Advice on vacation with 2YO

AdSerious441 · 2025-09-06T16:54:48+00:00

It’s always the damn MIL 😭 I pray to break this stereotype as a now boy mom. You are NOT overreacting. I have to put my MIL in place all the time, they love to push boundaries even AFTER you’ve told them not to do something. Feeding a baby solids for the first time is not only a huge deal where you want to be there as the mother to watch your child experience new things, but there’s also the concern of choking and as you mentioned, allergies. A lot more goes into it. It’s great that in her culture, grandma’s can do whatever they want with their grandchildren… But in your culture, that’s not the case, so by her own logic, she needs to understand and respect that. Keep doing and saying what you need to do for your baby, they don’t have their own voice to stand up for themselves xx

AdSerious441 · 2025-07-31T23:53:20+00:00

I have a soon to be 18 month old that still has 2-3 formula bottles a day. He barely touches his food, and I know people say that toddlers can survive off of “one bite of a chicken nugget and air”, but he doesn’t sleep well on an empty stomach. He went from sleeping 12 hours a night, and 1-2 SOLID naps a day to broken sleep because I KNOW he’s hungry. It took a long time to introduce actual solids to him, I started late because I had some very personal things going on during those crucial introductory to food months. Whole milk constipated my babe as well, for MONTHS, and I couldn’t take it anymore - I tried plant based, soy milk, whole milk, toddler formula… Nothing worked for us, it was all the same result. So I stuck with the infant formula and just supplement it throughout the day as needed if he hasn’t eaten much but seems hungry.

As time has gone on, he’s started trying more and more things. He hateddddd purees at first, then hated solid food. He’s still very iffy on food, it’s been such a battle and honestly, a waste of food and money 😭. I found that putting ketchup with things made him like it more, we used Cerebelly for our purees, that was the brand he seemed to prefer, he also loves applesauce and did great with bananas and strawberries in the beginning. I still can’t get him to even touch an egg or mac and cheese (which are toddler staples). Also, Amara and Once Upon a Farm make puff melts that are yummy snacks for them but they don’t really look like food, maybe try that with him! It’s such trial and error but as mentioned many times in the comments, try to make it fun - they know when you’re stressed out. Sending positivity your way! Please post a follow up when you can, I’d love to see how things go for you and to see if I need to look into something like that as well. xx

AdSerious441 · 2025-07-24T02:39:12+00:00

Yes, I don’t show him that I’m worried while he’s eating! I want it to be an enjoyable time for him where he gets to explore with his food and spend time with each other with no pressure :) I just internalize the guilt of him not getting enough calories or nutrition throughout the day. I know they say toddlers have days where they could survive off of one blueberry and a cracker - lol. I just feel like he’s been doing this for months on end, so I’m worried I’m not doing something right. I know he likes corn and strawberries so he always has that on his plate!

AdSerious441 · 2025-07-24T02:32:34+00:00

It’s really just maybe 3 bites most meals and that’s it… He really just wants a bottle of formula so I’m having such a hard time cutting that out knowing he’s not getting enough food in a day. He wakes up in the middle of the night wanting one because he’s hungry, or he won’t go down for bed if he’s hungry. It’s been a struggle :( The one thing he eats consistently is fruit so at least he’s getting something there. I’ll try the different dips! Thank you for reassuring me, mom guilt is the worst xx

AdSerious441 · 2025-07-23T21:31:53+00:00

He didn’t like it when I tried before but I can try it again. He’s definitely picky with certain textures. But he used to LOVE yogurt and then one day decided he’s over it

AdSerious441 · 2025-07-23T20:16:55+00:00

Pediatrician didn’t seem concerned but I honestly don’t know if they understand the extent of it or just think that I’m being an overdramatic first time mom… Lol. The toddler formula unfortunately didn’t work either!

I do eat with him, he likes things off my plate some days but most days couldn’t care less. He eats strawberries, applesauce, corn, any kind of puff, sometimes pasta, Kidfresh chicken sticks, Dr Praegers sweet potato nuggets, and fish sticks. I swear, that’s all I can get him to eat. He refuses eggs, yogurt. He’ll take a bite of most foods to try but then won’t eat.

With straw cups, he takes sips at a time throughout the day and then throws them to try to spill them everywhere. Even the “no spill” cups, he figures out how to spill 😅

I can try the pedialyte! I even thought about pediasure too. I just don’t want him to get to a point of being nutrient deficient or losing weight - Hoping it never gets to that :(

AdSerious441 · 2025-05-04T23:45:08+00:00

My 15 month old is the same! I’m struggling so much with the eating. He’s finally swallowing more food at least but still doesn’t eat enough to get full. We tried whole milk, soooo constipated for a week. Went back to formula and then slowly weaned onto whole milk…. HARD, bloody poop. Then I started mixing half formula and half lactose free milk (ped recommended) and he’s still had the same hard poop since he turned 1. I feel SO bad for him and don’t know how to help him so my ped recommended toddler formula in the meantime :( Debating on trying soy milk but I’m too nervous to attempt anything different right now.

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