Toddler Eating Habits - Medford,OR

My favorite cookbooks are:
Baby and Toddler Meals for Dummies
Idiots Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler

At nearly 2 years old your child needs to go to a Pediatric Dentist to have them checked for medical issues in the mouth, and perhaps an ORL (Eye, ear, nose, and throat) doctor to make sure this isn't a medical issue. Our Pediatric Dentist took one look in K's mouth and said "She has Geographic Tongue". I added a link from wiki below. For an example of how it effects her: She can be eating mac and cheese for weeks and one day goes to eat a bite and gags and pukes if she continues to try and eat it. The wiki article shows pictures of what it can look like on a bad day but it doesn't even have to have any spots for it to be effecting her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_tongue

Baby food has little to no nutritional value. It's purpose is to help babies develop chewing, using their tongues, and learning to swallow while supplimenting formula or nursing so they can be ready for eating regular table food. Cut it out gradually so his little tummy can adjust to the different ingredients in table food.

I would suggest you get a good food processor. This way you can take a serving of each food and grind the heck out of it, he can have little piles of different colored goo on his plate but it will have better nutritional value.

I would talk to the Dr about texture sensitivity. Other that that I would just start introducing new food. My son did not like even the touch of toast or rough food the first few times I gave it to him but now he is fine with it. My suggestion would be to keep introducing the chunky stuff gradually and he will eat it eventually when he gets hungry. Also I have a cookbook that is called Special foods for special kids. It is for food allergies. recipes that can be made for kids with milk, egg and gluten allergies (I think).

Good Luck

My son would not eat baby food at about 9-10 months. Once we introduced the chunky foods, he went for them. I thik every child is different. We made our own baby food, so the taste was the same when I served him table food. Not sure if that would be an option for you to make it and then slowly make it chunkier?

My son loves Beans, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, meatballs, squash, avocado, Peas, corn. etc.

He will not eat things like chilli (mild of course), or other mixed foods.

Good luck

I think 19 months is a little old to keep refusing solids unless they're pureed, but it sounds like he does well with some solid foods so perhaps it's taste not texture?
Toddlers can get quite stubborn, so you may have to keep trying at the good stuff- broccoli, apples etc.
Good luck!

Well, I'd say that your child is a bit old to still be on baby food. If I was you, I'd take him to the Dr and get some advice there. I agree going to a dentist would be a good idea too to make sure everything is looking good and normal in his mouth. The best advice I have got is from my pediatritian when it comes to getting babies to try new things. My 13 month old daughter is completely off baby food and eats pretty much everything that we eat, just cut up small for her. She chews it up with her gums and doesn't gag or anything usually. Good luck :)