also loved rice and any kind of pasta we could come up with. It is normal for kids to gobble down a food one day and refuse it the next. At his age he is just starting to assert his independence, and deciding what he does and doesn't want to eat is a big way for him to do it. Try not to show any frustration when he does this or you are just setting yourselves up for power struggles over food for a long time.

Most breakfasts I give my daughter cheerios and some type of fruit, she LOVES blueberries. We mostly give her our left over dinner for lunch, or a veggie burger patty, or a black-bean burger patty, kidney beans, different types of vegetables and fruit (watermelon she LOVES). Snacks are normally gold fish cracker, whole wheat crackers with laughing cow cheese, we are planning to try hummus (SP) soon. I'm sure it's hard having a child with such bad eczema, is there a way to find out which food may upset it? There are so many great healthy foods out there for you baby, it's too bad it's so hard try new things. My daughter is constantly constipated, so I can relate. Maybe you could try a bite of different kinds of food and watch for a reaction.
One thing I've noticed with my daughter (she's almost 14 months), is that if I give her more then a couple types of food she will pick through things eating only what she wants, and she doesn't seem to eat as much at those meals(although our dog eats more those days).