12month old will only eat cheese. What do I do?

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So the title pretty much says it all. We did babt led weaning, she was pretty good at at least trying things. She's turning 1 in a week and the last two weeks it's just been hell at feeding time. She will eat NOTHING and I mean nothing. I want to rip my hair out every time it's time to feed her. She flings everything in the floor. Will taste some things but spits them all out 100% of the time, even things she used to love. She is existing on nothing but cheese and two bottles a day. I am at my wits end. I can't do this anymore. How do I get her to eat?
ETA: I eat with her, I model eating, I take her food when she starts throwing (pretty much immediately), I offer a bowl to put "no thank yous" in, I try feeding it to her myself. Nothing works.

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So in BLW, they want you to chase the why. Picky eating is often psychological. Why is baby not eating? You know your daughter the best, so any blw expert probably won't be able to answer that for you. Ask yourself, is she teething? Is there a big change happening? Is meal times happening too close to a bottle feeding? Ect ect.
Continously offer her a variety of choices. A minimum of three. One being cheese or another safety food. It could possibly just be a phase which I've constantly learned with my little ones. It won't last forever as long as you stay consistent.
Good luck!

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Look at Solid Starts online or on Instagram. She has a ton of info on picking eating

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Pick one method and stick with it. I personally go with “the meal ends when you throw food.” Since she’s so young, I’d offer more again a short while later and just rinse and repeat until she gets the message.
Your pediatrician might also have some tips or can direct you to someone who does.

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Just keep offering different foods. It's normal for them to do stuff like this. Try adding cheese to different dishes, like a grilled cheese sandwich or cheesy omelette.

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My kids favorite food is cheese! 😆 it’s likely a phase. I second trying to put cheese on other things. When he grabs for the shredded cheese he usually also grabs a bit of deli ham or something, too. For a long time he absolutely loved hummus so I’d use that as “food glue” and he’s pretty much eat anything as long as it also if hummus.

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I would use the cheese as a gateway food and try to get her to eat by dipping another food in melted cheese, or melting cheese on some toast to see if that helps get her to eat. I would also try to offer different types of cheese with different textures to help take small steps toward more variety, like fresh mozzarella, cheddar, and cottage cheese. Anything that adds more variety. If that works, then I’d swap to Greek yogurt or hummus for baby to dip something in and go from there. If you’re worried, give your pediatrician a call and see if they have other recommendations or when you should be concerned. Some kids just go through phases and it’s best not to give them too much of a reaction.

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My daughter went through this phase so I started putting shredded cheese on everything and it did help 😂 shredded cheese on corn, shredded cheese on chicken, etc. Not sure if this is the best advice 😂 Hang in there!

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I remember my daughter going through a few weeks around that age where she didn't eat much, after having eaten everything we gave her before that. Honestly, they go through phases, and appetites change. As long as she's still getting breast milk or milk/formula and not losing weight, she should be ok nutritionally. I think we just continued to offer her small pieces of other foods while still offering her safe foods (in your case: 🧀), and still let her choose what she wanted to eat, no pressure. She eventually went back to exploring a little more and more. She's 2 now and still has her pickiness here and there, but overall I can tell how much confidence she has eating and trying new things that makes me so glad we did BLW, so hopefully you'll be able to breathe through this phase and know it is temporary! 💕

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This is normal but annoying. It will likely trade off with something else fairly soon.....or not. My 3 year old still loves noodles....she even wants them for breakfast! But she will now eat other things. We just kept offering whatever we were having.

12month old will only eat cheese. What do I do?

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