Baby is a very picky eater

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A couple of suggestions...

I understand he doesn't like the pediasure, but it might be worth trying to make him some smoothies, you can pack all kinds of goodness into them and he wouldn't need to consume much to get some goodness into him. Green veggies, hemp seeds for protein and nut butters. Avocado makes any smoothie creamy like milkshake.

I'm curious...does he eat junk food? Like for example, if you bought him a happy meal would he eat it? I am wondering whether this is in fact a fussy eater or if there is another underlying issue. There are many conditions that result in loss of appetite. I know he has see the pediatrician but this seems a chronic problem if its in combination with being a small weight for his age. If he would eat the junk food but nothing else then I would say stand your ground and wait this phase out, he will eat eventually, but if this is not exclusively about certain foods, then I would fear that leaving him too long may result in further medical issues. Is everyone in your brothers life consistent with his eating? Is he on a rigid routine with meal times and naptimes? I ask because children thrive much better on a strict routine and this would likely help reinforce his eating habits if everything was always very predictable.

Is he taking milk? any kind, formula, 2%, homo?

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A couple of suggestions...

I understand he doesn't like the pediasure, but it might be worth trying to make him some smoothies, you can pack all kinds of goodness into them and he wouldn't need to consume much to get some goodness into him. Green veggies, hemp seeds for protein and nut butters. Avocado makes any smoothie creamy like milkshake.

I'm curious...does he eat junk food? Like for example, if you bought him a happy meal would he eat it? I am wondering whether this is in fact a fussy eater or if there is another underlying issue. There are many conditions that result in loss of appetite. I know he has see the pediatrician but this seems a chronic problem if its in combination with being a small weight for his age. If he would eat the junk food but nothing else then I would say stand your ground and wait this phase out, he will eat eventually, but if this is not exclusively about certain foods, then I would fear that leaving him too long may result in further medical issues. Is everyone in your brothers life consistent with his eating? Is he on a rigid routine with meal times and naptimes? I ask because children thrive much better on a strict routine and this would likely help reinforce his eating habits if everything was always very predictable.

Is he taking milk? any kind, formula, 2%, homo?

Sorry about the late reply, no, he doesn't want to drink milk, my step mom even tried breast milk. He'd drink for 2 minutes and just refuse to afterwards. The only smoothie or blended drink he drinks is when I make watermelon aguas fresca and he sees me drink it, then he'd want some too and drink a whole bottle of it. I tried to introduce him to homemade chicken and vegetable baked nuggets but he doesn't eat them either. My 5 years old brother loves it but the 18 month one avoids every food item I try to get him to eat or takes a few bites and just refuses afterwards. I'm trying to reinforce a good eating habit by using a reward system such as stickers or a fruit treat or frozen yogurt as a reward for good behaviors at the table with my brothers, but that doesn't seem to work for the little one, the older one seems to try a lot more foods thanks to that but my younger brother, I can tell wants the reward but doesn't want to eat to get it.